Thursday, March 31, 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

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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

Thursday, March 24, 2011

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

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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

Sunday, March 20, 2011

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

Friday, March 18, 2011

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

Thursday, March 17, 2011

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

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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

Monday, March 14, 2011

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

Thursday, March 10, 2011

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

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

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

Monday, March 07, 2011

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

Thursday, March 03, 2011

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

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

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