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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Making of Did you fill up the tank on mars?

Now the aliens spaceship crashing on the earth because of no fuel, is this sign of Global Warming or end of the world is near?

Project Overview

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 4

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

Modeling Chevrolet

Prime Focus creates titles for Bollywood Movie "Kurbaan"

Prime Focus has not only worked on the opening titles of the film but also supplied a range of state of art equipment

Read about Kurbaan

2010 CG Calendar Wallpapers- Free Download

Download the exclsuive wallpaper calendar 2010. Artwork created by various artists from around the world

2010 Wallpaper Calendar

Interview with Kyle Lambert

Artist spent most of the childhood and education drawing in pencil and learning to mix color

Read the Interview

Prime Focus Adds Graphic Dimension to ‘Avatar’

Stereographics Bring Ops Center to Buzzing Life in Epic James Cameron Film

Read the details

Rihanna Digital Painting

Artist talk about how he painted this image of Rihanna, this is not a step by step guide but overview of the process

Overview of Rihanna

MAXON CINEMA 4D Takes Blu-ray Star Trek Out of This World

VFX Artist Max Gabl to Digitally Recreate Original Matte Paintings in Stunning High Definition for Star Trek: The Original Series Re-mastered

Read the Story

Creating Rock Arch in ZBrush

This is a tutorial about making a rock arch and then prepare the model for game engine

Read this detailed tutorial

Video Tutorial: Creating an Alien Helmet in ZBrush

In this video ZBrush Educator Martin Knapp, shows how quickly you can create an alien helmet using ZSpheres, Polypaint, and Polygroups.

Watch the Tutorial

Making of Clara in photoshop

Artist explained how he draw the pictures that mean that its not necessarily the best or the most correct way to paint

Read this tutorial

Create Sea Anemones using Hair and Fur

Create a sea anemones using hair and fur in 3ds max, a modifier that grows hair and fur over any object

Read this tutorial

CGArena: Animation Magazine Dec - Jan 10 Issue

CGArena Animation Magazine Dec-Jan 2010 Issue Available for free download

Download the Issue

Absolute gets Naked for Valley Lodge Music Video

Absolute temporarily suspended its no-shirt, no-shoes, no-service policy to finish the latest video for Brooklyn-based power pop band Valley Lodge

Watch this video and read about this video

Making of Halloween Witch in Photoshop

Amber Chen from Georgia explained the process involved in creation of the illustration called Halloweeen Witch

Read the making

Stardust Lights Up Holiday TV Campaign for RadioShack

Playful and Irreverent Eight-Spot Effort via Butler, Shine, Stern and Partners Directed, Designed, Animated, Edited and Finished Entirely by Stardust

Read and Watch Videos Here

Prime Focus Team delivers 664 VFX shots and full DI for Paa

Paa tells the story of an intelligent and witty 13 year old boy, Auro (Amitabh Bachchan), who suffers from progeria, an extremely rare genetic disorder characterized by premature and rapid aging at an early age.

Read the Details Here

Bent Creates Abundant World For Tetra Pak

The playful :30 animation showcases Bent's ability to handle challenging projects with multiple angles - in this case developing an approachable spokes-character to deliver a serious environmental message and designing detailed, super-productive landscapes to create a humorous overtone.

Read the Spot Focus

Making of Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway - CGArena

Artist inspire with the character of the movie and create this portrait in 3ds max, Mudbox

Read the making

Prime Focus completes new ad for top African brand

Prime Focus completing a colorful commercial for African brand Crown-Berger

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

Making of the Alien Nature

Artist will explain a little bit about the workflow to create the picture using Maya, ZBrush, Renderman

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/alienature/alien-nature.html

Interview with Marta Dahlig

Female artist which live in poland and working as a media planner at MPG media agency

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/marta/marta-dahlig_interview.html

Making of the Toilet - CGArena

This unfortunate incident happened with my friend, so I decide to create this image for the challenge themed accident

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

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 3

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

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/camaro/chevrolet3.html

Prime Focus VFX Adds Sparkle to The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Prime Focus contributed a majority of the film’s visual effects, including CG water, atmospherics, CG matte painting and environment work

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

Making of Black Pearl Treasure

In this tutorial artist will show you how he created this Black Pearl Treasure image in Modo

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/blackpearl/pearl.html

Interview with Renderosity

Renderosity has been an online community for over ten years and offer content that is produced in all major 3D application

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

Troika Design Group Shines a Spotlight on Polsky Films

Troika team seamlessly blended multiple filmmaking techniques, incorporating live-action, 3D and 2D

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

Making of By the Sea

Artist decided to make a large ship hovering over the sea & inspiration comes from the classic painters & sci-fi movies

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

Digital Domain’s Game Face for ‘Assassin’s Creed II’

Digitally Enhanced Faces of Assassin Victims Haunt Viewers in Commercial for New Ubisoft Release

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

Video Tutorial: Creating Clay Render with 3ds max 2010 and Mental Ray

Take advantage of mental ray Pro Materials to create a nice clay render of the interior scene

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

Prime Focus recreates 26/7 Mumbai floods in Tum Mile with over 300 VFX shots and DI

Prime focus delivers yet another visual treat for movie titled Tum Mile with the 79 creative professionals and recreates the mumbai floods

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

Video Tutorial: Advanced Tracking in After Effects using Mocha

In this 10 min video tutorial learn how to do an advanced tracking in Adobe After Effects using the plugin Mocha. This tutorial will explain where the inbuilt AE plugin failed to track.

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

Spot: Goldfish crackers Blast Off

The animation is really cinematic, and the spots were directed by first time director, Blur's Leo Santos.

http://www.cgarena.com/videos/commercials/swf/goldfish.html

Ingenuity Engine Transforms Chris Brown in ‘I Can Transform Ya’ Music Video

Boutique visual effects studio Ingenuity Engine work on a futuristic new music video for R&B singer Chris Brown's track I Can Transform Ya

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

Making of the Rider by Christopher Adajar

Artist created a motorbike racing accident scene for the CGArena challenge and won the first prize

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

Making of Portrait of a Magic Warrior

It's all start from a doodle sketch which become a finished piece and there are no references or planning in this work.

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

3D Challaneg: Design the Mascot

You need to create a 3D mascot which represents CGArena in the graphical world, this can be realistic or toony mascot.

Prime Focus recreates Pied Piper for the new Reliance ad

The new Reliance ad featuring the superstar Hrithik Roshan in his new look which is unique in more ways than one.

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

CGArena : Video Tutorial: Showcasing the Model

In this series of tutorials Ashraf Aiad will be showcasing different ways to present your models in 3d and on web

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/modelshowcase/showcase.html

Making of Le Rabbit

Le Rabbit can not be described as the result of an extremelly well organized and planned process.

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

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 2

This video tutorial is created by artist Vladimir from Ukraine in Rhino software but techniques applied to all 3d softwares

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/camaro/chevrolet2.html

Making snow in maya 2010

In this tutorial learn how you can create a fallen accumulated snow on any object or character

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

Bonfire and Phoenix Editorial Create Short Film for IDEO’s ‘Living Climate Change’ Initiative

Bonfire and Phoenix Editorial announced that they have collaborated with global innovation and design firm IDEO on the welcome video for the Living Climate Change website

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

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 1

Artist wanted to create mulatto female in 3d and here gives you the overview of the image

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/camaro/chevrolet.html

Vicon Launches Bonita

Bonita is a small, affordable optical capture camera for tracking and analyzing motion.

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

The Dreams of Street Cat

Artist will show you how he did this image in 3ds max when one cat from street enters into the apartment with sad face

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

CGArena: Animation Magazine Oct - Nov 09 Issue

Download the another interesting issue of CGArena bi-monthly free PDF magazine. Lots of informative content to explore

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/ezine/oct09_issue.html

Making of Radhey Shyam

This artwork was an abstract representation and created in 10 days using mouse

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

Interview with Francisco A. Cortina

Professional 3d artist who originally started out as a traditional artist and now having own company called Cortina Digital

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/cortina/cortina_interview.html

Matte Painting - Cleopatra Queen of Egypt

This image which is a mix of 3D geometry, photos manipulation and digital painting

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

Sony Pictures Imageworks Creates Tornado Out of Spaghetti Sauce with the Help of NVIDIA Technology

Sony Pictures Imageworks utilized NVIDIA Quadro processors to accelerate animation and vfx production of their latest hit film Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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

Making of Junk Tree Paradise

The idea was kids who survived from the destruction of world war III and found the beauty and hope in the world

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

Portrait of Nathan in Photoshop

Artist explain the steps took while painting a portrait using Photoshop CS and Wacom Cintiq

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

Overview of Portrait of Martha

Artist wanted to create mulatto female in 3d and here gives you the overview of the image

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

Interview with Director Gary H. Lee on short Film Hector Corp.

A psychological thriller about a company, Hector Corporation, that must take extreme measures to manage their employees with some very unexpected executioners

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/gary_hlee/interview_gary.html

Making of the Artist in 3ds max

Who said only humans can be artistic, another beautiful creation of god that is animals can also be artistic specially cats

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

Creating Fire in a Particle Editor

Particles are an integral part of computer graphics, so give you some basic ideas concerning fire creation

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/misc/fire/fire_particle_editor.html

Making of Eastern Dragon Rider

This image depicts the tension and conflict between dragon and the evil rider with unique and special look

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/dragonrider/dragon.html

Duck's Jamie Caliri earns Emmy for Title Design

DUCK Director Jamie Caliri has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design for the title sequence of the Steven Spielberg produced Showtime series United States of Tara handed out last night at the Creative Arts Emmys.

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

Digital Domain and Director Carl Erik Rinsch Make Art for Audi

Digital Production Studio Showcases Expertise in Complex Mechanical Imagery for Audi A4 2.0 TDI e

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

Golden Square Animates to the Live Beat for AV Pioneers, The Sancho Plan

Golden Square has just completed its collaboration with audio-visual performance-art pioneers, The Sancho Plan, to create stunningly rendered 3D animation that syncs with the band’s live drum performance

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

Importons and Irradiance Particles in 3ds Max 2010

Step by Step guide to using Irradiance Particles and Importons in 3ds Max 2010 with Hyperfocal VHDRIs

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/importons/irradiance.html

15 Tips and Tricks for 3ds max of the Florence Design Academy

Here you have 15 of the most used Tips & Tricks of the Florence Design Academy to avoid mistakes, errors and imperfections in your projects.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/15tips/15tips_tricks.html

Making of a Chinese Girl

Artist created the chinese girl and paid most attention to eyes and mouth because these are the key areas of facial expression

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

Making of Kid by Rakesh Sandhu

Artist finds a photo of a kid on flickr and decide to create this in 3D to showcase the skills

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

Speed Sculpting - Vampire in ZBrush

This video tutorial will show you a fast way to create a Vampire inside ZBrush. These videos are speed sculpting recordings, so there is no voice over.

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

Project Overview of the Night Driver

The car in the scene I'd modelled for an advertising piece that was cancelled so I decide to complete the project for myself

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

AVSO and Offspring create another winner for Ford and JWT

This new commercial representing a new piece of advanced Ford technology

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

CGArena - Sofa Modeling in 3ds max

This will explain you how you can model this stylish modern leather sofa inside 3ds max.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/sofamodeling/sofa_modeling.html

Making of La Espera

Very realistic cute baby is created by Jorge Suarez in Lightwave 9.6 and here explaining the process

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

Making the Digital Portrait of Mr. Obama

In this informative making going to walk you through the process of making digital portrait of Mr. Obama in Maya, ZBrush, Silo

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

Autodesk Software Plays Role in Creation of GI - Joe

Autodesk Software Plays Starring Role in Creation of "GI Joe" Movie VFX Studios in California, London and Canada.

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

The Embassy Re-Teams with Director Neill Blomkamp on District 9

Climactic Battle Sequence and Elaborate Exo-Suit Contributed by The Embassy Team

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/district9.html

Post Logic Studios Provides VFX Supervision for NBC's The Storm

Post Logic Studios Provides VFX Supervision for NBC's 'The Storm'. Prime Focus Contributes 400 VFX Shots for Two-Part Series

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

Prime Focus VFX Helps Elevate G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra

Contributes 124-Shots, Including Building Complex Nanomite Animation Pipeline and Orchestrating Finale Aerial Sequence

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/gi-joe.html