Friday, December 31, 2010

Download 2011 Wallpaper Calendar - Free Download

Free Download the 2011 wallpaper calendar. Images chosen by the artists for the artists to fill your desktop with inspirational artwork

Download 2011 Wallpaper Calendar - Free Download

Thursday, December 30, 2010

TRON: Evolution -- Game Developers Go Hollywood

TRON was the first movie to have a hit video game tie-in at the arcade, which seamlessly connected the film universe with the real world’s burgeoning video game industry

TRON: Evolution -- Game Developers Go Hollywood

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Unreal Engine 3 Brings Chadam to Life on Web Video

Unreal Engine 3 , which powers everything from Gears of War 2 to BioShock 2, is now making the migration to Hollywood through Chadam

Unreal Engine 3 Brings Chadam to Life on Web Video

Monday, December 27, 2010

Top 20 Car Tutorials in 3D

Here are the collection of 20 car tutorials in which some include modeling, texturing, rendering and lighting and which are created by digital artists in 3D.

Top 20 Car Tutorials in 3D

Friday, December 24, 2010

Making of Nasir al Molk Mosque

Artist explained how he made the interior shot of this beautiful Iranian mosque using 3ds Max

Making of Nasir al Molk Mosque

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Spot: Footsteps - Covering 300 million years in 60 Seconds

Motion Theory director create a heart-pounding pursuit across time for Audi that proves progress is more than a philosophy – it’s a force of nature.

Spot: Footsteps - Covering 300 million years in 60 Seconds

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Brickyard VFX is Right on 'Target' with New Holiday Campaign

Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal digital studio Brickyard VFX recently completed work on Target’s campaign

Brickyard VFX is Right on 'Target' with New Holiday Campaign

Monday, December 20, 2010

Making of Batmobile in 3ds Max

Artist sharing the process of modeling the vehicle called Batmobile in 3ds Max

Making of Batmobile in 3ds Max

Thursday, December 16, 2010

What are these things in 3d?

There are few questions which always rise in forum like what is 3d graphics, modeling, which softwares. So, in this article you will get the answer of those

What are these things in 3d?

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Winter Fantasies for Infiniti

To promote Infiniti’s Winter Sales Event, the festive commercials highlight the Infiniti G Sedan’s ability to handle the most challenging driving conditions

Winter Fantasies for Infiniti

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

High-Spirited Holiday Spots

Visual effects company Chemical Effects wrapped up its ‘launch’ year with a series of high-spirited holiday spots

High-Spirited Holiday Spots

Monday, December 13, 2010

CGArena: Animation Magazine Dec - Jan 11 Issue

CGArena Animation Magazine Dec - Jan 2011 Issue Available for free download

CGArena: Animation Magazine Dec - Jan 11 Issue

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Making of The Ubri

This is a step by step creation process of the image The Ubri using ZBrush 4

Making of The Ubri

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Making of The Cordoba Mosque

Artist shared how he created the detailed mosque in spain through online photos and self photos

Making of The Cordoba Mosque

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Interview with Escape Studios

85% of the people who take Escape Studios VFX and compositing courses get jobs within 12 months after graduating

Interview with Escape Studios

Monday, December 06, 2010

Stylish 404 Festival Opener

Nice Shoes has created a glimmering, retro-futuristic opening identity for touring global electronic arts event 404 Festival

Stylish 404 Festival Opener

Thursday, December 02, 2010

Making of Ganesha - God of Wisdom

When artist finally summed up enough courage to begin this gigantic work, he decide to create a detailed statue of lord Ganesha

Making of Ganesha - God of Wisdom

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Making of the Rest

This is a picture made only for fun and without references, using only the artist imagination, except in the flag on the jacket

Making of the Rest

Monday, November 29, 2010

Making of Amazon Warrior

A tall young woman with slender figure but at the same time looking like a strong warrior. Read the project overview in ZBrush.

Making of Amazon Warrior

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Making of Yin Yang of World Hunger

Enough food is produced in the world today to feed everyone, but it’s not the case... That’s the best way to see the total failure of our actual human societies

Making of Yin Yang of World Hunger

Going absolutely Naked

If you're tired of watching music videos featuring people with clothes on, or, worse yet, videos in which people's bodies are constructed according to the basic laws of biology

Going absolutely Naked

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

How Avatar Leaped Into the Third Dimension

Jon Landau, Cameron worked with Ubisoft’s acclaimed Montreal studio during a two-year-plus collaboration with a team of more than 250 developers

How Avatar Leaped Into the Third Dimension

Making Magic: On Schedule and Within Budget - CGArena

To keep up with demand for its original imagery, Framestore has been reaching new efficiencies in the production pipeline by using...

Making Magic: On Schedule and Within Budget - CGArena

Monday, November 15, 2010

Ralph Lauren 4D Projection

MPC joined forces with UVA and Drive to create a bespoke 4D building projection to launch Ralph Lauren's new collection

Ralph Lauren 4D Projection

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Making of Lighthouse in Cinema4D

Some time ago Artist saw some paintings in the background and the theme was the sea. I was fascinated by the sensations that many of them passed

Making of Lighthouse in Cinema4D

Monday, November 08, 2010

There's only one Original

Anonymous Content Director Markus Walter wages war against generic autos in this innovative :30 for Lexus, via Team One

There's only one Original

Interview with Antonio Peres Vieira Filho

37 years old Brazilian 3d Artist whose renders are very photo-realistic and working as a chief creative officer

Interview with Antonio Peres Vieira Filho

Thursday, November 04, 2010

Making of Interested

In this image adult is an older male, that was curious to approach the baby and the baby was overwhelmed with the size of the adult

Making of Interested

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Painting the Portrait of a Girl

This tutorial assumes that you have working hands and a method of marking something because that's necessary for beautiful painting

Painting the Portrait of a Girl

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Making of Hippopotamus

Artist created this 3d artwork using 3ds Max 2010 and here explaining the steps involved in the process

Making of Hippopotamus

Friday, October 22, 2010

Painting Chain of Holy Glare

This is a step by step explanation of how artist painted this painting in corel photo-paint

Painting Chain of Holy Glare

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Understanding Stereoscopy in 3ds max

In this learning package artist shown you how to create cameras and prepare your scene for anaglyph stereo in 3ds Max

Understanding Stereoscopy in 3ds max

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Making of Leaves of Greens

Artist was in love with all the different shades of greens of the forest nearby the road and decided to paint a fairy painting using many variations of greens for my color scheme.

Making of Leaves of Greens

Making of Leaves of Greens

Artist was in love with all the different shades of greens of the forest nearby the road and decided to paint a fairy painting using many variations of greens for my color scheme.

Making of Leaves of Greens

Monday, October 18, 2010

Interview with Carlos Ortega Elizalde

Artist like to model the characters and feel awesome to create some kind of life straight from a cube or a plane.

Interview with Carlos Ortega Elizalde

Friday, October 15, 2010

Presenting a Brand using 3ds Max

When designing an identity and brand materials for a client, good presentation is crucial! In this tutorial takes us through how to model the different items usually involved in the branding process

Presenting a Brand using 3ds Max

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

CGArena: Animation Magazine Oct - Nov 10 Issue

CGArena Animation Magazine Oct - Nov 2010 Issue Available for free download

CGArena: Animation Magazine Oct - Nov 10 Issue

Monday, October 11, 2010

Understanding Rendering and Lighting of Living Room

Will look through the process of rendering of living room with super lighting and gorgeous composition. Very Detailed Tutorial

Understanding Rendering and Lighting of Living Room

Thursday, October 07, 2010

Making of Ford GT 40 in Vegas

Artist will cover several aspects of hard surface polygonal modeling, lighting, texturing and rendering in Maya and Mental Ray

Making of Ford GT 40 in Vegas

Monday, October 04, 2010

Spot: Virgin Atlantic, 001

In this latest Virgin Atlantic spot MPC provided the post including a comprehensive pre-viz, extensive compositing and environment work

Spot: Virgin Atlantic, 001

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Making of I'm the Godfather

Artist explain the steps that lead to the creation of this image, which he made using Photoshop CS5

Making of I'm the Godfather

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Spot: Samsung Galaxy S Smartphone

Asylum created a cinema-quality spot introducing the Samsung Galaxy S™ smartphone.

Spot: Samsung Galaxy S Smartphone

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Fashion World's First 3D Ad Camapign

Advertising in stereoscopic 3D just became a whole lot sexier, the fashion world's first-ever 3D campaign

Fashion World's First 3D Ad Camapign

Creating Seamless Texture

In this video tutorial artist will show you how to use Adobe Photoshop to create a seamless and tileable texture

Creating Seamless Texture

Friday, September 24, 2010

Modeling the 2010 World Cup 'Jabulani' Football

The steps that follow are the result of a day’s experimentation with the goal of creating easily reproducible results when modeling a 2010 soccer ball.

Modeling the 2010 World Cup Jabulani Football

Thursday, September 23, 2010

New McDonald's Campaign

Duck creates the stylized, vivid fantasy spots for new Mcdonald's Campaign. Hope you will enjoy these two spots.

New McDonald's Campaign

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Making of Hummer

Artist especially interested in modeling the Hummer H1 design because it is much more sturdy and heavy in comparison to typical sports cars

Making of Hummer

Monday, September 20, 2010

Depth of Field with Composition

In this tutorial learn the compositing way of simulating DOF effects using 3ds max and photoshop

Depth of Field with Composition

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Modeling the Screwdriver

This is a step by step beginners tutorial which will explain how to create a detailed screwdriver

Modeling the Screwdriver

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Click 3X Gives Cute Critters Mischievous Makeovers for GEICO

Believe it or not, baby animals could always be cuter and with the aid of a Flame suite, there's no limit to cuteness

Click 3X Gives Cute Critters Mischievous Makeovers for GEICO

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Top 15 Toons in 3D

Here are the collection of top 15 toons in 3D which are created by various digital artists

Top 15 Toons in 3D

Thursday, September 09, 2010

Taylor James Brings Westfield Out of Its Shell

Eye-catching campaign depicts models leaving behind last season’s summer clothes as a cracked shell of their former selves

Taylor James Brings Westfield Out of Its Shell

Project Overview: Smoke in the Eye

Artist not going to explain the modeling, nor the texturing or lighting but will explain the post-production process which allows any image to touch the sky

Project Overview: Smoke in the Eye

Monday, September 06, 2010

Video Tutorial: Realistic Glass of Water

In this video tutorial artists wants to show you how to create a realistic glass of water (liquid) with Maya Mental ray materials.

Video Tutorial: Realistic Glass of Water

Friday, September 03, 2010

Project Overview: Xray Car

Artist will give the short overview of the image making process in 3ds max, which you can also follow

Project Overview: Xray Car

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Nice Shoes NYC Moves Heaven & Earth

It took Nice Shoes almost a month to paint Kanye West into a :90 Italian fresco-style video to build buzz around the release of the artist's new single

Nice Shoes NYC Moves Heaven & Earth

Monday, August 30, 2010

Making of Home in the Desert 66

This work shows the back of a house that has withstood the time, full of debris that tells the story trying to recreate some of that legend.

Making of Home in the Desert 66

Making of Calamity Jane

In this tutorial I will not go in the detail explanation, assuming that reader has some basic knowledge of modeling, rendering and texturing in any 3d software.

Making of Calamity Jane

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Spot: Cadbury's Spots V Stripes

Fallon and A Glass and A Half Full Productions have created Cadbury’s latest commercial, an underwater adventure eagerly anticipating the ‘big game’ of 2012

Spot: Cadbury's Spots V Stripes

Making of Angel in ZBrush

The idea of this project was based on a portrait made in ZBrush, and this portrait inspired me to create a whole character

Making of Angel in ZBrush

Monday, August 23, 2010

Interview with Jason Seiler

Caricature artist currently living in Chicago and also had the pleasure of working as a character designer for Alice in Wonderland

Interview with Jason Seiler

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Making of a Formula 1

Color scheme of formula 1 generic car is a tribute to my soccer team Flamengo who is the winner of the Brazilian soccer championship of 2009

Making of a Formula 1

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Making of Annie

The idea was to create a character in a cartoon style with a good charisma using 3ds Max

Making of Annie

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Making of How to Train your Creature

The concept story of the image is about the boy from the unbelievable island wanted to train his Dog + Parrot + Monkey (creature)

Making of How to Train your Creature

Short Film: Envirometer

When the forces of conservation and industrialization compete head to head, the only entity that can regulate the fight is the fantastic measuring contraption known as the Envirometer

Short Film: Envirometer

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

CGArena: Animation Magazine Aug - Sep 10 Issue

CGArena Animation Magazine Aug-Sep 2010 Issue Available for free download

CGArena: Animation Magazine Aug - Sep 10 Issue

Sunday, August 08, 2010

Taylor James Gives a Private Consultation for MTV's 'Digital Surgery'

Exploring the powerful use of digital enhancement in today’s media, Taylor James helped to transform MTV news presenter into a woman

Taylor James Gives a Private Consultation for MTV's Digital Surgery

Thursday, August 05, 2010

Making of 9 Sqrm Production

To have an idea, great idea, and brilliant idea is that difference if the audience only notices your presence, give you standing ovation or simply love you forever, of course your work.

Making of 9 Sqrm Production

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Making of Tree Room

Started to look for some references on Japanese rooms and trees because that was the style I wanted to reproduce

Making of Tree Room

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Motion Theory Builds A Better Bull's Eye for Target

Creative production studio Motion Theory has just released a cinematic fully-animated project

Motion Theory Builds A Better Bull's Eye for Target

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Making of Live Water: Photorealism and Fantasy

This step-by-step aims to clarify a little about, how a work of fantasy genre, and at the same time in photorealistic style can be done digitally

Making of Live Water: Photorealism and Fantasy

Top 15 Interiors and Exteriors

Here are the collection of top 15 interiors and exteriors which are created by digital artists in 3D

Top 15 Interiors and Exteriors

Trailer: Rango

Rango won't hit theaters until next spring, but anxious fans can preview the adventure with a beautiful trailer cut by chrome Editor Lance Pereira

Trailer: Rango

Monday, July 26, 2010

Making of Lovers

In this picture the meeting of two enamored is represented. Artist used a lot of red color and also light effects; it emphasizes romanticism of a picture

Making of Lovers

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Creating UV's in ZBrush UV Master

Method to UV map a model in a single piece as well as how to create a UV layout with multiple parts created off a single model

Creating UV's in ZBrush UV Master

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Making of Ferrari F2 500

What you love and if you create that thing or character digitally then nothing can be more satisfactory for an artist

Making of Ferrari F2 500

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Public Transportation in Photoshop

Small project overview which explain how artist get the concept and how he completed it

Public Transportation in Photoshop

CGArena: Pigeon Impossible Podcasts Part 9 (Final Part)

Director/Animator Lucas Martell has started a video podcast covering the creation of his short film Pigeon: Impossible.

CGArena: Pigeon Impossible Podcasts Part 9 (Final Part)

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Spot: Running Green

In the spec spot, a pair of photo-real New Balance 509 sneakers jogs in super slo-mo along a high speed, time-lapsed streetscape

Spot: Running Green

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Breakfast Wars

In this tutorial will be showing the process and some techniques which you can apply this method to a variety of your art projects

Breakfast Wars

Friday, July 09, 2010

Creating Panel Cloth in 3ds max

In this lesson I'll go over the process of creating panel cloth. We'll make a shalwar kameez, which is a traditional garment worn in Pakistan

Creating Panel Cloth in 3ds max

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Beyonce iPad Finger Painting

It is a digital painting of the performer Beyonce, produced using only one finger and the new Apple device, iPad

Beyonce iPad Finger Painting

Monday, July 05, 2010

Speed Painting: Konie, the Horse

In this 10 min speed painting tutorial, watch how artist painted this horse in Photoshop. This tutorial also helps the beginners in refining their painting skills.

Speed Painting: Konie, the Horse

Interview with Chris Nichols

Artist with 5 years experience have worked at Bardel Entertainment, Spin VFX and CIS Vancouver on various different roles.

Interview with Chris Nichols

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Video Tutorial: Modeling, Lighting, Rendering and Post Production

In this 37min video tutorial artist will start from test setup and then explain the lighting, rendering and post-production

Video Tutorial: Modeling, Lighting, Rendering and Post Production

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Blind Celebrates Dr. Martens’ 50th with Cinematic Orchestra Video

Lilac Wine is a black-and-white marriage of music and graphics that flows from the concept of a heartbroken lover writing a letter.

Blind Celebrates Dr. Martens’ 50th with Cinematic Orchestra Video

Monday, June 28, 2010

15 Sweet, Sexy, Charming Girls in 3D

Here are the collection of 15 beautiful sweet and sexy girls/ladies which are created by digital artists in 3D.

15 Sweet, Sexy, Charming Girls in 3D

Friday, June 25, 2010

Making of Waiting

The idea behind this was to create a render that looked like a still image from a film noir movie. Everything was done in 3dsmax and Photoshop and was rendered with Mental Ray

Making of Waiting

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Making of Dama 360

Artist created the female superhero using 3ds Max and ZBrush. Giving the important project insight, which helps in your project

Making of Dama 360

Monday, June 21, 2010

Interview with Melanie Delon

Self taught freelance Illustrator from Paris which start getting work and contacts after showcasing the artwork on Internet

Interview with Melanie Delon

Friday, June 18, 2010

Making of Reichskrone

Artist explains about how he made the latest 3D project: the medieval, German imperial crown called Reichskrone in German

Making of Reichskrone

Palm Springs International ShortFest: Show Opener

Palm Springs was created using primarily traditional animation drawn directly into Photoshop and this is the show opener

Palm Springs International ShortFest: Show Opener

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Bluephoria for Blue Grass Cellular

Client’s previous spots were strictly live action, whereas this campaign brought it to a whole new level with the integration of various animation techniques along with the full gamut of FX

Bluephoria for Blue Grass Cellular

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

World's First 3D Commercial

Sony has also created the World's first 3D commercial. In doing they have pioneered the latest 3D production techniques

World's First 3D Commercial

Shade Inspires Great Transformations in Murphy's Spot

Irish Pub - Godwin works a CG miracle in transforming a dark-skinned bar patron into a full-blooded, pale Irishman over the course of drinking his brew

Shade Inspires Great Transformations in Murphy's Spot

Making of Where She Stares

Artist decides to paint the face of his friend's wife in Photoshop and explain the steps how you can do the same!

Making of Where She Stares

Thursday, June 10, 2010

CGArena: Animation Magazine Jun - July 10 Issue

CGArena Animation Magazine June - July 2010 Issue Available for free download

CGArena: Animation Magazine Jun - July 10 Issue

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Making of the Mercenary

Artist took a concept art by Rael Lyra from internet and start developing the model using 3ds max and ZBrush

Making of the Mercenary

Friday, June 04, 2010

Project Overview - No Monster Here

Artist all illustrations start from a pencil sketch and this image was also not different, here giving the project overview

Project Overview - No Monster Here

Digital Domain created Domino Effect for Sprint 4G Phone

The :30 cinematic TV and in-theater commercial showcases an elaborately choreographed domino effect toppling the world’s technological and cultural firsts

Digital Domain created Domino Effect for Sprint 4G Phone

Thursday, June 03, 2010

Brickyard VFX Builds Stellar Effects for Panasonic

Transport into a galactic journey through outer space – complete with star fields, a collapsing sun, gamma ray bursts, meteor showers and gorgeous nebula"

Brickyard VFX Builds Stellar Effects for Panasonic

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Hornbach Winning Spot

What do a woman in a fish costume, a weed-strewn parking lot, and dancing naked men holding balloons have in common?

Hornbach Winning Spot

Monday, May 31, 2010

Making of Be My Valentine

This is not a strict step by step walkthrough, because artist usually work on all elements of the image at a time, and then increasing...

Making of Be My Valentine

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Artistic Spot using Origami Animated Frames

The spot showing one-dollar bills, which were formed into various custom origami designs

Artistic Spot using Origami Animated Frames

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Apple iPad Review - Really a Magical Revolutionary Product?

According to Apple this is a magical revolutionary product at an unbelievable price but actually how much this is revolutionary?

Apple iPad Review - Really a Magical Revolutionary Product?

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Making of old House

Medieval ages and the way of life during the middle-ages have always been an inspiring theme for artist, so he decide to recreate...

Making of old House

Friday, May 21, 2010

Making of Casa Ibicenca by Jose R. Fraga Seivane

House in Ibiza with a lounge at different heights and opened to the garden with a spectacular swimming pool

Making of Casa Ibicenca by Jose R. Fraga Seivane

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Making of Alien in ZBrush

This Alien is based on the known ZSphere tool, which allows creating basic shapes from interconnected sphere structures.

Making of Alien in ZBrush

Friday, May 14, 2010

CGArena High Quality References Library

CGArena launched a free high quality references library, more than 350 images which currently covers India temples, buildings, traditions....

http://www.cgarena.com/freetextures/

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Making of Nightfall

This project is based on the work of Spanish architect D. Joaquín Torres A Study of Architecture-zero, created in 3ds max

Making of Nightfall

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Renowned Photographer Embraces 3D Technology

Finesse and elegance of Rene Staud's photography mixed with F_Box Picture Shooter's cutting edge precision delivers the latest edge in 3D style

Renowned Photographer Embraces 3D Technology

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

BENT Creates Lucha Libre Legend with TAXI 2

Four-inch-tall CG animated mexican wrestler selected for a Canadian cell phone company's spokesman

BENT Creates Lucha Libre Legend with TAXI 2

Making of Aston Martin V8 Vantage

In this making artist will focus more on the lighting and rendering of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage

Making of Aston Martin V8 Vantage

Friday, May 07, 2010

Making of Mercedes Benz CLS550 on the Road

Artist going to share the secrets of how he modeled and rendered the Mercedes-Benz CLS 550

Making of Mercedes Benz CLS550 on the Road

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Cloth Driven Hair Dynamics Video Tutorial - CGArena

In this 6 minute tutorial you will learn how to use a cloth simulator to drive the simulation of your hair setup.

Cloth Driven Hair Dynamics Video Tutorial - CGArena

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Playful, Animated Campaign for HealthPartners

Sometimes the most complex concepts are most effectively conveyed with simple yet captivating imagery

Playful, Animated Campaign for HealthPartners

Monday, May 03, 2010

Bent Image Lab, TRIS3CT Create “The Right Blend” of Animation

Bent Image Lab's unique CG animation for "The Right Blend," TRIS3CT's spot for Scott Naturals paper products, has attracted quite a bit of attention in recent months.

Bent Image Lab, TRIS3CT Create “The Right Blend” of Animation

Friday, April 30, 2010

How to make a Weaved Pattern

In this tutorial learn how to create a weaved pattern for chairs inside 3ds max. This is a step by step tutorial, which you can follow easily.

How to make a Weaved Pattern

Gears of War 3 Trailer

.75 teaser was created within the game engine using a production pipeline Digital Domain developed on previous “Gears of War” efforts.

Gears of War 3 Trailer

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

How to Render with 3ds Max 2011 - Video Tutorial

In this 10 min video tutorial, Mario Malagrino from Florence Design Academy will explain you how to render with 3ds max 2011

How to Render with 3ds Max 2011 - Video Tutorial

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Eco-Friendly Oil? DUCK Will Make You Believe

Kompost drew from a broad toolbox to create this vibrant world, using Maya, Real Flow, mental ray, After Effects and Mudbox.

Eco-Friendly Oil? DUCK Will Make You Believe

Friday, April 23, 2010

Making of Call It by Ed Lester Reyes

After watching the movie No Country for Old Men, artist decide to paint this image to excercise and study the details.

Making of Call It by Ed Lester Reyes

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

12 Beautiful Girls painted by Digital Artists

Here are the collection of 12 beautiful girls painted by digital artists using 2D softwares

12 Beautiful Girls painted by Digital Artists

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

New Ford Campaign

Shot all the trucks in live action rather than CG and then footage was rotoscoped and tracked to work with the 3D typography

New Ford Campaign

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Making of Ash and Sam in Photoshop

Ash the hero with his deadite zombie sidekick victorious over a pile of zombies or deadites, painted as a illustration for a game mag

Making of Ash and Sam in Photoshop

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Brickyard VFX Makes Dreams Come True for Mitsubishi

Brickyard VFX recently created CG frogs that appear alongside live counterparts in a new fairytale-inspired commercial for Mitsubishi

Brickyard VFX Makes Dreams Come True for Mitsubishi

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Interview with Nicolas Crombez

He is a freelance graphic designer, teacher, create skins for audio projects and recently created a 30000 pixels wide panorama image for album

Interview with Nicolas Crombez

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Stunning Trailer For Ubisoft Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier™ by Asylum

Ubisoft's new Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier trailer gave Asylum the opportunity to shine at what it does best

Stunning Trailer For Ubisoft Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier™ by Asylum

Saturday, April 10, 2010

CGArena: Animation Magazine Apr - May 10 Issue

Apr - May 10 Issue Articles

* Interview with Chris Nichols

* Photoshop: Making of Be My Valentine

* 3ds Max: Making of Waiting

* ZBrush: Making of Reichskrone

* Photoshop: Public Transportation

* Gallery - Showcase of latest 3D inspiring art


CGArena: Animation Magazine Apr - May 10 Issue

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Have you created your CG Portfolio?

We're excited to launch our new service called Portfolio / Resume Service. CGArena Portfolio is a place where you can post your professional and personal details with your artwork to show the employers and the community. This service is already appreciated by many artists in the beta test and hope now you will like too.

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Monday, April 05, 2010

Making of Cadenus and Vanessa

Cadenus and Vanessa is the title of a poem by Jonathan Swift gave rise to the name of Vanessa. Created in Photoshop and Corel Painter

Making of Cadenus and Vanessa

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Making of Batman Desertstorm

3D Artist created this image using 3ds Max and ZBrush. Everything is sculpt and modeled seperately

Making of Batman Desertstorm

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Prime Focus creates 100% CG ad for TBZ

Prime Focus created the new Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri ad which celebrates TBZ’s jewelry designs across decades

Prime Focus creates 100% CG ad for TBZ

Friday, March 26, 2010

Matte Painting: Making of Barbarossa

Matte Painting realized for the movie Barbarossa and artist inspired from an old painting of Rome with Castel Sant’Angelo

Matte Painting: Making of Barbarossa

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Prime Focus Animates characters for new CBI Campaign

Central bank of India roped in R.K Swamy BBDO to provide creative services to the CBI’s trio-ad campaign

Prime Focus Animates characters for new CBI Campaign

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Taylor James is cooking on Gas with First UK TV Commercial

Taylor James has completed work on its first UK TV spot. The advert, combining the use of striking CGI animation with 2D/3D visual effects.

Taylor James is cooking on Gas with First UK TV Commercial

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Custom Film Effects Helps Transport “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” From Page to Screen

Custom Film Effects handled all of the vfx and animation work for “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” a mostly live-action adaptation of the book

Custom Film Effects Helps Transport “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” From Page to Screen

Monday, March 22, 2010

Making of Garage - CGArena

Artist like to study lighting and shading with a cartoony look, so created this artwork in maya

Making of Garage - CGArena

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Interview with Faraz Mobin

3D Artist from Delhi, which completed the course in Canada and now working in Dubai Police Headquarters

Interview with Faraz Mobin

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Making of Dust in C4D and Photoshop

Artist started this project with the sole aim of model the vintage station to familarize himself with principles od modeling and texturing

Making of Dust - Pierre Fabre

Framestore creates Photoreal CG Animals for Dante Ariola

Framestore has created photoreal CG animals doing weird and wonderful things for MJZ's Dante Ariola and Y&R New York.

Framestore creates Photoreal CG Animals for Dante Ariola

Friday, March 12, 2010

Project Overview: Sheikh Zayed

This is 3D portrait of Sheikh Zayed who was president of United Arab Emirates for 30 years

Project Overview: Sheikh Zayed

Rhino Beefs Up Feature Slate With Cop Out

Rhino has wrapped up extensive visual effects work on the Warner Brothers action-comedy Cop Out

Rhino Beefs Up Feature Slate With Cop Out

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Asylum and Smuggler Change Life Into Art

Graphic Artist, continues Samsung Mobile's overarching campaign to show off the innovative and practical uses for their smart phones in everyday life.

Asylum and Smuggler Change Life Into Art

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Interview with Oleg Koreyba

Interview with 3D Artist from Ukraine. Try to breathe as much as possible life into every 3D characters. You will enjoy the information given.

Interview with Oleg Koreyba

Monday, March 08, 2010

Modeling the Tennis Ball

In this small video tutorial, learn how to model the tennis ball in Autodesk 3ds Max. This is a beginner's level tutorial and nothing for intermediate or advanced users

Modeling the Tennis Ball

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Painting Avatar Jack Sully

Artist decide to pay a small tribute to movie Avatar and began to make a fan art of its protagonist, Jack Sully in Painter and Photoshop

Painting Avatar Jack Sully

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Making of Le Patisserie

The inspiration for this Project was a small French restaurant, which I came across while searching the internet

Making of Le Patisserie

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Dancing Diablo creates The Earth in 6 Days

Dancing Diablo was given a week to create the earth - as well as an eclectic galaxy of animated iconic elements that interact with it - for a :30 national brand spot for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and marketing agency Capstrat entitled “Minds On A Mission.”

Dancing Diablo creates The Earth in 6 Days

Blind Creates second video for Raveonettes

The video, set in a fantastic illustrated world, portrays the epic journey of a heartbroken man rambling across a unique and beautifully stylized landscape

Blind Creates second video for Raveonettes

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 12

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

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 12

Friday, February 26, 2010

Making of Cohen the Barbarian

Artist like to create something visually pleasing for the portfolio and that gives the birth to this artwork using 3ds max and ZBrush

Making of Cohen the Barbarian

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Interview with John Martini aka Joker Martini

Talented freelance artist - John Martini aka Joker Martini which is jack of all trades and received creativity as a gift from parents

Interview with John Martini

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

MPC completes gruesome transformation and London scapes for The Wolfman

Fully animated Wolfman scenes, gruesome transformations, enhancement of live-action shots, film's climactic waterfall environment...

Details about the movie The Wolfman

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Making of in the Blue Foil in Photoshop

In this making of you will get some tips from the artist which improves your style of painting and helps you in understanding the concept

Making of in the Blue Foil

Monday, February 22, 2010

Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Lightning Thief

MPC Vancouver provided a range of vfx and post production work for the Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Lightning Thief

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 11

This is second last part of the most popular car modeling video series. You can't get so detailed video tutorials for free.

Modeling a Car: Video Tutorial - Part 11

Friday, February 19, 2010

Speed Painting the Portrait in Photoshop

In this speed painting tutorial, watch how artist painted this portrait in Photoshop. This tutorial also helps the beginners in refining their skills.

Speed Painting the Portrait

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Making of Iron Cat by Adam Farkas

In this making of artist would like to share with you the techniques used in the creation of the artwork, named ironcat. This is more than a making...

How to create Iron Cat by Adam Farkas

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Making of Ayasha - Indian Hero

Before start designing any character you must know the characteristics of the character that helps in developing the better character

Making of Ayasha - Indian Hero

Monday, February 15, 2010

Making of Long Journey of a Girl

Beautiful girl is looking for the magic stone to save her brother, during journey she found gentle soul trapped in the body of a monster...

Making of Long Journey

Friday, February 12, 2010

Making of Classic Living Room

Creating a photo realistic interior is always a challenge for an artist but Roger succeeded in creating that inside 3ds max

Interior Room Setup

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 10

This is tenth part of this video series where you learning the detailed modeling the chevrolet camaro concept car.

Modeling the Car

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Making of Mr Woland and the Esoteric cats

Artist like to create a bizarre character involved with magic and incredible world. This thought gave birth to this image in photoshop.

Making in Photoshop

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Deforming Geometry with Fluids in Maya

In this 10 min video tutorial learn how you can deform the geometry using fluids. In this tutorial particles will deform the soft body and this technique can be applied in many effects.

Video Tutorial

Sunday, February 07, 2010

Animation Magazine Feb - Mar 10 Issue

Once again cgarena.com brings you another exciting and informative issue of CGArena Animation Magazine and this is absolutely free download .

Animation Magazine or Ezine

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Making of Grenat in Photoshop

Grenat color is red, from blood and not from love, as translated in popular culture – and the animal is the red eagle

Painting Grenat in Photoshop

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Making of Where's She Looking

Generally while doing a make-up women's look in the mirror but where's she looking, that's a mistry.

Project Overview in Maya

Brickyard VFX Makes a Hole-In-One for Titleiest

Brickyard created animated overlays that bring each golfer’s yardage book to life on screen

Spot Focus

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 8

Another part available from 14 parts video series where you learn how to model a real looking car and where details are really necessary

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 8

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Making of Aramaki, Section 9

Inspiration taken from the 2d anime series and here you can see the 3D version with explanation of steps

Making of Aramaki, Section 9

Monday, January 25, 2010

Making of Alfa Romeo Competizione C8 Spyder Studio

Artist attracted to this beauty and decide to create in 3d to improve my techniques of modeling and rendering

Making of Alfa Romeo Competizione C8 Spyder Studio

Friday, January 22, 2010

Making of Mark 13 in Photoshop

Image of a robot which destroying the city. This image is a mix between composing and painting, created by an artist from Germany

Why Robot destroying the City?

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 7

Now seventh part of this wonderful video series is available to learn the modeling of car. If you still can't learn then nothing can be done.

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 7

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Making of Evil Gremlin

After taking inspiration from the movie, artist created this image in 3d. This is not a step by step making but a project overview

Evil Gremlin - Project Overview

Monday, January 18, 2010

Interview with Lee Perry-Smith

29 years old freelance artist from UK which acting as a consultant for VFX studios

Interview with Lee Perry-Smith

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 6

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

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 6

Thursday, January 14, 2010

How to create a Sci-fi scene - Making of Primateran

The idea was to create a huge blue Planet in a dust cloud with meteor field and ships, those like to create sci-fi scenes will love this

How to create a Sci-fi scene - Making of Primateran

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Making of Red Hulk in ZBrush

This character is an evil version of Hulk and he is more aggressive and intelligent, besides having all the abilities of Hulk

How Rulk was made

Friday, January 08, 2010

Making of Homage in Photoshop

This is a homage to Bill Watterson and his creation. In this making I will share my techniques and will walk you through the steps and settings taken

Read the Making of Homage

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Making of DinoMonster

Idea of a dinosaurized man comes after seeing Jurassic park. The difficult part was to give them all distinctive look, and again, to keep the visuals together

Making of DinoMonster

Beeline - Rhino creates buzz in Russian Market

Rhino crafted a unique cast of animated animals from scratch in stylized CG for the Russian telecommunications company Beeline

Rhino creates buzz in Russian Market

Monday, January 04, 2010

Making Of Balcón Mediterráneo - CGArena

Artist like the real pictures of Balcón Mediterráneo so much, he decided to create the 3D version in Maya

Read the making