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