A fairytale portrait

By paying attention to the details at each stage of your modelling, texture-building and rendering process, you can really bring your character-based illustrations to life. 3D World shows you how
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The Redline of Dragon Walk

Hi there! This are the sequential steps of my scene “Dragon Walk” made for CGArena.com Challenge. I have used 3ds max 9 and mental ray renderer for this image.
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Astropolitan Music Video

VFX-heavy music video for electronic duo DJ? Acucrack, now available for download. Must look
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CG Chosen | No.5

3DM3.com just published a new issue of CG Chosen magazine - Environments No.5! FREE download!

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Word of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King

Blizzard Entertainment's latest expansion to World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King – adds a host of epic content to the existing game world. Players will achieve soaring levels of power, explore a vast new continent, and battle other high-level heroes to determine the fate of Azeroth. As you pit yourself against the dangers of the north

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best website blender3d

free download tutorial about blender

The video tutorial focuses on the primary measures needed to create a human face, in this case, female.

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CGArena Aug-Sep07 Issue

Aug-Sep07 Issue Articles

Interview with Massimo Righi
Photoshop: Spiderman
After Effects: Heat Shimmer
3ds Max: Cut or Slice
Maya: Wrapping & Animating Grass
Gallery - Showcase of latest 3D inspiring art
3D Challenge: Vehicle of the Future (05th June 07 - 04th Sep 07)

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"Head modeling using spline " by G.V.Prabhu

I would like to share my technique of modeling of the Human Head using spline and later we can convert it into a editabale poly. First get the good reference images of front and side pose. I used this reference.

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SOFTIMAGE®|CAT 3

SOFTIMAGE®CAT is packed with new features that make life easier than ever for character animators using 3Ds Max.Highlights include: CATMuscle Integration, Setup Controllers, Layer Collapsing Tool read more

Rendering yellow Ferrari

tutorial from 3dm.com How to render ferrari by 3d max

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Anatomical perfection

3D World demonstrates how getting under the skin of an animal will help you to better express form and posture, and enable you to realise more accurate renders
Every character and concept artist should study anatomy. Why? Because without a sound knowledge of anatomy, your creations will lack credibility. And if you are working in a creature pipeline, an understanding of the fundamentals is absolutely essential. read more

Review | Vue 6/6.5 Infinite

The recently launched Vue 6.5 brings some very interesting innovations to sky and landscape digital design such as the network calculation of very high-resolution images and the possibility for users to create skies with as many overlapping spectral cloud layers desired for complex cloudscapes.More than the technicality of the software, we would like to discuss the core of Vue 6 Infinite and its innovations. Therefore, we will not enumerate the tools that made this software one of the best for landscape creation we will only shed some light on the innovations that make this most recent version a major element in the creation of landscape and 3D worlds for the big names in the cinema industry. read more

Update to LightWave 3D®

LightWave® v9.3 delivers further enhancements to new camera tools, node editor and global illumination
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introducing the new iMac

The all-new, all-in-one iMac packs a complete, high-performance computer into a beautifully thin design. Available in 20- and 24-inch widescreen models, it includes built-in wireless, Mac OS X, and the new iLife ’08. So within minutes of opening the box, you’ll be doing everything from sharing photos to creating movies to building websites. And it starts at just $1199.
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Upgrade to ZBrush 3.1

ZBrush 3.1 continues our mission of creating innovative and powerful tools for digital artists. With ZBrush 3.1's new Brush Palette you can load, save and share custom made brushes. User-assigned hotkeys allow you to work faster. ZMapper and Displacement Exporter have been ported for ZBrush 3.1 to allow more flexibility for exporting your sculpt. We have revamped the brush system and added a few new brush features. Using our Smart Resym technology, ZBrush 3.1 now includes Poseable Symmetry. Keep symmetry on your model at the click of a button. No matter the pose. Check out what its like to sculpt in the new ZBrush. Upgrade your copy of ZBrush now. Click to website!!