2012 New Year Wishes by MD Simulations

MD Simulation's wishing you 2012 Happy New Year with this cool animated short. Hope you all will enjoy this animation and soon this industry and whole world will come out of double dip recession.

2012 New Year Wishes by MD Simulations

Video Tutorial: Creating a Low-Poly City

In this 40 min video tutorial you will learn how to create a low poly city using a free plugin Greeble. We will also talk about mapping techniques for this project

Video Tutorial: Creating a Low-Poly City

Making of Detective Ridley

In this tutorial artist will take you through the steps in the creation of my Detective Ridley characters made for Gameloft

Making of Detective Ridley

722 - Advanced Car Rig & Animation: Vol 1

The 722 training DVD is a video based training which contains video tutorials that will show you how to create an advanced car rig and animate your model of the beautiful McLaren SLR 722s Roadster.

722 - Advanced Car Rig & Animation: Vol 1

Making of Red Bugatti

Artist planning to model a Bugatti for a long time ago. The time arrived last month when he stayed 3 full weeks without a freelance work.

Making of Red Bugatti

Video Tutorial: Rendering a Toy in V-Ray

In this 1 hour video tutorial you will learn how to create some complex Vray materials and works with vray render elements

Video Tutorial: Rendering a Toy in V-Ray

Making of Ibaloy Warrior

This tutorial will explain how artist was able to make this piece. There’s nothing special about the process of making it. It was just a product of right and correct composition, color, and lighting

Making of Ibaloy Warrior

Interview with Marshall Womack (Fossil Software)

Interview with Environment Artist Marshall Womack, workins as Chief Creative Officer of Fossil Software, an iPhone development company

Interview with Marshall Womack (Fossil Software)

Making of What are they Staring at?

What are they staring at has been created to improve artistic skills at environmental design and ended up as a personal piece which really liked by artist

Making of What are they Staring at?

Interview with Joe Fenton

After studying sculpting at the Wimbledon School of Art in the UK, went on to work for a few years in the film industry

Interview with Joe Fenton

TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON Teaser

Powerful and dark, with a filmic look and feel, the :90 piece hooks gamers with emotional imagery, a haunting track and redemptive story

TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON Teaser

Video Tutorial: Modeling the Crystal Chandelier

In this 45 min video tutorial we will learn how to model a Crystal Chandelier in 3ds Max. This tutorial will only covers the modeling part.

Video Tutorial: Modeling the Crystal Chandelier

Making of Iron Asylum

This Work is based on Jerry Beck concept. His character was comic style and I wanted to make it more realistic but still keeping it a bit of stylized.

Making of Iron Asylum

Getting Acquainted With the 3D Generation

Whether 3D moves beyond a stylistic evolution and becomes a revolution, though, has yet to be seen. As some developers and players note, the unique visual effect of 3D -- with the initial disorientation of viewing a scene with an illusion of depth and then continuing to direct the action

Getting Acquainted With the 3D Generation

CGArena: CG Magazine Dec - Jan 12 Issue

Another issue of free animation PDF magazine free issue is out and available for download. Hope you will enjoy reading this issue ...

CGArena: CG Magazine Dec - Jan 12 Issue

CryEngine 3 - Vol 1-2-3 - Intro and Application

In this first DVD of our series, Hélder Pinto starts by walking you through many of the common features of CryENGINE 3 SDK like Customizing the User Interface, Folder Structure, Viewports, Entities, Panels, Objects and much more.

In this second DVD of our series, Hélder Pinto continues where he left off on the creation of an entire level from scratch. Hélder starts off by placing particles in the scene and then goes into the “Boids” system to place things like flocks of birds.

In this third DVD of our series, Helder Pinto goes into more intermediate and advanced topics now that the first level is complete. Hélder starts off by explaining how to create and add custom decals, roads, and terrain layers to the level.

CryEngine 3 - Vol 1-2-3 - Intro and Application

Pixomondo Leads VFX for Martin Scorsese's HUGO

Pixomondo completed over 800 shots as the primary visual effects vendor on Martin Scorsese’s 3D epic adventure, Hugo.

Pixomondo Leads VFX for Martin Scorsese's HUGO

FumeFX December Sale

From Dec 1st and ending on Dec 31st 2011, FumeFX will be sold at $777 in CGArena Store + Will receive free upgrade to FumeFX 3.0

http://www.cgarena.com/store/fumefx21

Submit your Artwork for 2012 Calendar

The 2012 Calendar Wallpaper is a great way to inspire artists to create something on which whole community can proud. Once again, We hope you will consider being a part of the 2012 calendar by submitting your entries!

Submit your Artwork for 2012 Calendar

nDo2 is Released Now

nDo2 is out of beta and in stores NOW! It's built from the ground up, fully integrated into Photoshop, in real-time 3D.

nDo2 is Released Now

Review: Sony Cybershot DSC HX100v

This camera is lightweight and compact making it an ideal camera for those looking to travel. If Sony provides some firmware updates and improve the slow startup time

Review: Sony Cybershot DSC HX100v

Photo-Real Stone Ruins in Photoshop

When you understand how colour works inside a shaded areas and in the lit areas, and then apply that in your paintings, you can start to see photo-real lighting emerges

Photo-Real Stone Ruins in Photoshop

History of 3D in a nutshell

And this is definitely not the end. In 2011 the manufacturers of video-game consoles announced that the next generation of consoles will focus on 3D.

History of 3D in a nutshell

Short Film: Jolie Bobine

Set in a colorful childish universe, Jolie Bobine is a short film which tells the story of a small doll with the gift of life who will enthralled with a ballerina.

Short Film: Jolie Bobine

MPC Digs Deep for Nintendo DS Fossil Fighters Champions

MPC pulled off a stunning bit of 3D magic in a promo for Nintendo's Fossil Fighters Champions, a new game for the handheld DS videogame system.

MPC Digs Deep for Nintendo DS Fossil Fighters Champions

70 Panoramic Images for free Download

Free download of panoramic images, which you can use freely in your projects. Some are really massive & more than 10,000 px wide

70 Panoramic Images for free Download

MPC LA and London Work Across Oceans to Show how DIRECTV Viewers Can Freeze Time

We've seen robots fighting in a kitchen, 17th century lovers chasing one another through a woman's home, and a fireman rescue a child

MPC LA and London Work Across Oceans to Show how DIRECTV Viewers Can Freeze Time

Digital Domain Builds an Off-Kilter World for Carl Rinsch and Mercedes’ AR Campaign

Shot in Hong Kong and Los Angeles, “The Escape” has viewers wake up inside a live action world inspired by Google Street View where things aren’t quite right

Digital Domain Builds an Off-Kilter World for Carl Rinsch and Mercedes’ AR Campaign

Interview with Justin Holt

Justin Holt is a texture painter and worked on various films like Hulk, Happy Feet, The Kingdom, Rango, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn...

Interview with Justin Holt

Making of Amazons Vs. The Sea Monsters

This painting started out as a quick sketch and artist did on a scrap of paper at work. I liked the composition and continued to refine the sketch into a cleaner drawing.

Making of Amazons Vs. The Sea Monsters

Cracked Stone - Part 3 in ZBrush, 3ds Max

Damaged and cracked stone can look very different depending on the underlying structure (are there reinforcement metal bars underneath, gravel or perhaps just a more sandlike material

Cracked Stone - Part 3 in ZBrush, 3ds Max

Stardust Delivers Multiple Realities to Let Consumers ‘Coupe’ their Lives for Mercedes-Benz

Innovative creative studio Stardust collaborated with the digital visionaries at Razorfish to create an interactive campaign for Mercedes-Benz USA

Stardust Delivers Multiple Realities to Let Consumers ‘Coupe’ their Lives for Mercedes-Benz

Interview with Andy Walsh

Andy Walsh, a graphic designer in North Wales. He spent the last 10 years in various forms of graphic design and recently went freelance

Interview with Andy Walsh

Zombie Portrait in Photoshop

Artist made a lot of mistakes while trying to get this zombie painting right and he wanted to share those with you so you can avoid them in the future.

Zombie Portrait in Photoshop

PandaPanther Soars with Activision's Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Promotion

2 min promo spot for Activision\'s new entertainment property Skylanders: Spyro\'s Adventure, which was recently releaseda

PandaPanther Soars with Activision's Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Promotion

Making of the Futuristic City

This is not a video tutorial, so artist could not express all the detailed painting and adjustment processes, however covered as much as possible with the key steps involved in the making.

Making of the Futuristic City

Making of Knight

This piece was inspired by the fantastic novels of J.R.R.Tolkien. When painting the illustrations, then utilize novels, movies and comics as the source of idea

Making of Knight

Rough Stone - Part 1 in ZBrush, 3ds Max

In this tutorial I am going to go through the steps you could use to create a rough stone material.

Rough Stone - Part 1 in ZBrush, 3ds Max

Interview with Paradox Interactive

It seems unbelievable that a company that specializes in hardcore, complex turn-based historical strategy games can be successful in this day and age

Interview with Paradox Interactive

Ingenuity Engine Delivers Smokin’ Stereo VFX for “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas”

Working with production VFX Supervisor David Goldberg, Ingenuity Engine VFX Supervisors David Lebensfeld and Grant Miller created 125 visual effects shots that take Harold and Kumar across New York City to find a Christmas tree

Ingenuity Engine Delivers Smokin’ Stereo VFX for “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas”

Making of The Confrontation in Photoshop

Jone always been inspired and fascinated by dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, so for this painting, I wanted to create an adventure based fantasy piece.

Making of The Confrontation in Photoshop

Blind Takes Sloth to Costa Rica

Created in partnership with Atlanta-based advertising agency 22squared, the trio of Gift of Happiness spots features the laidback spokesanimal hanging in front of iconic Costa Rican scenes

Blind Takes Sloth to Costa Rica

MPC Helps Mercedes-Benz Blow the Doors Off the Competition

The MPC team put together an impressive array of motion control, CG and other effects for the new campaign.

MPC Helps Mercedes-Benz Blow the Doors Off the Competition

Particle Flow Toolbox#2: Velocity Sculpting/RayFire Fragmenter/PhysXplosion Prevention

It's almost a 50 min tutorial about using geometry to sculpt your explosion and velocities using the PFlow Toolbox#2 and #3 in canon.

Particle Flow Toolbox#2: Velocity Sculpting/RayFire Fragmenter/PhysXplosion Prevention

Digital Domain Brings Movie-Scale Stereo Effects to “2 Worlds” for Sony

a 60 second spot that features movie-scale visual effects and handles stereo 3D artfully to shatter the barrier between story and audience.

Digital Domain Brings Movie-Scale Stereo Effects to “2 Worlds” for Sony

r|Shaders

r|shaders is a collection of procedural shaders for 3ds max. The 1st release named "Core Zero" will be the foundation version and it will includes 8 different shaders to give the possibility to create many kinds of natural surfaces.

r|Shaders

Create the Matte Metal

In this tutorial I will describe my workflow for a pretty typical metal plate wall. I will use 3ds Max and Photoshop to create this material.

Create the Matte Metal

Making of Concept Car

Artist placed this new car in a new environment to learn how to place the lights, exposure and so on

Making of Concept Car

Review: Samsung S23A300B LED Monitor

LED’s provide improved brightness and contrast levels, with deeper blacks. LED are also more environmentally friendly due to there being no mercury used during manufacture.

Review: Samsung S23A300B LED Monitor

Video Tutorial: Basic Light Settings in 3ds Max

This tutorial will explain the basic settings of photometric and standard lights in 3ds Max. This tutorial is made for beginners who are using the first time lights in 3D Studio Max.

Video Tutorial: Basic Light Settings in 3ds Max

Making of Sanlik

They live in an aquatic planet, where the cities are floating on water. I always wanted to make characters that fit in some story

Making of Sanlik

Looking Inside the NYU Game Center

As more and more schools around the globe offer game-design degrees, wannabe game makers have a variety of programs to choose from

Looking Inside the NYU Game Center

Interview with David Moratilla

Artist from spain, paid the special attention to the small details that\'s why his portfolio contains highly realistic portraits

Interview with David Moratilla

Rough Wood Planks in ZBrush, 3ds Max

Some steps on how you can create a rough wood texture using ZBrush, 3ds Max and Photoshop. This can be interesting if you want to make a totally handpainted texture as well.

Rough Wood Planks in ZBrush, 3ds Max

India's Growing Visual Effects Industry

Can you name the country that leads the world in movie ticket sales and the number of films produced? Hint: It’s not the United States

India's Growing Visual Effects Industry

Steppe Warrior by Ilker Serdar Yildiz

This piece have been realized with marketing purposes for the Umaykut MMO game. Umaykut is based on Anatolian/Middle Eastern culture.

Steppe Warrior by Ilker Serdar Yildiz

Artistic Image Takes ‘Big Screen’ To The Next Level

The show uses Stone Mountain as a projection surface with digital video projection delivering 3D-like effects without the glasses.

Artistic Image Takes ‘Big Screen’ To The Next Level

Making of Ethroa

The idea was to show a feminine science fiction portrait with a peculiar helmet from where were spreading sunrays.

Making of Ethroa

Mudbox - A Comprehensive Introduction

This training is perfect for those who want to understand the power of Autodesk Mudbox and how to use it to create a portfolio quality environment piece.

Mudbox - A Comprehensive Introduction

Engineering Amazing Commercial: Light

Motion capture and animation company, Vicon House of Moves (HOM), provided motion capture for the :30 ‘Light’ commercial for Lexus

Engineering Amazing Commercial: Light

Digital Domain and Adam Berg Tap Virtual Production for Gears of War 3 “Dust to Dust”

An all-CG spot using an innovative virtual production technique that gave Berg complete camera control to shoot the spot like live action and deliver a cinematic showpiece for the trilogy’s final chapter

Digital Domain and Adam Berg Tap Virtual Production for Gears of War 3 “Dust to Dust”

Working with Modular Rocks

This is a more step by step tutorial and some hints when it comes to more organic shaped meshes.

Working with Modular Rocks

Making of UnderCity

This is totally different technique to build a image from a 2D concept to 3D image. Hope you will learn some new tricks

Making of UnderCity

Particle Flow Toolbox#2: Feather Rig Tutorial

This is over an hour long feather rigging video tutorial using the PFlow Toolbox#2. Hope you will enjoy watching this.

Particle Flow Toolbox#2: Feather Rig Tutorial

Bamboo Plants

The product DOSCH 3D: Bamboo Plants contains 30 very detailed and fully textured 3D-models of bamboo plants for indoor- and outdoor-scenes. Bamboo is essential for the visualization of modern architecture.

Bamboo Plants

CGArena: CG Magazine Sep-Oct 11 Issue

Much awaited free CG magazine is available for download on your computer. So, don\'t waste any time and start downloading and reading...

CGArena: CG Magazine Sep-Oct 11 Issue

Eight VFX Partners with Saatchi & Saatchi LA for Toyota Campaign

In the latest campaign for Toyota Prius, Saatchi & Saatchi LA partnered with Eight VFX to introduce a new character: People Person.

Eight VFX Partners with Saatchi & Saatchi LA for Toyota Campaign

Shader Production

Instructor Luiz Kruel guides you through writing your own shaders, primarily with the CGFX shader language in Maya.

Shader Production

The Last Job by Michal Dziekan

For me the most important part of the illustration is the idea, however in this particular illustration idea is very simple

The Last Job by Michal Dziekan

Cat's Pride, Pass Out & Massage

MPC Creative’s Jake Mengers has directed ‘Pass Out’ & ‘Massage’, the comical new spots from Cat’s Pride. Produced by Stuart Moutrie at Doner, Detroit and Jeremy Smith at MPC Creative

Cat's Pride, Pass Out & Massage

Painting Natalie

The girl presented here is a 16-year-old main female character named Natalie, who despite being involved in extraordinary events

Painting Natalie

psd Manager 3

psd-manager™ 3.0 is the first and most advanced PSD file exporter for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design available on the market.

psd Manager 3

Making of Pink Converse

Decided to make a pair of tennis shoes because artist in the process of making a little girls model, and this model needed a shoe

Making of Pink Converse

Linear Workflow with Vray, After Effects

In this Video tutorial you are going to learn how to apply Linear workflow to your Pipeline easily with few steps.

Linear Workflow with Vray, After Effects

Advanced Interior Lighting with Vray

This training include the complete scene so you can check every material setup, lighting, camera settings, render setup and learn how to implement that in your our renders with the help of the video tutorials.

Advanced Interior Lighting with Vray

Fall in Love in Alaska

Lopez Negrete recently enlisted the help of Charlex to bring to life a unique and entertaining :60 spot for Verizon's newest campaign.

Fall in Love in Alaska

Artistic Image Creates A Refreshing CGI ,Cinema Spot For Cherry Coke

Coca-Cola was looking to incorporate a sleek, hip-hop beat into their latest Cherry Coke animation. Completely 3D with atmospheric effects added in post

Artistic Image Creates A Refreshing CGI ,Cinema Spot For Cherry Coke

Interview with Motion Capture System Developers

Interview with the motion capture system developers from Egypt. We will talk about their dream project on which they are working with full determination

Interview with Motion Capture System Developers

Back to School with Subway

After constructing the basic plan, the team decided to use stop motion, and give the hand-made and youthful feel by combining VFX trickery and elements of stop-motion

Back to School with Subway

Interview with Patryk Habryn

21 years old talented CG artist and matte painter from poland. Currently working in Lunapark Studio.

Interview with Patryk Habryn

Making of a Murder Girl

After some loose sketching with pencil on paper a general composition came together. Artist wanted to do something really funny and simple.

Making of a Murder Girl

Dancing Through DSL

The AT&T spot benefited from extensive design work in every aspect of the job, from casting to set design, through editing and post-production.

Dancing Through DSL

Fighting Power of UAE

The commercial portrays UAE's armed forces as the highly sophisticated, modern, well equipped, technologically state of the art

Fighting Power of UAE

Making of Close-up Portraits

In this article artist will try to explain the techniques that used to create this image. He will focus mainly upon the textures/shaders part

Making of Close-up Portraits

Making of a Day

Inspiration from movie Ratatouille was a starting point of this work. Artist wanted to make a cozy, peaceful and personal place like brunch time.

Making of a Day

A Gamer's Education

As video games become more and more popular, educational programs for aspiring game designers are cropping up across the country.

A Gamer's Education

Spot: That's a Lot

That's a Lot, opens with images of greasy burgers frying on a grill. It then switches to a series of seemingly innocent images:

Spot: That's a Lot

Brickyard VFX Transforms for Bright House Networks

Brickyard designed and animated a photo-real CG robot that transforms from a small child’s toy into an iron giant in “Robot.”

Brickyard VFX Transforms for Bright House Networks

Making of Barbarian

The concept started with little different idea and later modified and modeling in XSI and details added in ZBrush

Making of Barbarian

Key to 3D Success 2.0

In this ebook you will learn how to create photorealistic renders, plus you are getting 4 recorded webinars. Must buy for all 3d artists...

Key to 3D Success 2.0

Video Tutorial: Car Paint Material

New Tutorial of the Florence Design Academy, the leading design school in Europe - 3D Studio Max Video Tutorial: Car Paint Material.

Video Tutorial: Car Paint Material

Making of Scène Française

The idea of this scene came to the artist from the simplicity and atmosphere that this scene was projecting

Making of Scène Française

Making of Daydreamer

Very often the creation of a work of art begins with a sketch or a drawing. With me, most of the times it would begin as a chaos evolving from scattered spots, based on the principle of a colorful overlay in the classic drawing

Making of Daydreamer

Interview with Mark O’Connell on The Art of War: Shogun 2

The way of the samurai, with its violence and pageantry, is one of the most romanticized martial traditions in the world -- and no video game has done it quite the justice that Total War: Shogun 2 has.

Interview with Mark O’Connell on The Art of War: Shogun 2

Interview with Legendary Developer John Carmack

Legendary developer John Carmack discuss his recent work on id Software’s forthcoming first-person shooter, Rage, lauded by many as the best-looking shooter ever made

Interview with Legendary Developer John Carmack

Free Sky Packs Download

CGArena forum member put together high quality HDRI packs which is available for download for the registered forum users

http://forum.cgarena.com/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=12912

Modeling Aircraft

Artist been asked to recreate 3d Falcon model which would be later composed both in live action and entirely cg made shots of the movie

Modeling Aircraft

Charlex Posts The Mailboxes For Krylon's 'Projects'

The spot's objective was twofold; first, show off Krylon's Projects in a Can website; next, illustrate that idea by transforming a beaten-up old mailbox into a series of artfully themed and created mailboxes.

Charlex Posts The Mailboxes For Krylon's 'Projects'

Thinking Particles Part 2

This DVD is perfect for those who want to learn more about Thinking Particles and why many studios are using it in production today.

Thinking Particles Part 2

Sagmeister Inc. and BNS Energize EDP

Sagmeister teamed with BNS to develop an animated storyline using the brand new illustrative visual language.

Sagmeister Inc. and BNS Energize EDP

Experimenter’s Wanted

Taylor James completed Bulmer’s latest cross-platform campaign, launching Bulmer’s No17, an exciting new cider that contains crushed berries with lime

Experimenter’s Wanted

Brickyard VFX Hand-Paints Watercolor World Tour

Columbia and Parkwood Entertainment called on Brickyard VFX to create a breathtaking commercial worthy of the superstar's ambitious new album.

Brickyard VFX Hand-Paints Watercolor World Tour

CGArena: CG Magazine Jul-Aug 11 Issue

New issue of the much awaited magazine is now available for free download. Download the issue and learn about the project makings/details...

CGArena: CG Magazine Jul-Aug 11 Issue

CGArena: CG Magazine Jul-Aug 11 Issue

New issue of the much awaited magazine is now available for free download. Download the issue and learn about the project makings/details

CGArena: CG Magazine Jul-Aug 11 Issue

White Out - Body in Snow

Here is the summary of a shot completed for the independent movie, “White Out”, by Mr.Lawrie Brewster, Director

White Out - Body in Snow

Visualizing ISAM

Leviathan chief scientist Matt Daly and his colleagues at the design-focused, Chicago-based production studio are very proud to detail their artistry in conjunction with V Squared Labs

Visualizing ISAM

Camparisoda “Welcome to Giulia”

Director Grady Hall of production company Motion Theory dramatizes a young woman’s life story as an imaginative visual journey for Camparisoda

Camparisoda “Welcome to Giulia”

What's in the box

Ever wonder what comes with that tech device that you are about to purchase, and what accessories you’ll discover you need once you take your new gadget home?

What's in the box

Value Proposition -- PC or Console Games?

With the advent of tablets and smartphones, the platforms available to play games on are ever increasing. With the runaway success of social games like Farmville

Value Proposition -- PC or Console Games?

Spot: Hyundai Magic

Dashing completed the magic effects and extensive car cleanup work throughout the :60 spot in just two days, using a streamlined workflow that relied on Autodesk Flame

Spot: Hyundai Magic

Spot: Robot and Carl's Jr

a robot comes home from work, feeds his goldfish, and then sits down to eat dinner, the delicious-looking Carl's Jr

Spot: Robot and Carl's Jr

Spot Making: Standing up for Freedom - Amnesty International's 50th Aniversary

The main idea came after days of brainstorming, and a couple of failed scripts. The concept had to be strong, clear, and effective, while giving the viewer an idea of what Amnesty International

Spot Making: Standing up for Freedom - Amnesty International's 50th Aniversary

722 - McLaren SLR

Learn how to design and texture a highly detailed model of the legendary McLaren SLR 722s Roadster hyper car

722 - McLaren SLR

Making of Little Fishes

In this making artist will share the workflow, sketching the idea is one of the most important step, to put your ideas on paper

Making of Little Fishes

Painting Megaman

Artist tried finding an interesting composition of Megaman flying towards the camera through this sketching stage

Painting Megaman

Creating the Baseball Simulation in MLB 2K11

Blogger selected the best shots from the videos that will be most helpful during the motion capture session

Creating the Baseball Simulation in MLB 2K11

Making of Dead City

The idea was to depict the derelict demolished city inhabited with living zombies. Artist drew the doodle in gray-scale mode, which further facilitated with application of photo-textures.

Making of Dead City

Interview with Cris De Lara

Freelance artist from Canada which worked for caricaturist, portraitist, colorist, Children Book Illustrator and much more

Interview with Cris De Lara

Krylon Aerosol Paints

created a stop-motion test as a proof of concept, which ended up being quite close to what I ended up shooting for the actual spot

Krylon Aerosol Paints

Making of Dream Place

In this article artist will discuss the process of creating this work, entitled The Dream Place.

Making of Dream Place

Making of Natanz Minaret

Artist sharing some tips about Iranian Architecture and general approaches to make Ruined BRICK Buildings in CG

Making of Natanz Minaret

Beyonce's Billboard Performance Come Alive

TBL create a dazzling backdrop for Beyonce's performance of her latest single "Run the World" at the Billboard Music Awards

Beyonce's Billboard Performance Come Alive

Making of Turkish Butcher

This butcher is working in a not so clean environment but he’s good at what he’s doing. This shop is his father’s legacy and he is bounded with family traditions

Making of Turkish Butcher

Create Realistic Clouds without plug-in

In this tutorial we'll learn how to create realistic volumetric clouds in 3ds Max without using any plug-in, this is step by step tutorial

Create Realistic Clouds without plug-in

Beautiful Transformation

Ever wonder what a superhero would look like if their powers allowed them to transform into a bottle of iced tea?

Beautiful Transformation

Texture Painting & Creating Bump and Specular Maps with Photoshop CS5

We are going to learn how to render a UV Template and send it to PHOTOSHOP, and paint a leather texture, also how to create the bump map and the specular map

Texture Painting & Creating Bump and Specular Maps with Photoshop CS5

Gaming the (Educational) System

overview of some of the different game design programs across the country, as well as what skills, materials and advice students need

Gaming the (Educational) System

Nice Shoes Takes Friskies to 3D Cinema

Originally animated in 2D by Passion Pictures, it features a cat in a real-world kitchen and a can of Friskies which emits a magical display of golden confetti

Nice Shoes Takes Friskies to 3D Cinema

Unwrapping with 3ds Max

In this video tutorial we are going to unwrap a model using Xrayunwrap plugin for 3ds max

Unwrapping with 3ds Max

Lighting & Setting up a Realistic Render with Vray and 3ds Max

In this tutorial you will learn how to lighting and setting up a realistic render with Vray 2.0 and 3ds max 2011, also how to use ies lights

Lighting & Setting up a Realistic Render with Vray and 3ds Max

Making of Weird Friendship

Weird Friendship realistic painting by Shady \"Brahim Azizi\", created in Photoshop CS5 and Wacom. Hope you will enjoy this making...

Making of Weird Friendship

Making of Interior Kitchen Visualization

The aim of this image is to prove that it is possible for any 3D artist who is not working as a professional to create a photo-real rendering

Making of Interior Kitchen Visualization

Making of Don't Beat Me

Artist started with the default body mesh from Mudbox, and quickly modified the body into baby proportions in ZBrush and Maya

Making of Don't Beat Me

McDonald's Taps Kompost and DUCK for Unique Campaign

What does an advertising legend such as McDonald's do when it decides to shift from the live-action world to a rendered wonderland to promote its famous Happy Meals

McDonald's Taps Kompost and DUCK for Unique Campaign

Making of Sentinel by Bob Nolin

Painted the bald eagle portrait, using a digital tablet, the method used comes directly from many years as a traditional watercolor painter

Making of Sentinel by Bob Nolin

Media Equipment

The product DOSCH 3D: Media Equipment contains 50 very detailed and fully textured 3D-models of consumer electronic products.

Media Equipment

Concept Cars 2011

20 very detailed and completely textured 3D-models of highly realistic non-branded concept cars. The product includes all major car-types: compact cars, SUVs, station wagon, luxury cars, etc.

Concept Cars 2011

Composition Rules

Composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work

Composition Rules

Digital Domain and "TRON: Legacy" Director Joe Kosinski Reunite for BMW Spot

Digital Domain built the entire KC-135 digitally after conducting an intricate survey of the actual plane, obtaining reference photos

Digital Domain and "TRON: Legacy" Director Joe Kosinski Reunite for BMW Spot

The Future Is Solid: Solid-state Drives Revolutionize Gaming

Solid-state drives are revolutionizing storage performance on desktop and laptop PCs, delivering dramatically faster load times than hard disk drives

The Future Is Solid: Solid-state Drives Revolutionize Gaming

Blind Brings Archived Stories to Life

A lyrical, moving and informative piece about the bloody conflict using the true stories of three soldiers, set against a backdrop of sepia-tinted stills

Blind Brings Archived Stories to Life

Interview with Tiago Hoisel

Graduated in Graphic Design and running an illustration studio in Sao Paulo called Techno Image and working with very renowned talented artists

Interview with Tiago Hoisel

Absolute Gets Verizon Out of a Jam

Think your internet connection can do everything but drive you down the road? Created an unreal traffic jam that metaphorically shows the speed and superiority of Verizon's fiber-optic network

Absolute Gets Verizon Out of a Jam

Live Action & CG 3 - A Comprehensive Guide to Compositing

Instructor Matt Skonicki takes you through the entire process of compositing 2 HD Shots with 3D integration. The best part of this tutorial is it uses Autodesk Composite for compositing which ships free with Autodesk Maya 2011.

Live Action & CG 3 - A Comprehensive Guide to Compositing

Spot: Join the Dance

Editor organically integrating a series of CGI elements – from dancing chairs and revolving buildings, to animated fruit – maintaining the continuity of the storyline

Spot: Join the Dance

V-Ray for Maya v2.0 Released

The complete, state-of-the-art rendering solution now comes with interactive rendering on GPU and CPU. Users in all industries - from VFX to Architecture - will benefit from a more robust and much faster rendering solution.

V-Ray for Maya v2.0

Interview with David Couchariere - Part 2

Second part of Interview with David Couchariere, character animator in Dreamworks Animation will answer your questions which was posted by the CGArena visitors

Interview with David Couchariere - Part 2

How to Add 3D Model in Real Image

In this image artist will concentrate on the presentation, toning and compositing and explain you how to add 3d model in real image

How to Add 3D Model in Real Image

Digital Domain Helps Dodge Rebel Against the Sci-Fi Robot Future

Directed by RSA's Carl Erik Rinsch via Wieden + Kennedy with VFX by Digital Domain, cinematic Dodge Charger spot rallies drivers of the future to reclaim their right to drive

Digital Domain Helps Dodge Rebel Against the Sci-Fi Robot Future

There Was an Effects Studio That Made a Great Shoe...

Dashing built the shoe shaped house in Maya and Mental Ray over a two-week period, experimenting with different window shapes, floor scales

There Was an Effects Studio That Made a Great Shoe...

Creative studio taylor james Titivates film and tv ‘bible’ THE KNOWLEDGE

Taylor James, the London-based creative production studio, has unveiled its latest designs for The Knowledge’s 2011 Directory

Creative studio taylor james Titivates film and tv ‘bible’ THE KNOWLEDGE

Now upload more Portfolio Images

For all portfolio users, your limit of uploading the images is increased 5 times from 60 to 300. Create your portfolio account now...

CGArena - Animation and Graphics Community for Digital Artists

Making of Zombie in the Closet

The idea for this work came to me after watching some zombie movies and playing the brilliant Zombies vs plants game

Making of Zombie in the Closet

Building Collapsing using Pflow Tutorial

In this 3 minutes video tutorial, artist will show you how to create a building collapsing, using pflow toolbox 2.

Building Collapsing using Pflow Tutorial

Roaming Lion by Taylor James

Working with agency Untold Images, Taylor James created this lion entirely in CG for telecommunication brand Celcom’s latest ‘Roaming Lion’ campaign

Roaming Lion by Taylor James

Vertebral Column - Complete

Highly accurate and detailed model of human vertebral column

Vertebral Column - Complete

Making of Kids Love Dentists

The tutorial shows mistakes and changes which artist made during the working process. Don\'t be afraid of changing your image when...

Making of Kids Love Dentists

RL Gang: A Magically Magnificent School Adventure

Ralph Lauren Spring 2011 Children's Storybook, an interactive online clothing catalogue and a video with a fantastical blend of animation and live action.

RL Gang: A Magically Magnificent School Adventure

Interview with Valve Software’s Erik Wolpaw

Eric Wolpaw talks about the creation of Valve’s software much-anticipated Portal 2, which ships in April

Interview with Valve Software’s Erik Wolpaw

Bedroom Furniture 3D Models

This collection contains 75 hi-poly 3D models of 12 different bedroom furnitures sets, suitable for architectonical visualizations, animations, illustrations and as part of other audio visual work. Models include textures and materials.

Bedroom Furniture

Desperados: Behind the Scenes

This was a complete creative production by Taylor James from the initial concept develop. to final delivery & here are the behind ...

Desperados: Behind the Scenes

CGArena: CG Magazine Apr - May 11 Issue

New issue is released and available for free download. According to many artists this is the best free mag available on the planet

CGArena: CG Magazine Apr - May 11 Issue

Mane Attraction by Taylor James

Taylor James produce a print and motion campaign promoting the use of the cancer-fighting drug Alimta. Everything created in 3D.

Mane Attraction by Taylor James

Making of Little Bunny

Hardest part was to decide what to create, so after spending sometime on thinking, artist figured out that he wanted to do a weird cartoon

Making of Little Bunny

House Installation

House Installation contains a detailed 3D-model of a virtual house including electric and sanitary installation. Recommended for fast and quality work.

House Installation

Making of Forever

Sara sharing with you the process for creating the character portrait and methods used here can be adapted to any painting programs

Making of Forever

Making of "There Is Hope" - Warehouse

Artist moved on from Photorealism and liked more of a stylized approach. Artist prefer style to photo-real

Making of "There Is Hope" - Warehouse

CGArena April Newsletter 2011

Check out the online newsletter of CGArena. This collects all the important tutorials, makings, news on CGArena in month of Mar 2011.

CGArena April Newsletter 2011

V-Ray for Maya v2.0 - Pre-Order Now

V-Ray for Maya v2.0 is now available at the pre-order price of only $1,235 (including shipping + dongle)! This discounted price is only available from March 25 - April 21, 2011. After April 21, the cost for V-Ray for Maya v2.0 will increase to $1,385.

V-Ray for Maya v2.0 - Pre-Order Now

Respiratory Model

All 3D-elements are together or individually perfectly suited for medical or surgical illustrations and animations; particularly for detail studies and close-ups used in doctor and nurse training, or for educating patients and the general public.

Respiratory Model

Ask the Questions from David Couchariere

Now it's your chance to ask the questions from David and within few days he will post the answers of best and intersting questions

Ask the Questions from David Couchariere

Prime Focus converting Star Wars: Episode I the Phantom Menace to 3D

Lucasfilm and Prime Focus proud to announce their collaboration on the 3D conversion of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace for theatrical release

Prime Focus converting Star Wars: Episode I the Phantom Menace to 3D

Craft Director Studio 11.1.4 Released

It now has support for the following systems:
- Autodesk 3ds Max 2012/3ds Max Design 2012
- Autodesk Maya 2012
- Autodesk Softimage 2012
- Japanese Windows 7

Craft Director Studio

Stardust’s Holographic Worlds for Blackberry & BBDO Moscow

3D Holographic Illusions Shown within a Unique 3D Display ‘Station’ Highlight Global Connectivity of the MTS Blackberry Storm2 Smartphone

Stardust’s Holographic Worlds for Blackberry & BBDO Moscow

Making of Having A Meal: A Conversation with God

When there is more than one way of seeing things, when illustrations are more complex to create

Making of Having A Meal: A Conversation with God

Making of New Species

Initial idea was to create a funny looking Dentist who looks impressed of a large tooth he just pulled out, but the idea changed

Making of New Species

PLAY Creates A Graphic Novel-Inspired Promo - Twilight Zone Marathon

Syfy recently tasked Play, the one-stop creative promo house, with the challenge of putting a new and imaginative spin on this season’s promo campaign for the 16th Annual ‘Twilight Zone Marathon.’

PLAY Creates A Graphic Novel-Inspired Promo - Twilight Zone Marathon

Video Tutorial: Head Modeling in Maya

These tutorials diggs deep into the unknown land of head modeling. If you are new to modeling. This will be a great tutorial for you.

Video Tutorial: Head Modeling in Maya

Making of Monster Head

In this making artist will explain the most important steps in creating this alien monster bust in ZBrush

Making of Monster Head

Video Tutorial: Glass Material in 3ds Max

This Video tutorial explains how to create Glass material through Arch & Design and Raytrace materials in 3ds Max

Video Tutorial: Glass Material in 3ds Max

Yaroslav Grigorash Portfolio - CGArena

Freelance 3D Character Artist from Ukraine having more than 6 years of experience and specialisation in almost every field

Yaroslav Grigorash Portfolio - CGArena

Architectural Vizualization - Set 1-2-3

The Architectural Vizualisation sets are unique amongst architectural training sets in that they actually show you everything,

Architectural Vizualization - Set 3

RayFire Tool v1.55 Released

Rayfire new version is released with many new features, you will love the the ability to fragment, destroy, demolish, wreck, break...

RayFire Tool v1.55

Painting Monkey in Photoshop

Artist will guide you through the whole process, from the initial sketch design to the final presentable painting all using Adobe Photoshop

Painting Monkey in Photoshop

Making of Bath in ZBrush

The original idea of the image came in the artist mind from the references he collected and then created in ZBrush

Making of Bath

Interview with David Couchariere

Character animator with more than 11 years of experience and worked with Blue Sky studios and currently working with Dreamworks

Interview with David Couchariere

Cebas

All the main and popular Cebas products now available in the CGArena store and once again these are at lowest online prices.

Cebas

Making of The King's Speech VFX

The King’s Speech, a true cinematic jewel to world cinema has swept the Oscars this year with four wins

Making of The King's Speech VFX

Interview with Peter Molyneux

Interview with Legendary British game designer Peter Molyneux on Fable III and commitment to PC Gaming

Interview with Peter Molyneux

V-Ray 2.0 - 3ds Max at discounted Prices for limited period

V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max is a complete rendering solution, which combines the power of the distinguished V-Ray rendering engine with the flexibility and unprecedented speed of the interactive rendering system V-Ray RT, now running on GPUs.

V-Ray 2.0 - 3ds Max

People - Silhouettes Viz Images

300 high-resolution images of people silouettes are provided in the common PSD, TIF, JPG and EPS formats.

People - Silhouettes

Swimming Pool 3D Models

100 very detailed and fully textured 3D-models of important details for private and public swimming pools, wellness areas and whirlpools.

Swimming Pool

Making of Say Cheese

Artist main objective was to make the final product look believable and, most importantly, a very strong likeness to the concept

Making of Say Cheese

Camaro Training Video Released

This training contains a complete series of video tutorials which shows you how to design, animate, rig a fully functional 3D car

Camaro Training Video

Digitally Transformed Video Training Released

Discover the deep secret that will show you how to transform your Camaro car into a standing Bumble Bee autobot from the movie Transformers...

Digitally Transformed Video Training Released

Rendering a Toy with Mental Ray

In this tutorial we will setup the scene, create the different materials of same product and render the same

Rendering a Toy with Mental Ray

Geon Team delivers approx. 150 VFX shots for Gulliver's Travels

Geon studios worked on Scaling, matching eye line and environment with respect to Liliput and Gulliver sizes; BG sharpening, adding CG elements

Geon Team delivers approx. 150 VFX shots for Gulliver's Travels

Cravendale, Cats With Thumbs

The spot brings to life a man’s mental flight of fancy as he muses on what might happen if cats were to grow opposable thumbs.

Cravendale, Cats With Thumbs

Fedex Spot with Great VFX

Dashing recently showcased their diversity and nimble nature in a spot for FedEx, shot by Director Tim Godsall out of BBDO Toronto.

Fedex Spot with Great VFX

Nice Shoes and JLo Collaborate on Good Hit

Director Alex Moors, Nice Shoes recently handled all color grading and VFX on Jennifer Lopez's latest video, Good Hit.

Nice Shoes and JLo Collaborate on Good Hit

Interview with Nate Owens

Artist entered in the graphics business in the late 60’s as a production artist well before the arrival of computers that were capable of anything relating to graphics

Interview with Nate Owens

Making of Children Room

Learn how to create a similar lighting and colors like you have seen in the pixar movie Monsters & Co.

Making of Children Room

XYZ Gets Juice from Charlex for Ribena

We had an entire family of distinct characters, intricate landscapes, a highly detailed mother tree, fluid simulations and atmospheric lighting.

XYZ Gets Juice from Charlex for Ribena

Sky 360: Stereo Film

MPC has joined forces with Sky Creative to create a stunning stereo campaign to promote their film channel

Sky 360: Stereo Film

Mi Utilizes Craft Director Studio to Create Realistic Trailer for "NASCAR The Game 2011"

So, why shouldn't an animated trailer be completed in the same way the product is intended to be played?

Mi Utilizes Craft Director Studio to Create Realistic Trailer for "NASCAR The Game 2011"

Video Tutorial: Glowing Material

Glowing materials are very useful to create light effects. For example a neon-light effect. This kind of material is a light-emitting material.

Video Tutorial: Glowing Material

Making of Matte Paintings

From the initial concept (the Look-Design) to the finished painting. What makes it special is that it you see in time-lapse how the pictures are put together

Making of Matte Paintings

Production Focus and Tips: The Undertals

The purpose of creating the Undertals was to have a pre-production package to present to eventual investors and producers in order to establish a co-production opportunity and produce “The Undertals” as a television series.

Production Focus and Tips: The Undertals

Spot: Whirlpool Cabrio

This assignment came with a small budget and an even smaller window of time in which it needed to be created - two things that don't naturally lend themselves to Super Bowl pre-game-worthy production values

Spot: Whirlpool Cabrio

Developing and Optimizing Games for Netbooks

Whether you’re developing a new game or have an existing game that you want to port to the netbook platform, it’s important to know how to optimize it.

Developing and Optimizing Games for Netbooks

Making of Revenge of the Bride

This tutorial will explain how to do the face painting and how details can change your final output

Making of Revenge of the Bride

CGArena: Animation Magazine Feb - Mar 11 Issue

CGArena Ezine new issue is available for free download for all the registered users. Download your copy now.

CGArena: Animation Magazine Feb - Mar 11 Issue

Handyman world created in CGI for Mercedes

Mercedes has chosen CGI as the perfect tool to showcase their advertising campaign for the new range of Vito vans.

Handyman world created in CGI for Mercedes

Making of Speed

Project started directly in ZBrush 4, without having a very clear vision about how the subject will look like and without making any sketches

Making of Speed

Making of Nemesis by Girish Srinivasagopalan

This project was a fun,experimental and a learning one but had to maintain the look and feel from the concept art

Making of Nemesis by Girish Srinivasagopalan

NHL/Stan Lee Superhero Franchise titled The Guardian Project

HOM and Stan Lee develop a short film as part of their launch efforts for new superhero franchise titled The Guardian Project

NHL/Stan Lee Superhero Franchise titled The Guardian Project

Video Tutorial: Using MentalRay Proxy

In this video tutorial you will learn how to use Mental ray proxy to decrease your rendering time and enhance your work in large scene

Video Tutorial: Using MentalRay Proxy

Project Overview: Manchester United Stars in Turkish Airlines Campaign

Taylor James’ expertise was able to produce this striking image by combining CGI and photography with creative direction and retouching under one roof.

Project Overview: Manchester United Stars in Turkish Airlines Campaign

Making of Waiting for Tonight

By skilfully using the mouse, months of practice and hours of work and patience, you are sure to achieve considerable success

Making of Waiting for Tonight

Blind Revs Up for THQ

Inspired by classic Hollywood chase sequences, MX vs ATV Alive Announce is a thrilling, :60 ride through a stylized Motocross race course

Blind Revs Up for THQ

Framestore Rebuilds Battersea Power Station for Barclays

Framestore had the mighty task of creating a photoreal CG environment where the Tate Modern meets Battersea Power Station

Framestore Rebuilds Battersea Power Station for Barclays

Making of Corey Loving Hulk

Enjoy this walkthrough for one of Marvel’s most known characters, the incredible Hulk

Making of Corey Loving Hulk

Pflow + Rigid Body Tutorial

In this 3 minutes video tutorial, artist will show you how he created the falling rocks from the sky and break apart when touched the ground

Pflow + Rigid Body Tutorial

Making of Eddy

In this tutorial artist will explain how he created a realistic image of human using camera projection technique

Making of Eddy

Launch of Online CG Store

On the completion of 5 years of CGArena, please allow us the pleasure of inviting you to the opening of our Online CG Store. Currently, in this store you will find the software’s, plug-ins, 3d models, mocap files etc...at guaranteed low price. Hope to see you at www.cgarena.com/store

Interview with Chris Southall (Technical Direcor SEGA)

Talked to Chris Southall, technical director at SEGA, about how Formula 1 and other racing games started his engine and got him interested in game development.

Interview with Chris Southall (Technical Direcor SEGA)

References/ Textures Free Download

Here we are posting some high quality reference images for free download which are submitted by artist Giorgio Luciano from Italy.

References/ Textures Free Download

Geon Team delivers 150 VFX shots for The Warrior's Way

Geon studios delivered a number of sequences with invisible effects; from retiming, split comps, BG set extensions, cleanup etc

Geon Team delivers 150 VFX shots for The Warrior's Way

3D Character Animation for Global Cross Platform Campaign

Photorealistic chameleon, seen sitting in an ‘exotic’ virtual environment within a main computer screen flicking his tongue and seizing other smaller computer screens

3D Character Animation for Global Cross Platform Campaign

Journey through a Dream World

It is set to a haunting musical composition and prose poem, performed by Gabriel Byrne and scored to a haunting musical composition

Journey through a Dream World

Making of Potion of Gala

In this tutorial you will read about the workflow of shading and lighting for animation projects in a studio

Making of Potion of Gala

Short Film: The Deep

The Deep, metal objects of the past come to life in the depths of the sea. This film is with a darker and more mysterious tone than in his previous films.

Short Film: The Deep

How to remain calm, despite what's about to happen to your Chrome notebook

A glorious parade of laptop destroying fun, driven by some helpful hints about using Chrome notebooks

How to remain calm, despite what's about to happen to your Chrome notebook

Blind and jelly Enter an Auto Designer’s Mind for Audi and BBH

Blind and jelly Enter an Auto Designer\'s Mind for Audi and BBH and create this beautiful and creative spot. Must Watch for all artwork

Blind and jelly Enter an Auto Designer’s Mind for Audi and BBH