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“Alyssa is a character I created as a final project for a 3D course for collectibles that I was taking at the time. It's around one year since I began learning 3D and Alyssa would be the first big project I completed, so it was exciting! I started by

“When working on Vi, inspired by Arcane, I aimed to reimagine her design while staying true to the character. I really enjoyed incorporating different elements into Vi's design while preserving the essence of her character. It was incredibly enjoyabl

“I always like to create these interesting shapes to make my artwork more attractive to the viewer. One of my goals while working on Travesía was to play with compositions and find a good visual language to help with the storytelling. In this case, t

“This piece was inspired by the film How to Train Your Dragon. I wanted to make it more realistic, so I simulated a real forest environment in Maya, and for the dragon's wings I used self-luminous shaders to match. The body and skin used the Sub-Surf

“I was browsing ArtStation when I found Simon Gocal's concept. I just fell in love with it and decided to do a 3D version. I used Maya for the retopology, UVs and hair cards, ZBrush for the high-poly, Substance 3D Painter for the texturing, and Unrea

“For this project, I wanted to try to blend sci-fi elements with ordinary, mundane aspects of life today. So I drew inspiration from perhaps one of the most boring experiences of all; waiting for the bus in Ottawa, my hometown. A lot of life is made

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What was originally a novel called La Planète des singes in France and retitled Monkey Planet in the UK, Planet of the Apes has become a multimedia franchise based on the imagination of the French author Pierre Boulle, where the roles of humans and a

I was inspired to work in Nomad Sculpt on the iPad, mainly from seeing the work of amazing artists such as Kolby Jukes and Dave Reed. I also wanted to find a workflow that allowed me to pull away from my computer, and into a new setting where I could

The world of 3D character creation can feel a little like sorcery at times, especially when we're creating figures such as witches! For this tutorial, I'm going to show you that you're capable of conjuring 3D magic too, as I explain my process for cr

As with so much in the realm of visual effects, there are a myriad of methods and tools that can be utilised to achieve the same end results. If you're looking to add atmospheric effects such as lightning to your scenes it can be much too easy to thi

“As with most of my projects, I got inspired while doomscrolling through the internet. There's always a moment when an image or idea stands out from the noise. For this one, it was an old picture of Yuriko Oka from the Japanese sci-fi series Return o

EMAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO rob.redman@futurenet.com Liquids, fur, hair, steam, smoke, fog, fire, magical effects and so much more are all daily requirements in most 3D packages, but are almost always created with a particle system of some type. Desktop

In this piece, I used sculpting and polygonal modelling in ZBrush, which gives great freedom in your workflow. In terms of the rendering, I work with Marmoset Toolbag 4 with RTX, as it's a simple program and allows you to quickly set the frame, and a

KeyShot is a fantastic niche rendering software that works as both a standalone package and a plugin. It's possible to render still images, videos, and even augmented reality. The renderer hit the market as a product visualisation tool capable of mim

The best thing about working in a creative field is teaming up with other artists, as our work always benefits from collaboration. Finding artists with similar skill sets locally can be difficult when working in 3D. So what happens if the huge animat

Whether you're making your characters style icons or trying to design the next trend, creating a T-shirt in Blender is a relatively quick task for even the newest of 3D fashionistas. These simple steps are all you need to get going. Let's start off w

April Fools’ Day is special for us at Umeshu Lovers. Every year, the team creates a set of visuals based on well-known characters and worlds, all independently of any of our other ongoing projects and for a little fun. Well, not just for fun to be ho

MAKE LIGHTING REFERENCES IN 3D My preferred style of painting uses immaculate lighting, which can be achieved by using either precise references or making 3D models. I always like to start off with a sketch to stop my characters looking rigid. When I

Incredibly detailed and advanced Impressive colour grading tools Good documentation Extensive free version and one-off payment for Studio version Can be complex and intimidating Needs a modern system to reach its potential Render times of complex tim

Carefully reenacted with the support of historical footage and imagery, Netflix's 2024 release of Einstein and the Bomb has brought Albert Einstein's greatest discovery back to life. The feature length docu-drama uses the iconic physicist's real word

Improvements to rotoscoping AI-powered tracking USD support Steep learning curve Stiff competition from Nuke Now in its 10th year under the wings of Blackmagic Design, Fusion Studio is stronger than ever. The software is a node-based VFX and composit

PRICE £480/$595 per year | COMPANY Pixar | WEBSITE renderman.pixar.com Next-level denoising More powerful interactive rendering Improvement to non-photorealistic capabilities Still viewed as a niche renderer Documentation could be better Another upda

Faster than ever GPU render plugin Built for the future OctaneRender is only Prime version Lacks any major new features The physically based Advanced Viewport receives a range of improvements that make it more useable in a production context. Environ

https://bit.ly/3Dworld-apes Download these models and textures to use in your own projects Download a set of fantastic objects and build your own asset library with these fantastic stone building module models from in our monthly model and texture gi

INSIDE WHISKYTREE'S VFX SUCCESS STORY Times are tough for the VFX industry, but it's not all bad news. Even with Hollywood strikes, job losses, and the rise of AI, studios like Whiskytree have been able to blossom. The California-based studio has gar

WATCH THE VIDEO https://bit.ly/3Dworld-apes With so few online resources readily available for creating crowds, the ability to do just that in Houdini 20 was exciting for me. A crowd system is made up of characters that have a set of rules to define