Friday, August 21, 2009

Making of Drows Vs Goblins

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

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

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Modeling of the Dinosaur in ZBrush

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

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

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Just Try to Catch this Bug

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

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

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Making of the Game - Perry Rhodan - CGArena

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

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

Friday, August 14, 2009

Making of Armada

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

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

4D takes London Eye to new Dimension

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

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

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Making of Angelina Jolie

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

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

Monday, August 10, 2009

New 3D Challenge: Accident

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

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

CGArena Aug - Sep 09 Issue Available

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

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

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Making of the Naval Officer

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

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

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Mudbox 2010 with MudWalker & ReLight

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

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

E-on Software previews Vue 8 Pro

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

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

Sunday, August 02, 2009

Pigeon Impossible: Rendering Podcast

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

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

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Making of the Goddess

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

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

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Making of Fatjon's Performance

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

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

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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

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

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

Friday, July 24, 2009

Making of the Judith

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

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

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Next Generation Modeling and Texturing

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

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


Monday, July 20, 2009

Making of Space Mariner

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

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

Friday, July 17, 2009

Pigeon Podcast: Simgle Pass Lighting

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

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

Creating Quick Cloth in ZBrush

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

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

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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

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

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

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Making of the Gift

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

CGArena - Making of the Gift

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Prime Focus delivers VFX for Shortkut

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

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

Modeling the Mercedes Benz 540k

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

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

Friday, July 10, 2009

Interview with John Wyland And Heiko Wenczel

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

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

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Vicon House of Moves adds motion

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

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

Worm Head Speed Sculpt in ZBrush

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

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

Monday, July 06, 2009

Modeling of Coca Cola Bottle

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

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

Friday, July 03, 2009

Interview with George Patsouras

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

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

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Animated Short: Rubbuds

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

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

Transformers 2 Movie Tie-Ins

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

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

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Back light Effect on the Footage

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

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

Monday, June 29, 2009

Modeling of the Punisher

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

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

Pigeon Impossible Podcasts - Part 6

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

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

Baking ZBrush materials to Texture maps

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

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

Restoration of Scientific Films

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

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

2D Compositing in After Effects

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

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

Monday, June 22, 2009

Making of Meet You

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

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

2k sports Team up with Vicon

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

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

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Interview with John Hayes

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

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

Timelapse Making in Mudbox

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

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

Friday, June 12, 2009

Pigeon Impossible Podcasts are Back

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

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

Making of Hakara

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

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

Frantic Films VFX Battles John Woo's Red Cliff

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

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

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

CGArena: June-July 09 Magazine Issue

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

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

Monday, June 08, 2009

Interview with Alessandro Baldasseroni

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

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

Friday, June 05, 2009

Fast Glossy Render in 3ds max using Vray

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

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

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Making of Journey Across the Desert

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

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

House of Moves captures Dancers

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

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

Monday, June 01, 2009

Car Wheel Rotation Expression Tutorial

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

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

Friday, May 29, 2009

Mapping Procedures: 3ds max & ZBrush

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

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

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Global Illumination and Final Gather in Mental Ray

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

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

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Making of Girl's Experience

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

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

Making of Jeannie in Pictures

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

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

Friday, May 22, 2009

Making of the Spider

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

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

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Create Leather Material

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

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

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Convert Footage from Black and White to Color

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

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

Friday, May 15, 2009

Making of Dream

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

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

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Import and Turntable animation in UE 3

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

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

Monday, May 11, 2009

Neoclassic Livingroom Lighting and Rendering

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

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

Friday, May 08, 2009

Making of the Countess

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

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

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Making of HAL Tejas: Indian Air Force Fighter Aircraft

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

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

Monday, May 04, 2009

Making of Mrs. Pear

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

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

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Making of Obidos

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

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

Monday, April 27, 2009

Making of Dead Angels

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

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

Friday, April 24, 2009

Sci-Fi Environment Concept Painting

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

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

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Interview with Jason Edwards

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

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

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Making of Gordon Ramsay - Caricature

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

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

Monday, April 20, 2009

Head Sculpting Techniques in Mudbox

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

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

Making of Set out for lover

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

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

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Making of Birth in Photoshop

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

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

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Rendering through Indigo in Cinema4D

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

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

Frantic Films VFX takes on Dragonball

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

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

Friday, April 10, 2009

Making of the Prolapsed Eye

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

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

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Making of the Young Girl

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

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

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Advanced Multi-channel Texturing

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

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

Friday, April 03, 2009

CGArena: Apr-May 09 Animation Magazine is Online

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

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

Thursday, April 02, 2009

Making of the Prince

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

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

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Spot: Endless Summer Garden

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

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

Monday, March 30, 2009

Lighting and Materials inside 3ds max using Vray

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

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

Friday, March 27, 2009

Making of Tidus in Maya

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

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

Making of the Cursed Pirate

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

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

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Autodesk introduces 3ds max 2010

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

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

Interview with Scott Eaton

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

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

Monday, March 23, 2009

Model the Ironman Helmet in 3ds max

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

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

Friday, March 20, 2009

Normal Mapping Workflow in ZBrush

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

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

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Making of Classical Girl

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

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

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Multi Feature Displacement in Maya

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

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

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Making of Ashoan

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

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

Monday, March 16, 2009

Making of Mech Dragon Battle

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

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

Friday, March 13, 2009

Speed Sculpt: An Amphi Man

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

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

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Making of Say cheese

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

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

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

New Spot Story - Not For Sale

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

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

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Making of the Lost City in 3ds max

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

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

Monday, March 09, 2009

Speed Sculpting the Monster

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

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

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Using Subsurface Scattering Shaders

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

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

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Making Random Wires using Pflow

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

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

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Making of the Alley

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

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

Monday, March 02, 2009

Interview with Feng Zhu

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

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