Making of Did you fill up the tank on mars?

Now the aliens spaceship crashing on the earth because of no fuel, is this sign of Global Warming or end of the world is near?

Project Overview

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 4

This is fourth part of this video tutorial series which is created by artist Vladimir in Rhino software but techniques applied to all 3d softwares

Modeling Chevrolet

Prime Focus creates titles for Bollywood Movie "Kurbaan"

Prime Focus has not only worked on the opening titles of the film but also supplied a range of state of art equipment

Read about Kurbaan

2010 CG Calendar Wallpapers- Free Download

Download the exclsuive wallpaper calendar 2010. Artwork created by various artists from around the world

2010 Wallpaper Calendar

Interview with Kyle Lambert

Artist spent most of the childhood and education drawing in pencil and learning to mix color

Read the Interview

Prime Focus Adds Graphic Dimension to ‘Avatar’

Stereographics Bring Ops Center to Buzzing Life in Epic James Cameron Film

Read the details

Rihanna Digital Painting

Artist talk about how he painted this image of Rihanna, this is not a step by step guide but overview of the process

Overview of Rihanna

MAXON CINEMA 4D Takes Blu-ray Star Trek Out of This World

VFX Artist Max Gabl to Digitally Recreate Original Matte Paintings in Stunning High Definition for Star Trek: The Original Series Re-mastered

Read the Story

Creating Rock Arch in ZBrush

This is a tutorial about making a rock arch and then prepare the model for game engine

Read this detailed tutorial

Video Tutorial: Creating an Alien Helmet in ZBrush

In this video ZBrush Educator Martin Knapp, shows how quickly you can create an alien helmet using ZSpheres, Polypaint, and Polygroups.

Watch the Tutorial

Making of Clara in photoshop

Artist explained how he draw the pictures that mean that its not necessarily the best or the most correct way to paint

Read this tutorial

Create Sea Anemones using Hair and Fur

Create a sea anemones using hair and fur in 3ds max, a modifier that grows hair and fur over any object

Read this tutorial

CGArena: Animation Magazine Dec - Jan 10 Issue

CGArena Animation Magazine Dec-Jan 2010 Issue Available for free download

Download the Issue

Absolute gets Naked for Valley Lodge Music Video

Absolute temporarily suspended its no-shirt, no-shoes, no-service policy to finish the latest video for Brooklyn-based power pop band Valley Lodge

Watch this video and read about this video

Making of Halloween Witch in Photoshop

Amber Chen from Georgia explained the process involved in creation of the illustration called Halloweeen Witch

Read the making

Stardust Lights Up Holiday TV Campaign for RadioShack

Playful and Irreverent Eight-Spot Effort via Butler, Shine, Stern and Partners Directed, Designed, Animated, Edited and Finished Entirely by Stardust

Read and Watch Videos Here

Prime Focus Team delivers 664 VFX shots and full DI for Paa

Paa tells the story of an intelligent and witty 13 year old boy, Auro (Amitabh Bachchan), who suffers from progeria, an extremely rare genetic disorder characterized by premature and rapid aging at an early age.

Read the Details Here

Bent Creates Abundant World For Tetra Pak

The playful :30 animation showcases Bent's ability to handle challenging projects with multiple angles - in this case developing an approachable spokes-character to deliver a serious environmental message and designing detailed, super-productive landscapes to create a humorous overtone.

Read the Spot Focus

Making of Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway - CGArena

Artist inspire with the character of the movie and create this portrait in 3ds max, Mudbox

Read the making

Prime Focus completes new ad for top African brand

Prime Focus completing a colorful commercial for African brand Crown-Berger

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/crown_ad.html

Making of the Alien Nature

Artist will explain a little bit about the workflow to create the picture using Maya, ZBrush, Renderman

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/alienature/alien-nature.html

Interview with Marta Dahlig

Female artist which live in poland and working as a media planner at MPG media agency

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/marta/marta-dahlig_interview.html

Making of the Toilet - CGArena

This unfortunate incident happened with my friend, so I decide to create this image for the challenge themed accident

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/toilet/toilet.html

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 3

This is third part of this video tutorial series which is created by artist Vladimir in Rhino but techniques applied to all 3d softwares

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/camaro/chevrolet3.html

Prime Focus VFX Adds Sparkle to The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Prime Focus contributed a majority of the film’s visual effects, including CG water, atmospherics, CG matte painting and environment work

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/twilight_vfx.html

Making of Black Pearl Treasure

In this tutorial artist will show you how he created this Black Pearl Treasure image in Modo

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/blackpearl/pearl.html

Interview with Renderosity

Renderosity has been an online community for over ten years and offer content that is produced in all major 3D application

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/renderosity/renderosity.html

Troika Design Group Shines a Spotlight on Polsky Films

Troika team seamlessly blended multiple filmmaking techniques, incorporating live-action, 3D and 2D

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/polsky.html

Making of By the Sea

Artist decided to make a large ship hovering over the sea & inspiration comes from the classic painters & sci-fi movies

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/bythesea/bythesea.html

Digital Domain’s Game Face for ‘Assassin’s Creed II’

Digitally Enhanced Faces of Assassin Victims Haunt Viewers in Commercial for New Ubisoft Release

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/acreed_II.html

Video Tutorial: Creating Clay Render with 3ds max 2010 and Mental Ray

Take advantage of mental ray Pro Materials to create a nice clay render of the interior scene

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/i3d/clay_render.html

Prime Focus recreates 26/7 Mumbai floods in Tum Mile with over 300 VFX shots and DI

Prime focus delivers yet another visual treat for movie titled Tum Mile with the 79 creative professionals and recreates the mumbai floods

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/tum_mile_vfx.html

Video Tutorial: Advanced Tracking in After Effects using Mocha

In this 10 min video tutorial learn how to do an advanced tracking in Adobe After Effects using the plugin Mocha. This tutorial will explain where the inbuilt AE plugin failed to track.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/ae/mocha/mocha.html

Spot: Goldfish crackers Blast Off

The animation is really cinematic, and the spots were directed by first time director, Blur's Leo Santos.

http://www.cgarena.com/videos/commercials/swf/goldfish.html

Ingenuity Engine Transforms Chris Brown in ‘I Can Transform Ya’ Music Video

Boutique visual effects studio Ingenuity Engine work on a futuristic new music video for R&B singer Chris Brown's track I Can Transform Ya

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/transform_music_video.html

Making of the Rider by Christopher Adajar

Artist created a motorbike racing accident scene for the CGArena challenge and won the first prize

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/rider/rider.html

Making of Portrait of a Magic Warrior

It's all start from a doodle sketch which become a finished piece and there are no references or planning in this work.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/magic_warrior/magic_warrior.html

3D Challaneg: Design the Mascot

You need to create a 3D mascot which represents CGArena in the graphical world, this can be realistic or toony mascot.

Prime Focus recreates Pied Piper for the new Reliance ad

The new Reliance ad featuring the superstar Hrithik Roshan in his new look which is unique in more ways than one.

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/pied_piper.html

CGArena : Video Tutorial: Showcasing the Model

In this series of tutorials Ashraf Aiad will be showcasing different ways to present your models in 3d and on web

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/modelshowcase/showcase.html

Making of Le Rabbit

Le Rabbit can not be described as the result of an extremelly well organized and planned process.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/lerabbit/lerabbit.html

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 2

This video tutorial is created by artist Vladimir from Ukraine in Rhino software but techniques applied to all 3d softwares

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/camaro/chevrolet2.html

Making snow in maya 2010

In this tutorial learn how you can create a fallen accumulated snow on any object or character

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/snow/snow.html

Bonfire and Phoenix Editorial Create Short Film for IDEO’s ‘Living Climate Change’ Initiative

Bonfire and Phoenix Editorial announced that they have collaborated with global innovation and design firm IDEO on the welcome video for the Living Climate Change website

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/bonfire_phoenix.html

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 1

Artist wanted to create mulatto female in 3d and here gives you the overview of the image

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/camaro/chevrolet.html

Vicon Launches Bonita

Bonita is a small, affordable optical capture camera for tracking and analyzing motion.

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/bonita.html

The Dreams of Street Cat

Artist will show you how he did this image in 3ds max when one cat from street enters into the apartment with sad face

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/streetcat/streetcat.html

CGArena: Animation Magazine Oct - Nov 09 Issue

Download the another interesting issue of CGArena bi-monthly free PDF magazine. Lots of informative content to explore

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/ezine/oct09_issue.html

Making of Radhey Shyam

This artwork was an abstract representation and created in 10 days using mouse

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/radheyshyam/radheyshyam.html

Interview with Francisco A. Cortina

Professional 3d artist who originally started out as a traditional artist and now having own company called Cortina Digital

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/cortina/cortina_interview.html

Matte Painting - Cleopatra Queen of Egypt

This image which is a mix of 3D geometry, photos manipulation and digital painting

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/cleopatra/cleopatra.html

Sony Pictures Imageworks Creates Tornado Out of Spaghetti Sauce with the Help of NVIDIA Technology

Sony Pictures Imageworks utilized NVIDIA Quadro processors to accelerate animation and vfx production of their latest hit film Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/sony_meatballs.html

Making of Junk Tree Paradise

The idea was kids who survived from the destruction of world war III and found the beauty and hope in the world

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/junktree/junktree.html

Portrait of Nathan in Photoshop

Artist explain the steps took while painting a portrait using Photoshop CS and Wacom Cintiq

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/nathan/nathan.html

Overview of Portrait of Martha

Artist wanted to create mulatto female in 3d and here gives you the overview of the image

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/martha/martha.html

Interview with Director Gary H. Lee on short Film Hector Corp.

A psychological thriller about a company, Hector Corporation, that must take extreme measures to manage their employees with some very unexpected executioners

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/gary_hlee/interview_gary.html

Making of the Artist in 3ds max

Who said only humans can be artistic, another beautiful creation of god that is animals can also be artistic specially cats

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/artist/artist.html

Creating Fire in a Particle Editor

Particles are an integral part of computer graphics, so give you some basic ideas concerning fire creation

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/fire/fire_particle_editor.html

Making of Eastern Dragon Rider

This image depicts the tension and conflict between dragon and the evil rider with unique and special look

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/dragonrider/dragon.html

Duck's Jamie Caliri earns Emmy for Title Design

DUCK Director Jamie Caliri has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design for the title sequence of the Steven Spielberg produced Showtime series United States of Tara handed out last night at the Creative Arts Emmys.

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/jamie_emmy.html

Digital Domain and Director Carl Erik Rinsch Make Art for Audi

Digital Production Studio Showcases Expertise in Complex Mechanical Imagery for Audi A4 2.0 TDI e

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/dd_audi_art.html

Golden Square Animates to the Live Beat for AV Pioneers, The Sancho Plan

Golden Square has just completed its collaboration with audio-visual performance-art pioneers, The Sancho Plan, to create stunningly rendered 3D animation that syncs with the band’s live drum performance

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/sancho_plan.html

Importons and Irradiance Particles in 3ds Max 2010

Step by Step guide to using Irradiance Particles and Importons in 3ds Max 2010 with Hyperfocal VHDRIs

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/importons/irradiance.html

15 Tips and Tricks for 3ds max of the Florence Design Academy

Here you have 15 of the most used Tips & Tricks of the Florence Design Academy to avoid mistakes, errors and imperfections in your projects.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/15tips/15tips_tricks.html

Making of a Chinese Girl

Artist created the chinese girl and paid most attention to eyes and mouth because these are the key areas of facial expression

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/chineseGirl/girl.html

Making of Kid by Rakesh Sandhu

Artist finds a photo of a kid on flickr and decide to create this in 3D to showcase the skills

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/kid/kid.html

Speed Sculpting - Vampire in ZBrush

This video tutorial will show you a fast way to create a Vampire inside ZBrush. These videos are speed sculpting recordings, so there is no voice over.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/vampire/vampire.html

Project Overview of the Night Driver

The car in the scene I'd modelled for an advertising piece that was cancelled so I decide to complete the project for myself

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/nightdriver/nightdriver.html

AVSO and Offspring create another winner for Ford and JWT

This new commercial representing a new piece of advanced Ford technology

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/ford_avso.html

CGArena - Sofa Modeling in 3ds max

This will explain you how you can model this stylish modern leather sofa inside 3ds max.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/sofamodeling/sofa_modeling.html

Making of La Espera

Very realistic cute baby is created by Jorge Suarez in Lightwave 9.6 and here explaining the process

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/laespera/laespera.html

Making the Digital Portrait of Mr. Obama

In this informative making going to walk you through the process of making digital portrait of Mr. Obama in Maya, ZBrush, Silo

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/obama/obama.html

Autodesk Software Plays Role in Creation of GI - Joe

Autodesk Software Plays Starring Role in Creation of "GI Joe" Movie VFX Studios in California, London and Canada.

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/autodesk_gi.html

The Embassy Re-Teams with Director Neill Blomkamp on District 9

Climactic Battle Sequence and Elaborate Exo-Suit Contributed by The Embassy Team

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/district9.html

Post Logic Studios Provides VFX Supervision for NBC's The Storm

Post Logic Studios Provides VFX Supervision for NBC's 'The Storm'. Prime Focus Contributes 400 VFX Shots for Two-Part Series

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/thestorm.html

Prime Focus VFX Helps Elevate G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra

Contributes 124-Shots, Including Building Complex Nanomite Animation Pipeline and Orchestrating Finale Aerial Sequence

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/gi-joe.html

Making of Drows Vs Goblins

Draw a scene of a battle, where goblins flee in panic from drow cavalry which pursues them.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/drows_goblins/goblin.html

Modeling of the Dinosaur in ZBrush

When working inside ZBrush, everytime I start modeling something from Z-sphere. It is one of ZBrush’s cool features that enables fast and intuitive modeling of low poly objects.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/dinosaur/dinosaur.html

Just Try to Catch this Bug

To illustrate the power of Kleenex® Anti-Viral tissue, Rhino brought to life the Flu Bug - a jittery, mischievous little guy whose M.O. is to appear out of nowhere and derail the best-laid plans

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/bug.html

Making of the Game - Perry Rhodan - CGArena

In this making-of documentary we will illustrate the laborious process of creating the Perry Rhodan game.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/perry_rhodan/perry-rhodan.html

Making of Armada

Overview of the Image, Painting is all about the controlling the chaos of ideas and possibilities

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/armada/armada.html

4D takes London Eye to new Dimension

With the addition of a 4D movie to London's most popular paid-for visitor attraction to the Merlin's Entertainment London Eye

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/4d_londoneye.html

Making of Angelina Jolie

Artist created a beautiful actress Angelina Jolie in 3D using softwares 3ds max and ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/angelina/angelina.html

New 3D Challenge: Accident

Winners will be rewarded with special prizes from Side Effects Software, Pixologic, E-on Software, Eat3D & ambientLight

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/accident_challenge.php

CGArena Aug - Sep 09 Issue Available

Wait is Over... another long awaited issue of the free bi-monthly PDF magazine is available with makings of talented artists

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/ezine/aug09_issue.html

Making of the Naval Officer

This image was created as a cover for the PC game for client Akella where the player had to participate in sea battles

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/painter/naval/navalofficer.html

Mudbox 2010 with MudWalker & ReLight

In these two demonstration videos look out how these free plug-ins makes your life easier inside Mudbox

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/mudwalker-relight/intro.html

E-on Software previews Vue 8 Pro

E-on software started showcasing key new features of its upcoming Vue 8 professional solutions

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/vue8pro.html

Pigeon Impossible: Rendering Podcast

In this new 19th podcast Lucas talks about the most important aspect of any 3d image i.e Rendering

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/pigeonimpossible/pigeon8.html

Making of the Goddess

Artist in a mood of experiment with skills and created a sweet girl in a indian classical dancing style

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/goddess/goddess.html

Making of Fatjon's Performance

Artist is a big fan of Fatjon music and in this image like to show, he devoted himself into deep thinking while playing music

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/fatjon/fatjon.html

Sensori by Brizo - An Elegant Branding Video Utilizing Phantom High-Speed Camera

Integrated production/post FX house CRASH+SUES teamed with Indianapolis agency Young & Laramore to produce an impressive three-minute branding video, “Sensori by Brizo.”

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/sensori.html

Making of the Judith

Judith, a young widow and most unlikely savior. Strong character in ancient history painted by Marta Dahlig

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/judith/judith.html

Next Generation Modeling and Texturing

Learn production modeling techniques and workflow to creating 3d model assets and textures for next-generation games.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/nex-gen-modeling/modeling1.html

Making of Space Mariner

Making of Space Mariner - In this making explain everything in parts so that you can understand how to process and organize the 3D project

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/spacemariner/space_mariner.html

Pigeon Podcast: Simgle Pass Lighting

This is 18th podcast from the short film Pigeon Impossible. In these podcasts Lucas Martell giving some inside tricks

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/pigeonimpossible/pigeon7.html

Creating Quick Cloth in ZBrush

In this small 5 min tutorial learn how to use simple but powerful tool inside ZBrush through which you can simulate a cloth.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/quick-cloth/quick-cloth.html

4Creative Launches New "House of Imagination" Brand Film for Syfy

The film features a mysterious house on a hill where a huge party is going on. VFX and web campaign is carried out at MPC

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/syfy.html

Making of the Gift

Carpenter wishes to give his son a gift and nothing can be better than the wooden car

CGArena - Making of the Gift

Prime Focus delivers VFX for Shortkut

Bollywood movie Shortkut beautified with some spectacular vfx delivered by Prime Focus, a leading vfx services company.

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/shortcut_vfx.html

Modeling the Mercedes Benz 540k

In this tutorial artist will explain the steps taken in modeling the mercedes benz using 3ds max

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/mercedes540k/mercedes.html

Interview with John Wyland And Heiko Wenczel

Read the interview with John Wyland and Heiko Wenczel - Mackevision EVP, Head of Production and Manager Digital Division 3D

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/mackevision/mackevision.html

Vicon House of Moves adds motion

VICON House of Moves recently provided motion capture services to MPC and Zoic for high profile commercial projects

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/vicon_digital_characters.html

Worm Head Speed Sculpt in ZBrush

Speed sculpt of an alien bust. Though out these videos you will see JonnyD Artiste use ZSpheres to create his base mesh.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/wormhead/worm_head.html

Modeling of Coca Cola Bottle

This tutorial is intended to show you how to make a Coca-Cola bottle using Maya and some tips to improve the workflow

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/cocacola/coca-cola_bottle.html

Interview with George Patsouras

Talented freelance artist from USA which think there is no such thing as talent, only hard work and determination helps

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/georgePatsouras/interview.html

Animated Short: Rubbuds

Promoting safe sex as a universal message for everybody to understand regardless of their age, language, edu...

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/rubbuds.html

Transformers 2 Movie Tie-Ins

Digital Domain is also contributing vfx and character animation on a series of movie tie-in promotions for LG & Burger King

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/transformers_tieins.html

Back light Effect on the Footage

How to give a back light effect to a character if there is no physical light there actually to illuminate him.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/ae/backlight/backlight.html

Modeling of the Punisher

In this time lapse video, artist Valentin will show how he model the character from the movie Punisher Warzone in ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/punisher/punisher_modeling.html

Pigeon Impossible Podcasts - Part 6

In this video will explain the Pigeon Rig, Although the software used was XSI, the podcast is focused on CG techniques

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/pigeonimpossible/pigeon6.html

Baking ZBrush materials to Texture maps

Senior Character Artist at Vicious Cycle Software, demonstrates how to bake ZBrush materials into a texture map.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/baking_texturemaps/baking_texture_maps.html

Restoration of Scientific Films

Post Logic Studios Undertakes Restoration of Scientific Films for the National Archive 16mm Time-Lapse Films

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/postlogic_scientific.html

2D Compositing in After Effects

Learn how to add a depth in a still images and this simple trick will help you in adding life in your boring still images

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/ae/2dcompositing/2Dcompositing.html

Making of Meet You

Artist from China will share the production process of the very appreciated image created in Maya and ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/meetyou/meetyou.html

2k sports Team up with Vicon

VICON T160 motion capture system was deployed to capture pro hockey players in an outdoor shoot

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/vicon_2k.html

Interview with John Hayes

Senior Lead Character Artist from Sega studio will share experiences with you, currenty working on the Ironman 2

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/johnhayes/johnhayes.html

Timelapse Making in Mudbox

Wayne Robson gave a Mudbox Masterclass and he showed the creation from nothing to final render

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/timelapsemaking/mudbox2010-timelapse-making.html

Pigeon Impossible Podcasts are Back

After long time Director/Animator Lucas Martell brings another set of informative podcasts which also gives info in general

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/pigeonimpossible/pigeon5.html

Making of Hakara

Artist decide to create a sexy girl with little clothing and weapons using 3ds max and ZBrush [contains artistic nudity]

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/hakara/hakara.html

Frantic Films VFX Battles John Woo's Red Cliff

Epic Chinese-Lang. Film Features Massive Naval Battle Sequence Comprising 2,500 Boats Populated with an Army of 70,000

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/frantic_redcliff.html

CGArena: June-July 09 Magazine Issue

With all your love and best wishes CGArena brings another issue of the bi-monthly free PDF magazine for download

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/ezine/june09_issue.html

Interview with Alessandro Baldasseroni

Meet with the 35 years old self-taught senior character artist at Blur Studio. Artist work surely inspire you

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/alessandro_baldasseroni/interview.html

Fast Glossy Render in 3ds max using Vray

This video tutorial shows you one of the ways of speeding up renders of glossy surfaces in 3ds max using Vray

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/fast_glossy/fast_glossy_render_vray.html

Making of Journey Across the Desert

Artist wanted to paint an exotic open desert landscape and imbue with a sense of mystery

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/journey_desert/journey-desert.html

House of Moves captures Dancers

VICON House of Moves recently provided motion capture services for the Black Eyed Peas music video

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/house_of_moves.html

Car Wheel Rotation Expression Tutorial

Learn how to rotate the car wheels according to the movement of the car using expressions in After Effects

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/ae/car-wheel/car-wheel.html

Mapping Procedures: 3ds max & ZBrush

Learn how to import and export between the two powerful softwares i.e 3ds max and ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/mappingprocedures/mapping-procedures.html

Global Illumination and Final Gather in Mental Ray

In this video, from “Rendering with mental ray in 3ds max 2010”, learn how to combine two of mental ray’s most powerful features, Global Illumination and Final Gather. Discover how to use these two indirect illumination algorithms together in order to render photo-realistic images fast and easy.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/i3d/gi_fg_2010.html

Making of Girl's Experience

Artist like to create some drunk women with little erotic or lesbian tingle and he successful in the attempt [contains nudity]

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/girlsexperience/girlsexperience.html

Making of Jeannie in Pictures

Have a look at the image process in images for the image Jeannie created by artist Michael Hideux in Photoshop

http://www.cgarena.com/gallery/2d/description/jeannie.html

Making of the Spider

Artist wanted to do animation of mechanical insect, so unknowingly he created the spider

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/spider/spider.html

Create Leather Material

Florence Design Academy brings another informative tutorial which teach you how to create realistic leather material

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/leather/leather_material.html

Convert Footage from Black and White to Color

In this 9 min video tutorial learn how to convert a black and white footage to colored footage in Adobe After Effects

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/ae/bwtocolor/bwtocolor.html

Making of Dream

Artist Alexey Kashpersky will explain the process involved in creation of the image Dream in ZBrush [Contains Nudity]

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/dream/dream.html

Import and Turntable animation in UE 3

In this demonstration we go through a few different ways of getting your work and create turntable animation

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/ue3/ue3_import_turntable.html

Neoclassic Livingroom Lighting and Rendering

In this tutorial we will investigate the render and lighting adjustment for neo-classical room design using maxwell renderer

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/neoclassic/neoclassic.html

Making of the Countess

She supposed to walk with an air of nobility and importance about her. Her clothing has to convey the feeling of frivolity and fabrics

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/countess/countess.html

Making of HAL Tejas: Indian Air Force Fighter Aircraft

In this tutorial artist creating a indian air force fighting aircraft in 3ds max with the help of blueprints

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/hal-tejas/aircraft.html

Making of Mrs. Pear

In this mini tutorial artist like to show briefly how he modeled and textured Mrs Pear in max and mudbox

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/mrs_pear/pear.html

Making of Obidos

This work was inspired by a few personal photos from Obidos from a street lost in the corners of this village

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/obidos/obidos.html

Making of Dead Angels

Thrilling digital artwork showing the close encounter of the hero and a long extinguished angel race

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/dead_angels/dead-angels.html

Sci-Fi Environment Concept Painting

Using the example of ScfiFi Environment Concept, artist will explain the process of finalize the painting

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/scifi/scifi.html

Interview with Jason Edwards

3D artist from UK which dont like to work as a freelancer and due to heavy price tag on Maya, considering making the move

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/jason-edwards/jason-edwards_interview.html

Making of Gordon Ramsay - Caricature

Explained the process of modeling the hot tempered chef, Gordon Ramsay - Caricature in Maya

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/gordonramsay/ramsay.html

Head Sculpting Techniques in Mudbox

In this demonstration we go through the head sculpting techniques of Rod Seffen in Mudbox 2009

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/head_sculpting/sculpting-techniques.html

Making of Set out for lover

Its a story about love, expectation and courage. When lights come through the darkness, they will meet again.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/setoutforlover/setoutforlover.html

Making of Birth in Photoshop

Artist choose to depict the goddess of beauty, Venus and paint a beautiful real woman in Photoshop [contains nudity]

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/birth/birth.html

Rendering through Indigo in Cinema4D

In this tutorial learn how can you use free renderer Indigo to generate realistic images in Cinema4D

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/indigo/indigo-cinema4d.html

Frantic Films VFX takes on Dragonball

Award-winning VFX studio Frantic Films VFX, has contributed 334 shots to the feature film "Dragonball: Evolution"

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/dragonball_frantic.html

Making of the Prolapsed Eye

The initial sketch of this image is created by Friend and Fausto created this image in 3D using ZBrush and Maya

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/prolapsed/prolapsed-eye.html

Making of the Young Girl

This young and sad girl is created by the korean artist using 3ds max and ZBrush, here explained the process

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/young-girl/girl.html

Advanced Multi-channel Texturing

Ziv explained the unique texturing method which he used in the image Blood Knight created in 3ds max

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/adv-texturing/texturing1.html

CGArena: Apr-May 09 Animation Magazine is Online

Wait is over, once again your favourite magazine is available for download with more than 70 pages of exclusive content

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/ezine/apr09_issue.html

Making of the Prince

A frog is not a complicated character and it has it's certain charm and I modeled using Maya and ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/prince/prince.html

Spot: Endless Summer Garden

CRASH+SUES brought fully animated spot for Bailey Nurseries that transports viewers through a beautiful garden

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/endless-summer_spot.html

Lighting and Materials inside 3ds max using Vray

These tutorials helps you in understanding the lights and materials settings from beginners to advanced level using vray

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/giorgio_videos/light-materials/lights-materials.html

Making of Tidus in Maya

Artist impressed with the Final Fantasy characters so he tried to create Tidus in Maya and ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/tidus/tidus.html

Making of the Cursed Pirate

Cursed Pirate is a part of a scene where two characters are present but for Making of, focusing mainly on the Sea Creature

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/cursedpirate/pirate.html

Autodesk introduces 3ds max 2010

Autodesk announced the introduction of 3ds Max 2010- the latest version of its 3D modeling, animation and rendering product- offering nearly 350 additional features

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/3dsmax2010.html

Interview with Scott Eaton

Scott Eaton is an artist, TD and anatomy consultant residing in London and working as Senior TD and Modeling Supervisor at Framestore

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/scotteaton/scotteaton_interview.html

Model the Ironman Helmet in 3ds max

This is not a step by step procedure of modeling the ironman helmet. This tells the advanced concepts about modeling

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/ironman_helmet/helmet.html

Normal Mapping Workflow in ZBrush

In these 11 video tutorials you will understand about the normal mapping workflow in ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/pixozbrush/pixologic/normal_mapping_workflow/normal_mapping_workflow.html

Making of Classical Girl

Artist from china make the best efforts to show the oriental beauty in the image Classical Girl

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/classicalgirl/classical-girl.html

Multi Feature Displacement in Maya

In this demonstration we go through creating displacement maps and rendering them in Maya 8.5.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/displacement/multi-displacement.html

Making of Ashoan

In this making explained the entire process of creating this particular image from the first step to the final result

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/ashoan/ashoan.html

Making of Mech Dragon Battle

Artist created the Mech Dragon Battle using Photoshop and here explaining the whole process

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/dragonbattle/mech-dragon-battle.html

Speed Sculpt: An Amphi Man

Jesse uses ZBrush brush, painting and posing tools to create a toad type character with some human qualities.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/pixozbrush/amphibious/zbrush-sculpt-amphibious-man.html

Making of Say cheese

In this image, artist make the dirty flooded water bathroom and fish tries to survive there in between of leaked pipes

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/saycheese/saycheese.html

New Spot Story - Not For Sale

CRASH+SUES created a spellbinding 60-second spot informing viewers that slavery still exists

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/notforsale_spot.html

Making of the Lost City in 3ds max

In this making artist will explain the techniques and tricks used to create a landscape city using free plugin Greeble

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/lostcity/lostcity.html

Speed Sculpting the Monster

These speed sculpting recordings shows a fast way to create a monster inside ZBrush, there is no voiceover.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/speed_monster/sculpt_monster_zbrush.html

Using Subsurface Scattering Shaders

In this video, we will look at how to work with the subsurface scattering shader that comes with SOFTIMAGE

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/i3d/subsurface-scattering-shaders.html

Making Random Wires using Pflow

This video tutorial will explain you how you can create a random wires using Pflow inside 3ds max

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/pflowires/pflow_wires.html

Making of the Alley

This image in 3ds max was created to be used as the front cover of a London based band Tabloid

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/alley/alley.html

Interview with Feng Zhu

In this interview we will talk about Feng Zhu Design School in Singapore and take the tips for the artists

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/feng-zhu/fengzhu_interview.html

Mudbox 2009: Quickstart Series - Part 11

In this new part of the series learn about speed concept sculpting and the magic of curves in Mudbox

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/mudbox2009/mudbox_tutorials11.html

Spot Story: The Rebirth of a Legend

For a successful market debut of its new Scirocco, VW relied on an innovative Web special and MACKEVISION done the work

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/rebirth_legend.html

Making of an Interceptor - UFO Series Tribute

Artist created this image in 3dsmax to give tribute to fantastic science fiction UFO series

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/interceptor/interceptor_ufo.html

Quidam 3 is coming

N-Sided announces the coming release of QUIDAM 3, the new version of its 3D character creation program

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/quidam3_coming.html

Zspheres in ZBrush

How you can use Zsphere modelor to create models which can be converted into 3d poly mesh and added as subtools

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/pixozbrush/zspheres_zbrush.html

Autodesk launched Softimage 7.5

Autodesk, Inc. has launched Softimage 7.5, with this release renamed the SOFTIMAGE|XSI to Autodesk Softimage.

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/autodeskxsi75.html

Making of Mahala

Mahala is a Balkan word for neighbourhood or quarter, a section of a rural or urban settlement

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/mahala/mahala.html

Hand Modeling in 3D

This tutorial will teach you how you can model a hand from sketch using polygon modeling. You can use any 3d software.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/handmodeling/hand_modeling.html

Interview with Yousef Ikhreis

30 years old self taught artist from Jordon, working as a Art Direction and have a 10 years experience in the industry

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/yousef/yousef_interview.html

Making of A Winter Amid the Ice

Boat starting to be frozen by the ice, a small group of explorers on their way to save their fellow who went missing

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/winter_ice/winter_amid_ice.html

Character Design and Development in ZBrush

In these videos Cesar Dacol Jr. will demonstrate that Zbrush is not just for the characters

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/pixozbrush/cesar/character_design.html

Mudbox 2009: Quickstart Series - Part 10

In this new part you will learn about Baking ambient Occlusion map and Waynes ambient Occlusion map trick

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/mudbox2009/index10.html

Rendering for Animation with Final Gathering

Learn how to properly setup an architectural scene in preparation for camera animation using mental ray and Final Gathering

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/i3d/rendering-animation-final-gathering.html

Making of Manolia

Artist taken the advice of the photographers about how to set up the composition and created in Maya and ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/manolia/manolia.html

Video Interview with James ODonnell

A GDC 2008 interview with artist / coder James ODonnell about the Battlefield 2 mod, Forgotten Hope 2.

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/noesis_interview/james_odonnell.html

Video Making of No More Wine

Simon Blanc of Blur Studios, shows you the tools he used to create his ZBrush work No More Wine

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/pixozbrush/nomorewine/no-more-wine-simon-blanc.html

Making of It's a New World

Futuristic painting making where artist sees the similarity between the hardware circuit and the leaves veins

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/neworld/new-world.html

Feb-Mar 09 Animation Magazine Free Issue Download

Once again CGArena brings you another issue of your favourite animation magazine which is free to download

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/ezine/feb09_issue.html

Irradiance Particles in Mental Ray for Maya 2009

In this video tutorial become familiar with the new Irradiance Particles feature from the latest version of mental ray in Maya

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/i3d/irradiance-particles-mental-ray-maya2009.html

Mudbox 2009: Quickstart Series - Part 9

This part will explain 32bit displacement from Mudbox to Maya 2009, Cavity Map Trick and realtime normal map viewing demo

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/mudbox2009/index9.html

Making of Twisted Mind of Puyuh

Happy to share my techniques and will walk you through the many steps from initial conceptual work to final rendering

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/puyuh/index.html

Video Interview with Daniel Menard

A video interview with project lead Daniel Menard about the Half-Life 2 Mod Eternal Silence

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/noesis_interview/daniel_menard.html

Review: Sony PSP 3004

Where artists can play games in their free time because all work and no play makes you a dull boy

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/reviews/psp3004_review.html

Making of Hecate

Hecate is the Greek goddess of the crossroads. She is usually seen with two ghost hounds that were said to serve her.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/hecate/index.html

Prime Focus provides VFX in CC2C

Prime Focus provides the visual effects shots for Bollywood film Chandni Chowk to China and co-produced by Warner Bros

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/cc2c.html

Mesh Extraction in ZBrush

How to create a new geometry from the existing geometry using the mesh extraction technique in ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/pixozbrush/meshextract.html

Making of the Standing Beauty

In this project overview artist try to reproduce the style of classical black and white photographs

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/beauty/index.html

Video Interview with Mike Tomaino

An interview with Mike Tomaino about his open-source level creation program Platinum Arts Sandbox

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/noesis_interview/mike_tomaino.html

Mudbox 2009: Quickstart Series - Part 8

In these video tutorials you will learn about 32bit displacement, Mudbox to Vray (32bit displacement) and preparing mirrored UV

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/mudbox2009/index8.html

Making of the Incredible Hulk

In this making artist will show you common workflow used in the game and movie industry while creating characters

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/hulk/index.html

Introduction to Expressions in XSI

Learn the basics of expressions, linked parameters, and custom property sets in Softimage/XSI

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/noesis_xsi/xpressions.html

Making of the Mother Love

In this image concept was to show a love and humanity between the rough stone mother and child statue

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/motherlove/index.html

Blue Cross Blue Shield Campaign

MAKE, Minneapolis based design and animation firm collaborated with Swanson Russell to create first completely animated campaign for Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS.)

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/bcbs.html

Making of the Royal Assassin

Short tutorial by an artist on how he painted the illustration from start to finish in 15 hours

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/royalassassin/index.html

Sculpting Ears in Mudbox 2009

In this 9 min video tutorial from Wayne Robson learn how you can sculpt the ears easily inside Mudbox 2009

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/mudbox2009/index7.html

Learn Sculpting in ZBrush: Part 8

In this video tutorial will cover the Painting with pixels, using zapplik and project mastes techniques in ZBrush

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/sculpting_series/index_part8.html

Making of Beauty on the Bed

Project overview of the winning image in the 3d challenge, won hearts and inspire the many artists worldwide

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/beauty_bed/index.html