Review: Samsung S23A300B LED Monitor

LED’s provide improved brightness and contrast levels, with deeper blacks. LED are also more environmentally friendly due to there being no mercury used during manufacture.

Review: Samsung S23A300B LED Monitor

Video Tutorial: Basic Light Settings in 3ds Max

This tutorial will explain the basic settings of photometric and standard lights in 3ds Max. This tutorial is made for beginners who are using the first time lights in 3D Studio Max.

Video Tutorial: Basic Light Settings in 3ds Max

Making of Sanlik

They live in an aquatic planet, where the cities are floating on water. I always wanted to make characters that fit in some story

Making of Sanlik

Looking Inside the NYU Game Center

As more and more schools around the globe offer game-design degrees, wannabe game makers have a variety of programs to choose from

Looking Inside the NYU Game Center

Interview with David Moratilla

Artist from spain, paid the special attention to the small details that\'s why his portfolio contains highly realistic portraits

Interview with David Moratilla

Rough Wood Planks in ZBrush, 3ds Max

Some steps on how you can create a rough wood texture using ZBrush, 3ds Max and Photoshop. This can be interesting if you want to make a totally handpainted texture as well.

Rough Wood Planks in ZBrush, 3ds Max

India's Growing Visual Effects Industry

Can you name the country that leads the world in movie ticket sales and the number of films produced? Hint: It’s not the United States

India's Growing Visual Effects Industry

Steppe Warrior by Ilker Serdar Yildiz

This piece have been realized with marketing purposes for the Umaykut MMO game. Umaykut is based on Anatolian/Middle Eastern culture.

Steppe Warrior by Ilker Serdar Yildiz

Artistic Image Takes ‘Big Screen’ To The Next Level

The show uses Stone Mountain as a projection surface with digital video projection delivering 3D-like effects without the glasses.

Artistic Image Takes ‘Big Screen’ To The Next Level

Making of Ethroa

The idea was to show a feminine science fiction portrait with a peculiar helmet from where were spreading sunrays.

Making of Ethroa

Mudbox - A Comprehensive Introduction

This training is perfect for those who want to understand the power of Autodesk Mudbox and how to use it to create a portfolio quality environment piece.

Mudbox - A Comprehensive Introduction

Engineering Amazing Commercial: Light

Motion capture and animation company, Vicon House of Moves (HOM), provided motion capture for the :30 ‘Light’ commercial for Lexus

Engineering Amazing Commercial: Light

Digital Domain and Adam Berg Tap Virtual Production for Gears of War 3 “Dust to Dust”

An all-CG spot using an innovative virtual production technique that gave Berg complete camera control to shoot the spot like live action and deliver a cinematic showpiece for the trilogy’s final chapter

Digital Domain and Adam Berg Tap Virtual Production for Gears of War 3 “Dust to Dust”

Working with Modular Rocks

This is a more step by step tutorial and some hints when it comes to more organic shaped meshes.

Working with Modular Rocks

Making of UnderCity

This is totally different technique to build a image from a 2D concept to 3D image. Hope you will learn some new tricks

Making of UnderCity

Particle Flow Toolbox#2: Feather Rig Tutorial

This is over an hour long feather rigging video tutorial using the PFlow Toolbox#2. Hope you will enjoy watching this.

Particle Flow Toolbox#2: Feather Rig Tutorial

Bamboo Plants

The product DOSCH 3D: Bamboo Plants contains 30 very detailed and fully textured 3D-models of bamboo plants for indoor- and outdoor-scenes. Bamboo is essential for the visualization of modern architecture.

Bamboo Plants

CGArena: CG Magazine Sep-Oct 11 Issue

Much awaited free CG magazine is available for download on your computer. So, don\'t waste any time and start downloading and reading...

CGArena: CG Magazine Sep-Oct 11 Issue

Eight VFX Partners with Saatchi & Saatchi LA for Toyota Campaign

In the latest campaign for Toyota Prius, Saatchi & Saatchi LA partnered with Eight VFX to introduce a new character: People Person.

Eight VFX Partners with Saatchi & Saatchi LA for Toyota Campaign

Shader Production

Instructor Luiz Kruel guides you through writing your own shaders, primarily with the CGFX shader language in Maya.

Shader Production

The Last Job by Michal Dziekan

For me the most important part of the illustration is the idea, however in this particular illustration idea is very simple

The Last Job by Michal Dziekan

Cat's Pride, Pass Out & Massage

MPC Creative’s Jake Mengers has directed ‘Pass Out’ & ‘Massage’, the comical new spots from Cat’s Pride. Produced by Stuart Moutrie at Doner, Detroit and Jeremy Smith at MPC Creative

Cat's Pride, Pass Out & Massage

Painting Natalie

The girl presented here is a 16-year-old main female character named Natalie, who despite being involved in extraordinary events

Painting Natalie

psd Manager 3

psd-manager™ 3.0 is the first and most advanced PSD file exporter for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design available on the market.

psd Manager 3

Making of Pink Converse

Decided to make a pair of tennis shoes because artist in the process of making a little girls model, and this model needed a shoe

Making of Pink Converse

Linear Workflow with Vray, After Effects

In this Video tutorial you are going to learn how to apply Linear workflow to your Pipeline easily with few steps.

Linear Workflow with Vray, After Effects

Advanced Interior Lighting with Vray

This training include the complete scene so you can check every material setup, lighting, camera settings, render setup and learn how to implement that in your our renders with the help of the video tutorials.

Advanced Interior Lighting with Vray

Fall in Love in Alaska

Lopez Negrete recently enlisted the help of Charlex to bring to life a unique and entertaining :60 spot for Verizon's newest campaign.

Fall in Love in Alaska

Artistic Image Creates A Refreshing CGI ,Cinema Spot For Cherry Coke

Coca-Cola was looking to incorporate a sleek, hip-hop beat into their latest Cherry Coke animation. Completely 3D with atmospheric effects added in post

Artistic Image Creates A Refreshing CGI ,Cinema Spot For Cherry Coke

Interview with Motion Capture System Developers

Interview with the motion capture system developers from Egypt. We will talk about their dream project on which they are working with full determination

Interview with Motion Capture System Developers

Back to School with Subway

After constructing the basic plan, the team decided to use stop motion, and give the hand-made and youthful feel by combining VFX trickery and elements of stop-motion

Back to School with Subway

Interview with Patryk Habryn

21 years old talented CG artist and matte painter from poland. Currently working in Lunapark Studio.

Interview with Patryk Habryn

Making of a Murder Girl

After some loose sketching with pencil on paper a general composition came together. Artist wanted to do something really funny and simple.

Making of a Murder Girl

Dancing Through DSL

The AT&T spot benefited from extensive design work in every aspect of the job, from casting to set design, through editing and post-production.

Dancing Through DSL

Fighting Power of UAE

The commercial portrays UAE's armed forces as the highly sophisticated, modern, well equipped, technologically state of the art

Fighting Power of UAE

Making of Close-up Portraits

In this article artist will try to explain the techniques that used to create this image. He will focus mainly upon the textures/shaders part

Making of Close-up Portraits

Making of a Day

Inspiration from movie Ratatouille was a starting point of this work. Artist wanted to make a cozy, peaceful and personal place like brunch time.

Making of a Day

A Gamer's Education

As video games become more and more popular, educational programs for aspiring game designers are cropping up across the country.

A Gamer's Education

Spot: That's a Lot

That's a Lot, opens with images of greasy burgers frying on a grill. It then switches to a series of seemingly innocent images:

Spot: That's a Lot

Brickyard VFX Transforms for Bright House Networks

Brickyard designed and animated a photo-real CG robot that transforms from a small child’s toy into an iron giant in “Robot.”

Brickyard VFX Transforms for Bright House Networks

Making of Barbarian

The concept started with little different idea and later modified and modeling in XSI and details added in ZBrush

Making of Barbarian

Key to 3D Success 2.0

In this ebook you will learn how to create photorealistic renders, plus you are getting 4 recorded webinars. Must buy for all 3d artists...

Key to 3D Success 2.0

Video Tutorial: Car Paint Material

New Tutorial of the Florence Design Academy, the leading design school in Europe - 3D Studio Max Video Tutorial: Car Paint Material.

Video Tutorial: Car Paint Material

Making of Scène Française

The idea of this scene came to the artist from the simplicity and atmosphere that this scene was projecting

Making of Scène Française

Making of Daydreamer

Very often the creation of a work of art begins with a sketch or a drawing. With me, most of the times it would begin as a chaos evolving from scattered spots, based on the principle of a colorful overlay in the classic drawing

Making of Daydreamer

Interview with Mark O’Connell on The Art of War: Shogun 2

The way of the samurai, with its violence and pageantry, is one of the most romanticized martial traditions in the world -- and no video game has done it quite the justice that Total War: Shogun 2 has.

Interview with Mark O’Connell on The Art of War: Shogun 2

Interview with Legendary Developer John Carmack

Legendary developer John Carmack discuss his recent work on id Software’s forthcoming first-person shooter, Rage, lauded by many as the best-looking shooter ever made

Interview with Legendary Developer John Carmack

Free Sky Packs Download

CGArena forum member put together high quality HDRI packs which is available for download for the registered forum users

http://forum.cgarena.com/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=12912

Modeling Aircraft

Artist been asked to recreate 3d Falcon model which would be later composed both in live action and entirely cg made shots of the movie

Modeling Aircraft

Charlex Posts The Mailboxes For Krylon's 'Projects'

The spot's objective was twofold; first, show off Krylon's Projects in a Can website; next, illustrate that idea by transforming a beaten-up old mailbox into a series of artfully themed and created mailboxes.

Charlex Posts The Mailboxes For Krylon's 'Projects'

Thinking Particles Part 2

This DVD is perfect for those who want to learn more about Thinking Particles and why many studios are using it in production today.

Thinking Particles Part 2

Sagmeister Inc. and BNS Energize EDP

Sagmeister teamed with BNS to develop an animated storyline using the brand new illustrative visual language.

Sagmeister Inc. and BNS Energize EDP

Experimenter’s Wanted

Taylor James completed Bulmer’s latest cross-platform campaign, launching Bulmer’s No17, an exciting new cider that contains crushed berries with lime

Experimenter’s Wanted

Brickyard VFX Hand-Paints Watercolor World Tour

Columbia and Parkwood Entertainment called on Brickyard VFX to create a breathtaking commercial worthy of the superstar's ambitious new album.

Brickyard VFX Hand-Paints Watercolor World Tour

CGArena: CG Magazine Jul-Aug 11 Issue

New issue of the much awaited magazine is now available for free download. Download the issue and learn about the project makings/details...

CGArena: CG Magazine Jul-Aug 11 Issue

CGArena: CG Magazine Jul-Aug 11 Issue

New issue of the much awaited magazine is now available for free download. Download the issue and learn about the project makings/details

CGArena: CG Magazine Jul-Aug 11 Issue

White Out - Body in Snow

Here is the summary of a shot completed for the independent movie, “White Out”, by Mr.Lawrie Brewster, Director

White Out - Body in Snow

Visualizing ISAM

Leviathan chief scientist Matt Daly and his colleagues at the design-focused, Chicago-based production studio are very proud to detail their artistry in conjunction with V Squared Labs

Visualizing ISAM

Camparisoda “Welcome to Giulia”

Director Grady Hall of production company Motion Theory dramatizes a young woman’s life story as an imaginative visual journey for Camparisoda

Camparisoda “Welcome to Giulia”

What's in the box

Ever wonder what comes with that tech device that you are about to purchase, and what accessories you’ll discover you need once you take your new gadget home?

What's in the box

Value Proposition -- PC or Console Games?

With the advent of tablets and smartphones, the platforms available to play games on are ever increasing. With the runaway success of social games like Farmville

Value Proposition -- PC or Console Games?

Spot: Hyundai Magic

Dashing completed the magic effects and extensive car cleanup work throughout the :60 spot in just two days, using a streamlined workflow that relied on Autodesk Flame

Spot: Hyundai Magic

Spot: Robot and Carl's Jr

a robot comes home from work, feeds his goldfish, and then sits down to eat dinner, the delicious-looking Carl's Jr

Spot: Robot and Carl's Jr

Spot Making: Standing up for Freedom - Amnesty International's 50th Aniversary

The main idea came after days of brainstorming, and a couple of failed scripts. The concept had to be strong, clear, and effective, while giving the viewer an idea of what Amnesty International

Spot Making: Standing up for Freedom - Amnesty International's 50th Aniversary

722 - McLaren SLR

Learn how to design and texture a highly detailed model of the legendary McLaren SLR 722s Roadster hyper car

722 - McLaren SLR

Making of Little Fishes

In this making artist will share the workflow, sketching the idea is one of the most important step, to put your ideas on paper

Making of Little Fishes

Painting Megaman

Artist tried finding an interesting composition of Megaman flying towards the camera through this sketching stage

Painting Megaman

Creating the Baseball Simulation in MLB 2K11

Blogger selected the best shots from the videos that will be most helpful during the motion capture session

Creating the Baseball Simulation in MLB 2K11

Making of Dead City

The idea was to depict the derelict demolished city inhabited with living zombies. Artist drew the doodle in gray-scale mode, which further facilitated with application of photo-textures.

Making of Dead City

Interview with Cris De Lara

Freelance artist from Canada which worked for caricaturist, portraitist, colorist, Children Book Illustrator and much more

Interview with Cris De Lara

Krylon Aerosol Paints

created a stop-motion test as a proof of concept, which ended up being quite close to what I ended up shooting for the actual spot

Krylon Aerosol Paints

Making of Dream Place

In this article artist will discuss the process of creating this work, entitled The Dream Place.

Making of Dream Place

Making of Natanz Minaret

Artist sharing some tips about Iranian Architecture and general approaches to make Ruined BRICK Buildings in CG

Making of Natanz Minaret

Beyonce's Billboard Performance Come Alive

TBL create a dazzling backdrop for Beyonce's performance of her latest single "Run the World" at the Billboard Music Awards

Beyonce's Billboard Performance Come Alive

Making of Turkish Butcher

This butcher is working in a not so clean environment but he’s good at what he’s doing. This shop is his father’s legacy and he is bounded with family traditions

Making of Turkish Butcher

Create Realistic Clouds without plug-in

In this tutorial we'll learn how to create realistic volumetric clouds in 3ds Max without using any plug-in, this is step by step tutorial

Create Realistic Clouds without plug-in

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