3DS Max beginner tutorial – Earrings modeling tutorial

Hi again  . In this tutorial I will show you how to make a pair of earring using 3DS Max. A very simple tutorial, recommended to those new users who are not used with this software. We will use some simple tools in order to create a pair of 3D earrings.I will also show you how to use MassFX in order to create a natural look, a natural fall of the earring’s parts.
This is what we will create :

1. Let’s start by making the hook. Go to the “Create” tab, and then go to the “Shapes” menu and pick the “Line” tool:

2. Having the “Line” tool selected, create the shape of the hook, create just a basic and rough shape like below :

3. Since the hook has a smoother shape, we will do it too. You can do a search on the web to see how it looks, just search for “earring hook”. So, having the hook selected, go to the modifier menu, the select a vertex > right click > smooth. This will smooth the corner :

4. If the curve is too strong, instead of “Smooth” choose “Bezier” and then you will be able to control the curve. This is what I have made by smoothing and adjusting the vertices smoothness :

5. Adding some thickness to our hook. To add some thickness, you will see that in the “Modifier” menu, you have a tab called “rendering”. Open the “Rendering” tab and you need to check the following boxes :
- Enable in Renderer : This will make it visible in Render
- Enable in Viewport : This will make it visible in Viewport