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COVER ARTISTS INK Studio SOFTWARE 3ds Max and V-Ray INK is a leading creative studio specialising in launching new technologies. Its approach is clean and uncomplicated, creating digital assets across the CGI, virtual/augmented reality or real-time s

ARTIST Pedro Henrique Placido Silva SOFTWARE Blender, Maya, Substance Painter, Redshift, Photoshop Brazil-based 3D generalist Pedro Henrique Placido Silva spent a total of three weeks working on this stunning environment, which was inspired by the si

Adam has an impressive CV, having worked on Hollywood blockbusters from Guardians Of The Galaxy to The Dark Knight. adamdewhirst.artstation.com Glen is a veteran 3D artist working in many areas, lately with a focus on VR. He shows you how to sculpt i

ARTIST Sougato Majumder SOFTWARE ZBrush, 3ds Max, Arnold for Maya, Photoshop Ubisoft Pune character artist Sougato Majumder describes the creative process on this battle-ready character as a “herculean task.” He has been working on Lady Battle on and

ARTISTS Alexandre Mougenot (L), Méline Pischedda (R) SOFTWARE ZBrush, Maya, Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer, Arnold, Yeti, Photoshop This convincingly weathered character was created by Alexandre Mougenot and Méline Pischedda, a pair of fourth-

3D software is often associated with the colourful world of animated movies, the action-packed VFX of Hollywood features, the lofty heights of modern architecture, or the groundbreaking visuals of video games. In fact, the technology pervades almost

ARTIST Alin Bolcas SOFTWARE ZBrush, Maya, Substance Painter, Arnold, Nuke, Photoshop Character modeller and facial artist Alin Bolcas spent a month, on and off, sculpting this speedy fan art. “I started in ZBrush, constantly referring back to the ori

YEAR CREATED 2018 SOFTWARE UE4, Maya, ZBrush, Substance Designer & Painter, World Machine I wanted to create a place where I am free to explore story building and my own weird, fantasy ideas. This Shrine is a place for those who want to command the a

For complex animations of blood cells collecting and building up inside a blood vessel to form a ruptured plaque, start by modelling the end state of the cells in the scene. Create all the red blood cells, activated platelets, and white blood cells i

ARTIST Cherylynn Lima SOFTWARE ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, Maya, XGen, TexturingXYZ, Substance Painter, Iray, Photoshop Freelance 2D and 3D character artist Cherylynn Lima took inspiration from a photo entitled 368 by photographer Elena Mineeva. “The

INK knows cars. The London-based CGI creative studio has produced pristine campaigns for everyone from Land Rover to McLaren, while creating abstract four-wheel imagery with passion projects that strip classic cars back to the bare bones or inflate t

INK’s Plain Bodies series has served as the perfect testing ground for the white-against-white Polestar project. These renders strip iconic sports cars of their paint jobs and decals, exposing the sweeping curves and subtle design choices that droppe

As well as tackling slick and seductive autos, INK has turned its talents to the cars that time (and style) forgot: Austin’s Allegro and Princess, and Triumph’s TR7. In a playful twist, INK gave these vehicles a gas injection – think helium instead o

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Sergio Seabra sergioseabra.com Sergio Seabra is an emerging concept designer with over ten years of experience as an industrial designer, specialising in hard-surface design for entertainment. MODELLING I used Fusion 360 to create the Nazgul Hoverbik

Practical tips and tutorials from pro artists to improve your CG skills My name is Adrien Ravelli, and in this tutorial, I'm going to show you how easy it is to create particle-based visual effects in Notch. Notch is a real-time motion graphics tool

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In this tutorial, we will go over the entire process of creating a beautiful fantasy render using Arnold 6 GPU, Maya, XGen, ZBrush and Photoshop. First of all, we will start with the base mesh in pose using ZBrush from a mannequin preset or ZSpheres.

Okay! We are set to make a game. We know what the premise is, we have our equipment ready and a good environment to work in, so what’s next? Jump in and start modelling? No! Hold your horses there. As discussed before the key to success is planning,

FOLLOW THE VIDEO https://bit.ly/3DW-INK Digital sculpting is now well established in many industries including game design, TV and film production (pre and post), medical imaging and in all kinds of advertising. One of the granddaddy programs is ZBru

In this tutorial I will cover the main steps taken to create my real-time character ‘The Geisha’, based on an original concept by Radoslav Topalov. I will provide an overview on my professional approach in completing characters for video games with s

In our Basics series, we look at the fundamentals of a wide range of topics in CGI to break it down into the core elements. In the final part of our look at basic compositing using Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve, we will discover how the basic t

Jamie Godfrey, London Practical tips and tutorials from pro artists to improve your CG skills Antony Ward replies Unless you opt to use an automatic rigging tool, rig creation can be quite a time-consuming process, and from my experience, clients ten

Aaron Thomas, Kent Maya Jermy replies On numerous occasions, I have witnessed many students panic at the mere mention of fibre and hair creation. They associate the term with painstaking tweaking, hours of rendering, crashing software and generally a

Jerry Bono, Helsinki FOLLOW THE VIDEO https://bit.ly/3DW-INK Pietro Chiovaro replies I will show you an easy and powerful way to create a brick material using Substance Designer. For this type of substance, I selected the Physically Based (Metallic/R

News and views from around the international CG community Adam Dewhirst is head of Creatures & Characters at UNIT Studios Film&TV – one of the latest key artists hires for the growing studios. Dewhirst has over 16 years of experience in VFX spanning

I have really enjoyed using Oculus Medium in recent years, and one of my favourite personal projects was a Venom sculpt I made about a year ago. It's much more dynamic in its pose than I would probably normally go for, and I think that's simply becau

Get Packed is a multiplayer game that combines teamwork and slapstick physics-based humour. You play as a member of a spaghetti-armed removals company, packing up and shipping out the homes and businesses of various unusual clients around Ditchlingto

FOLLOW THE VIDEO https://bit.ly/3DW-INK Making the most of all the technology within a computer can be a tricky task for any CG artist. Even though an artist may have a multi-core workstation with a lot of RAM and multiple graphics cards, if an artis

Currently working with creative postproduction studios Big Buoy and Smoke & Mirrors, Kristaan Cain is a VFX veteran. He has worked across some of the most respected studios in the business, contributing to features such as World War Z, Godzilla, Male

From established studios and top artists, to industry veterans and aspiring students, the entire CG community is facing unprecedented challenges in the wake of the current COVID-19 crisis. From the safety of their own homes, team 3D World has rounded

We explore the latest software and hardware tools to see if they are worth your time or money Solid-state drives (SSDs) are now an essential aspect of all computers, from cheap laptops right up to the high-end workstations needed for 3D design. They’

Prashant Mandowara prashantman87.artstation.com Prashant Mandowara is a senior environment artist, currently working at Sumo Video Games, India. Simply, he loves making games. UNREAL MATERIALS I used the Megascans library and SpeedTree templates to c

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