In this Blender video tutorial, I show you the basics of adding seams to a model, then setting up the Ambient Occlusion and Environment light, then baking them to a texture map, and applying it to the model.

I've been working on a side project off and on over the past few months. It's really slow going, as I only work on it when I have time (and remember to), but it's coming along, slowly but surely. The biggest roadblock I have when starting a project of this sort is coming up with a good story. I had an idea pop into my head one day (day after my birthday, matter o' fact), so I sat down and wrote out a quick outline. This prompted me to keep going with it, so the next step I took was to draw out a storyboard. This took quite a while, as I would get bored with it for a few days, then draw a panel or two, then get bored, and so on and so forth. But finally I finished drawing it out, and now have begun working on prop elements.