Motion Theory Builds A Better Bull's Eye for Target

Creative production studio Motion Theory has just released a cinematic fully-animated project

Motion Theory Builds A Better Bull's Eye for Target

Making of Live Water: Photorealism and Fantasy

This step-by-step aims to clarify a little about, how a work of fantasy genre, and at the same time in photorealistic style can be done digitally

Making of Live Water: Photorealism and Fantasy

Top 15 Interiors and Exteriors

Here are the collection of top 15 interiors and exteriors which are created by digital artists in 3D

Top 15 Interiors and Exteriors

Trailer: Rango

Rango won't hit theaters until next spring, but anxious fans can preview the adventure with a beautiful trailer cut by chrome Editor Lance Pereira

Trailer: Rango

Making of Lovers

In this picture the meeting of two enamored is represented. Artist used a lot of red color and also light effects; it emphasizes romanticism of a picture

Making of Lovers

Creating UV's in ZBrush UV Master

Method to UV map a model in a single piece as well as how to create a UV layout with multiple parts created off a single model

Creating UV's in ZBrush UV Master

Making of Ferrari F2 500

What you love and if you create that thing or character digitally then nothing can be more satisfactory for an artist

Making of Ferrari F2 500

Public Transportation in Photoshop

Small project overview which explain how artist get the concept and how he completed it

Public Transportation in Photoshop

CGArena: Pigeon Impossible Podcasts Part 9 (Final Part)

Director/Animator Lucas Martell has started a video podcast covering the creation of his short film Pigeon: Impossible.

CGArena: Pigeon Impossible Podcasts Part 9 (Final Part)

Spot: Running Green

In the spec spot, a pair of photo-real New Balance 509 sneakers jogs in super slo-mo along a high speed, time-lapsed streetscape

Spot: Running Green

Breakfast Wars

In this tutorial will be showing the process and some techniques which you can apply this method to a variety of your art projects

Breakfast Wars

Creating Panel Cloth in 3ds max

In this lesson I'll go over the process of creating panel cloth. We'll make a shalwar kameez, which is a traditional garment worn in Pakistan

Creating Panel Cloth in 3ds max

Beyonce iPad Finger Painting

It is a digital painting of the performer Beyonce, produced using only one finger and the new Apple device, iPad

Beyonce iPad Finger Painting

Speed Painting: Konie, the Horse

In this 10 min speed painting tutorial, watch how artist painted this horse in Photoshop. This tutorial also helps the beginners in refining their painting skills.

Speed Painting: Konie, the Horse

Interview with Chris Nichols

Artist with 5 years experience have worked at Bardel Entertainment, Spin VFX and CIS Vancouver on various different roles.

Interview with Chris Nichols

Video Tutorial: Modeling, Lighting, Rendering and Post Production

In this 37min video tutorial artist will start from test setup and then explain the lighting, rendering and post-production

Video Tutorial: Modeling, Lighting, Rendering and Post Production

Blind Celebrates Dr. Martens’ 50th with Cinematic Orchestra Video

Lilac Wine is a black-and-white marriage of music and graphics that flows from the concept of a heartbroken lover writing a letter.

Blind Celebrates Dr. Martens’ 50th with Cinematic Orchestra Video

15 Sweet, Sexy, Charming Girls in 3D

Here are the collection of 15 beautiful sweet and sexy girls/ladies which are created by digital artists in 3D.

15 Sweet, Sexy, Charming Girls in 3D

Making of Waiting

The idea behind this was to create a render that looked like a still image from a film noir movie. Everything was done in 3dsmax and Photoshop and was rendered with Mental Ray

Making of Waiting

Making of Dama 360

Artist created the female superhero using 3ds Max and ZBrush. Giving the important project insight, which helps in your project

Making of Dama 360

Interview with Melanie Delon

Self taught freelance Illustrator from Paris which start getting work and contacts after showcasing the artwork on Internet

Interview with Melanie Delon

Making of Reichskrone

Artist explains about how he made the latest 3D project: the medieval, German imperial crown called Reichskrone in German

Making of Reichskrone

Palm Springs International ShortFest: Show Opener

Palm Springs was created using primarily traditional animation drawn directly into Photoshop and this is the show opener

Palm Springs International ShortFest: Show Opener

Bluephoria for Blue Grass Cellular

Client’s previous spots were strictly live action, whereas this campaign brought it to a whole new level with the integration of various animation techniques along with the full gamut of FX

Bluephoria for Blue Grass Cellular

World's First 3D Commercial

Sony has also created the World's first 3D commercial. In doing they have pioneered the latest 3D production techniques

World's First 3D Commercial

Shade Inspires Great Transformations in Murphy's Spot

Irish Pub - Godwin works a CG miracle in transforming a dark-skinned bar patron into a full-blooded, pale Irishman over the course of drinking his brew

Shade Inspires Great Transformations in Murphy's Spot

Making of Where She Stares

Artist decides to paint the face of his friend's wife in Photoshop and explain the steps how you can do the same!

Making of Where She Stares

CGArena: Animation Magazine Jun - July 10 Issue

CGArena Animation Magazine June - July 2010 Issue Available for free download

CGArena: Animation Magazine Jun - July 10 Issue

Making of the Mercenary

Artist took a concept art by Rael Lyra from internet and start developing the model using 3ds max and ZBrush

Making of the Mercenary

Project Overview - No Monster Here

Artist all illustrations start from a pencil sketch and this image was also not different, here giving the project overview

Project Overview - No Monster Here

Digital Domain created Domino Effect for Sprint 4G Phone

The :30 cinematic TV and in-theater commercial showcases an elaborately choreographed domino effect toppling the world’s technological and cultural firsts

Digital Domain created Domino Effect for Sprint 4G Phone

Brickyard VFX Builds Stellar Effects for Panasonic

Transport into a galactic journey through outer space – complete with star fields, a collapsing sun, gamma ray bursts, meteor showers and gorgeous nebula"

Brickyard VFX Builds Stellar Effects for Panasonic

Hornbach Winning Spot

What do a woman in a fish costume, a weed-strewn parking lot, and dancing naked men holding balloons have in common?

Hornbach Winning Spot

Making of Be My Valentine

This is not a strict step by step walkthrough, because artist usually work on all elements of the image at a time, and then increasing...

Making of Be My Valentine

Artistic Spot using Origami Animated Frames

The spot showing one-dollar bills, which were formed into various custom origami designs

Artistic Spot using Origami Animated Frames

Apple iPad Review - Really a Magical Revolutionary Product?

According to Apple this is a magical revolutionary product at an unbelievable price but actually how much this is revolutionary?

Apple iPad Review - Really a Magical Revolutionary Product?

Making of old House

Medieval ages and the way of life during the middle-ages have always been an inspiring theme for artist, so he decide to recreate...

Making of old House

Making of Casa Ibicenca by Jose R. Fraga Seivane

House in Ibiza with a lounge at different heights and opened to the garden with a spectacular swimming pool

Making of Casa Ibicenca by Jose R. Fraga Seivane

Making of Alien in ZBrush

This Alien is based on the known ZSphere tool, which allows creating basic shapes from interconnected sphere structures.

Making of Alien in ZBrush

CGArena High Quality References Library

CGArena launched a free high quality references library, more than 350 images which currently covers India temples, buildings, traditions....

http://www.cgarena.com/freetextures/

Making of Nightfall

This project is based on the work of Spanish architect D. Joaquín Torres A Study of Architecture-zero, created in 3ds max

Making of Nightfall

Renowned Photographer Embraces 3D Technology

Finesse and elegance of Rene Staud's photography mixed with F_Box Picture Shooter's cutting edge precision delivers the latest edge in 3D style

Renowned Photographer Embraces 3D Technology

BENT Creates Lucha Libre Legend with TAXI 2

Four-inch-tall CG animated mexican wrestler selected for a Canadian cell phone company's spokesman

BENT Creates Lucha Libre Legend with TAXI 2

Making of Aston Martin V8 Vantage

In this making artist will focus more on the lighting and rendering of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage

Making of Aston Martin V8 Vantage

Making of Mercedes Benz CLS550 on the Road

Artist going to share the secrets of how he modeled and rendered the Mercedes-Benz CLS 550

Making of Mercedes Benz CLS550 on the Road

Cloth Driven Hair Dynamics Video Tutorial - CGArena

In this 6 minute tutorial you will learn how to use a cloth simulator to drive the simulation of your hair setup.

Cloth Driven Hair Dynamics Video Tutorial - CGArena

Playful, Animated Campaign for HealthPartners

Sometimes the most complex concepts are most effectively conveyed with simple yet captivating imagery

Playful, Animated Campaign for HealthPartners

Bent Image Lab, TRIS3CT Create “The Right Blend” of Animation

Bent Image Lab's unique CG animation for "The Right Blend," TRIS3CT's spot for Scott Naturals paper products, has attracted quite a bit of attention in recent months.

Bent Image Lab, TRIS3CT Create “The Right Blend” of Animation

How to make a Weaved Pattern

In this tutorial learn how to create a weaved pattern for chairs inside 3ds max. This is a step by step tutorial, which you can follow easily.

How to make a Weaved Pattern

Gears of War 3 Trailer

.75 teaser was created within the game engine using a production pipeline Digital Domain developed on previous “Gears of War” efforts.

Gears of War 3 Trailer

How to Render with 3ds Max 2011 - Video Tutorial

In this 10 min video tutorial, Mario Malagrino from Florence Design Academy will explain you how to render with 3ds max 2011

How to Render with 3ds Max 2011 - Video Tutorial

Eco-Friendly Oil? DUCK Will Make You Believe

Kompost drew from a broad toolbox to create this vibrant world, using Maya, Real Flow, mental ray, After Effects and Mudbox.

Eco-Friendly Oil? DUCK Will Make You Believe

Making of Call It by Ed Lester Reyes

After watching the movie No Country for Old Men, artist decide to paint this image to excercise and study the details.

Making of Call It by Ed Lester Reyes

12 Beautiful Girls painted by Digital Artists

Here are the collection of 12 beautiful girls painted by digital artists using 2D softwares

12 Beautiful Girls painted by Digital Artists

New Ford Campaign

Shot all the trucks in live action rather than CG and then footage was rotoscoped and tracked to work with the 3D typography

New Ford Campaign

Making of Ash and Sam in Photoshop

Ash the hero with his deadite zombie sidekick victorious over a pile of zombies or deadites, painted as a illustration for a game mag

Making of Ash and Sam in Photoshop

Brickyard VFX Makes Dreams Come True for Mitsubishi

Brickyard VFX recently created CG frogs that appear alongside live counterparts in a new fairytale-inspired commercial for Mitsubishi

Brickyard VFX Makes Dreams Come True for Mitsubishi

Interview with Nicolas Crombez

He is a freelance graphic designer, teacher, create skins for audio projects and recently created a 30000 pixels wide panorama image for album

Interview with Nicolas Crombez

Stunning Trailer For Ubisoft Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier™ by Asylum

Ubisoft's new Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier trailer gave Asylum the opportunity to shine at what it does best

Stunning Trailer For Ubisoft Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier™ by Asylum

CGArena: Animation Magazine Apr - May 10 Issue

Apr - May 10 Issue Articles

* Interview with Chris Nichols

* Photoshop: Making of Be My Valentine

* 3ds Max: Making of Waiting

* ZBrush: Making of Reichskrone

* Photoshop: Public Transportation

* Gallery - Showcase of latest 3D inspiring art


CGArena: Animation Magazine Apr - May 10 Issue

Have you created your CG Portfolio?

We're excited to launch our new service called Portfolio / Resume Service. CGArena Portfolio is a place where you can post your professional and personal details with your artwork to show the employers and the community. This service is already appreciated by many artists in the beta test and hope now you will like too.

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Making of Cadenus and Vanessa

Cadenus and Vanessa is the title of a poem by Jonathan Swift gave rise to the name of Vanessa. Created in Photoshop and Corel Painter

Making of Cadenus and Vanessa

Making of Batman Desertstorm

3D Artist created this image using 3ds Max and ZBrush. Everything is sculpt and modeled seperately

Making of Batman Desertstorm

Prime Focus creates 100% CG ad for TBZ

Prime Focus created the new Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri ad which celebrates TBZ’s jewelry designs across decades

Prime Focus creates 100% CG ad for TBZ

Matte Painting: Making of Barbarossa

Matte Painting realized for the movie Barbarossa and artist inspired from an old painting of Rome with Castel Sant’Angelo

Matte Painting: Making of Barbarossa

Prime Focus Animates characters for new CBI Campaign

Central bank of India roped in R.K Swamy BBDO to provide creative services to the CBI’s trio-ad campaign

Prime Focus Animates characters for new CBI Campaign

Taylor James is cooking on Gas with First UK TV Commercial

Taylor James has completed work on its first UK TV spot. The advert, combining the use of striking CGI animation with 2D/3D visual effects.

Taylor James is cooking on Gas with First UK TV Commercial

Custom Film Effects Helps Transport “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” From Page to Screen

Custom Film Effects handled all of the vfx and animation work for “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” a mostly live-action adaptation of the book

Custom Film Effects Helps Transport “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” From Page to Screen

Making of Garage - CGArena

Artist like to study lighting and shading with a cartoony look, so created this artwork in maya

Making of Garage - CGArena

Interview with Faraz Mobin

3D Artist from Delhi, which completed the course in Canada and now working in Dubai Police Headquarters

Interview with Faraz Mobin

Making of Dust in C4D and Photoshop

Artist started this project with the sole aim of model the vintage station to familarize himself with principles od modeling and texturing

Making of Dust - Pierre Fabre

Framestore creates Photoreal CG Animals for Dante Ariola

Framestore has created photoreal CG animals doing weird and wonderful things for MJZ's Dante Ariola and Y&R New York.

Framestore creates Photoreal CG Animals for Dante Ariola

Project Overview: Sheikh Zayed

This is 3D portrait of Sheikh Zayed who was president of United Arab Emirates for 30 years

Project Overview: Sheikh Zayed

Rhino Beefs Up Feature Slate With Cop Out

Rhino has wrapped up extensive visual effects work on the Warner Brothers action-comedy Cop Out

Rhino Beefs Up Feature Slate With Cop Out

Asylum and Smuggler Change Life Into Art

Graphic Artist, continues Samsung Mobile's overarching campaign to show off the innovative and practical uses for their smart phones in everyday life.

Asylum and Smuggler Change Life Into Art

Interview with Oleg Koreyba

Interview with 3D Artist from Ukraine. Try to breathe as much as possible life into every 3D characters. You will enjoy the information given.

Interview with Oleg Koreyba

Modeling the Tennis Ball

In this small video tutorial, learn how to model the tennis ball in Autodesk 3ds Max. This is a beginner's level tutorial and nothing for intermediate or advanced users

Modeling the Tennis Ball

Painting Avatar Jack Sully

Artist decide to pay a small tribute to movie Avatar and began to make a fan art of its protagonist, Jack Sully in Painter and Photoshop

Painting Avatar Jack Sully

Making of Le Patisserie

The inspiration for this Project was a small French restaurant, which I came across while searching the internet

Making of Le Patisserie

Dancing Diablo creates The Earth in 6 Days

Dancing Diablo was given a week to create the earth - as well as an eclectic galaxy of animated iconic elements that interact with it - for a :30 national brand spot for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and marketing agency Capstrat entitled “Minds On A Mission.”

Dancing Diablo creates The Earth in 6 Days

Blind Creates second video for Raveonettes

The video, set in a fantastic illustrated world, portrays the epic journey of a heartbroken man rambling across a unique and beautifully stylized landscape

Blind Creates second video for Raveonettes

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 12

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

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 12

Making of Cohen the Barbarian

Artist like to create something visually pleasing for the portfolio and that gives the birth to this artwork using 3ds max and ZBrush

Making of Cohen the Barbarian

Interview with John Martini aka Joker Martini

Talented freelance artist - John Martini aka Joker Martini which is jack of all trades and received creativity as a gift from parents

Interview with John Martini

MPC completes gruesome transformation and London scapes for The Wolfman

Fully animated Wolfman scenes, gruesome transformations, enhancement of live-action shots, film's climactic waterfall environment...

Details about the movie The Wolfman

Making of in the Blue Foil in Photoshop

In this making of you will get some tips from the artist which improves your style of painting and helps you in understanding the concept

Making of in the Blue Foil

Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Lightning Thief

MPC Vancouver provided a range of vfx and post production work for the Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Lightning Thief

Modeling Chevrolet Camaro Concept in Rhino - Part 11

This is second last part of the most popular car modeling video series. You can't get so detailed video tutorials for free.

Modeling a Car: Video Tutorial - Part 11

Speed Painting the Portrait in Photoshop

In this speed painting tutorial, watch how artist painted this portrait in Photoshop. This tutorial also helps the beginners in refining their skills.

Speed Painting the Portrait

Making of Iron Cat by Adam Farkas

In this making of artist would like to share with you the techniques used in the creation of the artwork, named ironcat. This is more than a making...

How to create Iron Cat by Adam Farkas

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