Folklore | Keat's Netherworld Cinematic HD

Starting out on this magical adventure our hero is endowed with an unimaginable power.
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Ratatouille Concept Art and Fun Facts!

Disney/Pixar has sent over a batch of concept art for Ratatouille along with an intensive list of fun facts from the film's production.
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Fantastic 4: Weta Gives Rise to the Silver Surfer

Weta Digital creates a unique, liquid shine for Silver Surfer in the Fantastic 4 sequel, and Thomas J. McLean goes behind-the-scenes to find out how. By Thomas J. McLean
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THE GNOMON WORKSHOP RELEASES INTRODUCTION TO ZBRUSH 3

This DVD covers everything you need to get started in ZBrush, and exposes many behind the scenes details and advanced working processes. Meats covers all possible sculpting and color painting tools, as well as the new topology, transpose and projection tools. He also shows how to use ZBrush as an illustration package, harnessing the power of the 2.5D Pixol technology. As a core member of the ZBrush 3 beta team, Meats has worked closely with Pixologic to bring you this essential training DVD.
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Interview with Soa Lee

Cg-Node had a chance to interview Soa Lee; a 3D illustrator from Korea. Click here!!
Soa Lee Web

The Making of Corak The Hunter

The Making of Corak The Hunter by philip herman
My name is Philip Herman. I was born in Jakarta, Indonesia but currently I live in Singapore. Now I work for KOEI Entertainment (Japanese video game company) as a 3D character artist. I’d like to share with you guys how I created my image, Corak The Hunter.
Concept
I made this image as a freelance job that I got from Red Eye Studio to create 3D Art assets for their game "Dark Sovereign" that is currently in development. So the concept and designs of the character were made by them. They wanted the image to be liked a movie poster. So I used some references from Pirates Of The Carribean 3, Hellboy, Harry Porter, etc. Here is the concept.
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Rigging of Cane-Toad

Building a rig is a lot like building a simple machine that works like a puppet. I know a lot of people who think that rigging as an immensely complex chore. I’d have to agree that it is a chore! But it’s really not difficult at all (just perhaps just a little tedious!) Fortunately the hard work always worth it in the end. In the future I hope there’ll be a lot more automated ways for building custom set-ups.
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Maya Tutorial : Rendering better cars

Computer art has published new Maya Tutorial about how to make good looking rendering of a Car. Master the skills required to turn 3D models into professional-looking automotive renders with this set of expert tips from 3D World. Download the tutorial in .PDF format......Link!!
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Video Tutorials : 3DS Max | Maya | XSI

Lots of very useful Video Tutorials for 3ds Max, Maya and XSI are available for free download.
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Creating a Flowing Water Effect in Maya (Using Particles)

New tutorial about Creating a Flowing Water Effect in Maya using "Particles", written by Aziz Khan. This Maya tutorial will teach you how to manipulate the flow of particles from a shower head into a tub as particles collide with the surface of the tub in a water-like motion.

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Sculpting Techniques with ZBrush 3

ZBrush Versions: ZBrush 3.x
Languages: English
Runtime: 258 Minutes
Price: $59.99
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Achieve unparalleled results using ZBrush 3. Learn several time-saving modeling and digital sculpting techniques that are widely used throughout the Film and Games industries. Contains over 4 hours of project-based training. Great for new to intermediate artists

MadInSpain 2007

The site for this year's MadInSpain design conference in Madrid is now live, announcing an amazing lineup of speakers including Wieden+Kennedy, The Brain Box, ATTIK, Group94 and many more. content form computerlove

Free 3D World tutorial - Perfect digital Skin

Realistic skin is hard to fake because it's both an artistic and a technical challenge. It's artistic because you can almost feel a character's personality through the look of its skin; its wrinkles, colours and beauty spots. But it's also a technical test, because skin isn't like a homogeneous material that has simple physical properties – it's composed of several different layers. However, we always model it as a perfectly even thin surface, which is why it's so hard to get good results. To make matters worse, until recently, 3D software didn't include appropriate rendering tools to make human skin, such as subsurface scattering shaders........more!!Free 3D World tutorial - Perfect digital Skin Link

Featured CG Artists - Nicholas Ainley

CG Artists is Nicholas Ainley, who needs no introduction and his awesome expressive illustrations says much more than i can barely explain. Nik Ainley after teaching himself Photoshop in his spare time while gaining a degree in physics at Imperial College London, has moved into full time web design and illustration. He was listed as one of the 'Top 10 up-and-coming creative talents of 2006' by Computer Arts magazine, and his work has appeared at the 2006 OFFF exhibition in Barcelona. Though Photoshop is his primary tool for creating illustration, Nik has also utilized other applications including Illustrator, 3D Studio max, Cinema 4D, Bryce, Poser and Xara 3D.....well their is always more to say... , but you go n check out his Amazing Artwork.-->> Nik Ainley website - Shinybinary <<--

Enzo 3D Paint Plugin For PhotoShop

Enzo is a unique 3d model texture paint system that is fully integrated inside Photoshop. Enzo is not a standalone application, but a set of sophisticated Photoshop plugins that work together to turn Photoshop into a robust 3d paint package. You can use Enzo to paint directly on the 3d models in Photoshop. Enzo can import 3d models in Maya, XSI, LWO, 3ds, obj, Rhino and AutoDesk FBX formats.Enzo: 3d paint for photoshop - Download Trial