Egg Design Resources
Egg Design Resources is a compilation of tutorials and resources for designing egg furniture, particularly for the annual Egg Design contest. Originally crafted by Silveransom, this guide remains a treasured resource. Feel free to add clarifications, links, or updates to keep it useful for everyone!
Art Creation
Here are some helpful resources to get started with your egg designs:
Egg Rendering Tutorials and Design Tips
- Faeree's 3DS Max 2018 Tutorial with Photoshop: Updated instructions and files for 3DS Max and Photoshop.
- Greylady's Seamless skin tutorial for Photoshop Tutorial for how to check if your design is seamless.
- Mantid's Egg design viewer Quickly get a close to true render of an egg design.
- Ecastasy's Eggtastic Blender Tutorial A Blender 4.0 tutorial for all in one 3D egg rendering (outline included)!
Competition files
These files are for anyone with a 3D modeling program who wants to experiment with rendering. Note that you do not need to do this to enter - only if you want to try out rendering.
- If you need the basic egg mesh file, you can download the Studio Max 3D and Photoshop zip files here . Alternatively, find them pinned in Discord.
- Here you can find the Photoshop Egg Outline file
For 3DS Max users, set the camera angle and render at 640x480 to get the correct viewpoint. If you're keen to test it, many 3D modeling tools, like Blender or 3D Studio Max, offer free 30-day trials.
Additional Resources
- More extensive links can be viewed at Art:Helpful art tutorials and resources
- Join the Discord Rendering Channel to connect with other egg designers and get renders before the contest.
