722 - Advanced Car Rig & Animation: Vol 1

The 722 training DVD is a video based training which contains video tutorials that will show you how to create an advanced car rig and animate your model of the beautiful McLaren SLR 722s Roadster.

722 - Advanced Car Rig & Animation: Vol 1

Making of Red Bugatti

Artist planning to model a Bugatti for a long time ago. The time arrived last month when he stayed 3 full weeks without a freelance work.

Making of Red Bugatti

Video Tutorial: Rendering a Toy in V-Ray

In this 1 hour video tutorial you will learn how to create some complex Vray materials and works with vray render elements

Video Tutorial: Rendering a Toy in V-Ray

Making of Ibaloy Warrior

This tutorial will explain how artist was able to make this piece. There’s nothing special about the process of making it. It was just a product of right and correct composition, color, and lighting

Making of Ibaloy Warrior

Interview with Marshall Womack (Fossil Software)

Interview with Environment Artist Marshall Womack, workins as Chief Creative Officer of Fossil Software, an iPhone development company

Interview with Marshall Womack (Fossil Software)

Making of What are they Staring at?

What are they staring at has been created to improve artistic skills at environmental design and ended up as a personal piece which really liked by artist

Making of What are they Staring at?

Interview with Joe Fenton

After studying sculpting at the Wimbledon School of Art in the UK, went on to work for a few years in the film industry

Interview with Joe Fenton

TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON Teaser

Powerful and dark, with a filmic look and feel, the :90 piece hooks gamers with emotional imagery, a haunting track and redemptive story

TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON Teaser

Video Tutorial: Modeling the Crystal Chandelier

In this 45 min video tutorial we will learn how to model a Crystal Chandelier in 3ds Max. This tutorial will only covers the modeling part.

Video Tutorial: Modeling the Crystal Chandelier

Making of Iron Asylum

This Work is based on Jerry Beck concept. His character was comic style and I wanted to make it more realistic but still keeping it a bit of stylized.

Making of Iron Asylum

Getting Acquainted With the 3D Generation

Whether 3D moves beyond a stylistic evolution and becomes a revolution, though, has yet to be seen. As some developers and players note, the unique visual effect of 3D -- with the initial disorientation of viewing a scene with an illusion of depth and then continuing to direct the action

Getting Acquainted With the 3D Generation

CGArena: CG Magazine Dec - Jan 12 Issue

Another issue of free animation PDF magazine free issue is out and available for download. Hope you will enjoy reading this issue ...

CGArena: CG Magazine Dec - Jan 12 Issue

CryEngine 3 - Vol 1-2-3 - Intro and Application

In this first DVD of our series, Hélder Pinto starts by walking you through many of the common features of CryENGINE 3 SDK like Customizing the User Interface, Folder Structure, Viewports, Entities, Panels, Objects and much more.

In this second DVD of our series, Hélder Pinto continues where he left off on the creation of an entire level from scratch. Hélder starts off by placing particles in the scene and then goes into the “Boids” system to place things like flocks of birds.

In this third DVD of our series, Helder Pinto goes into more intermediate and advanced topics now that the first level is complete. Hélder starts off by explaining how to create and add custom decals, roads, and terrain layers to the level.

CryEngine 3 - Vol 1-2-3 - Intro and Application

Pixomondo Leads VFX for Martin Scorsese's HUGO

Pixomondo completed over 800 shots as the primary visual effects vendor on Martin Scorsese’s 3D epic adventure, Hugo.

Pixomondo Leads VFX for Martin Scorsese's HUGO

FumeFX December Sale

From Dec 1st and ending on Dec 31st 2011, FumeFX will be sold at $777 in CGArena Store + Will receive free upgrade to FumeFX 3.0

http://www.cgarena.com/store/fumefx21

Submit your Artwork for 2012 Calendar

The 2012 Calendar Wallpaper is a great way to inspire artists to create something on which whole community can proud. Once again, We hope you will consider being a part of the 2012 calendar by submitting your entries!

Submit your Artwork for 2012 Calendar

nDo2 is Released Now

nDo2 is out of beta and in stores NOW! It's built from the ground up, fully integrated into Photoshop, in real-time 3D.

nDo2 is Released Now

Review: Sony Cybershot DSC HX100v

This camera is lightweight and compact making it an ideal camera for those looking to travel. If Sony provides some firmware updates and improve the slow startup time

Review: Sony Cybershot DSC HX100v

Photo-Real Stone Ruins in Photoshop

When you understand how colour works inside a shaded areas and in the lit areas, and then apply that in your paintings, you can start to see photo-real lighting emerges

Photo-Real Stone Ruins in Photoshop

History of 3D in a nutshell

And this is definitely not the end. In 2011 the manufacturers of video-game consoles announced that the next generation of consoles will focus on 3D.

History of 3D in a nutshell

Short Film: Jolie Bobine

Set in a colorful childish universe, Jolie Bobine is a short film which tells the story of a small doll with the gift of life who will enthralled with a ballerina.

Short Film: Jolie Bobine

MPC Digs Deep for Nintendo DS Fossil Fighters Champions

MPC pulled off a stunning bit of 3D magic in a promo for Nintendo's Fossil Fighters Champions, a new game for the handheld DS videogame system.

MPC Digs Deep for Nintendo DS Fossil Fighters Champions

70 Panoramic Images for free Download

Free download of panoramic images, which you can use freely in your projects. Some are really massive & more than 10,000 px wide

70 Panoramic Images for free Download

MPC LA and London Work Across Oceans to Show how DIRECTV Viewers Can Freeze Time

We've seen robots fighting in a kitchen, 17th century lovers chasing one another through a woman's home, and a fireman rescue a child

MPC LA and London Work Across Oceans to Show how DIRECTV Viewers Can Freeze Time

Digital Domain Builds an Off-Kilter World for Carl Rinsch and Mercedes’ AR Campaign

Shot in Hong Kong and Los Angeles, “The Escape” has viewers wake up inside a live action world inspired by Google Street View where things aren’t quite right

Digital Domain Builds an Off-Kilter World for Carl Rinsch and Mercedes’ AR Campaign

Interview with Justin Holt

Justin Holt is a texture painter and worked on various films like Hulk, Happy Feet, The Kingdom, Rango, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn...

Interview with Justin Holt

Making of Amazons Vs. The Sea Monsters

This painting started out as a quick sketch and artist did on a scrap of paper at work. I liked the composition and continued to refine the sketch into a cleaner drawing.

Making of Amazons Vs. The Sea Monsters

Cracked Stone - Part 3 in ZBrush, 3ds Max

Damaged and cracked stone can look very different depending on the underlying structure (are there reinforcement metal bars underneath, gravel or perhaps just a more sandlike material

Cracked Stone - Part 3 in ZBrush, 3ds Max

Stardust Delivers Multiple Realities to Let Consumers ‘Coupe’ their Lives for Mercedes-Benz

Innovative creative studio Stardust collaborated with the digital visionaries at Razorfish to create an interactive campaign for Mercedes-Benz USA

Stardust Delivers Multiple Realities to Let Consumers ‘Coupe’ their Lives for Mercedes-Benz

Interview with Andy Walsh

Andy Walsh, a graphic designer in North Wales. He spent the last 10 years in various forms of graphic design and recently went freelance

Interview with Andy Walsh

Zombie Portrait in Photoshop

Artist made a lot of mistakes while trying to get this zombie painting right and he wanted to share those with you so you can avoid them in the future.

Zombie Portrait in Photoshop

PandaPanther Soars with Activision's Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Promotion

2 min promo spot for Activision\'s new entertainment property Skylanders: Spyro\'s Adventure, which was recently releaseda

PandaPanther Soars with Activision's Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Promotion

Making of the Futuristic City

This is not a video tutorial, so artist could not express all the detailed painting and adjustment processes, however covered as much as possible with the key steps involved in the making.

Making of the Futuristic City

Making of Knight

This piece was inspired by the fantastic novels of J.R.R.Tolkien. When painting the illustrations, then utilize novels, movies and comics as the source of idea

Making of Knight

Rough Stone - Part 1 in ZBrush, 3ds Max

In this tutorial I am going to go through the steps you could use to create a rough stone material.

Rough Stone - Part 1 in ZBrush, 3ds Max

Interview with Paradox Interactive

It seems unbelievable that a company that specializes in hardcore, complex turn-based historical strategy games can be successful in this day and age

Interview with Paradox Interactive

Ingenuity Engine Delivers Smokin’ Stereo VFX for “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas”

Working with production VFX Supervisor David Goldberg, Ingenuity Engine VFX Supervisors David Lebensfeld and Grant Miller created 125 visual effects shots that take Harold and Kumar across New York City to find a Christmas tree

Ingenuity Engine Delivers Smokin’ Stereo VFX for “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas”

Making of The Confrontation in Photoshop

Jone always been inspired and fascinated by dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, so for this painting, I wanted to create an adventure based fantasy piece.

Making of The Confrontation in Photoshop

Blind Takes Sloth to Costa Rica

Created in partnership with Atlanta-based advertising agency 22squared, the trio of Gift of Happiness spots features the laidback spokesanimal hanging in front of iconic Costa Rican scenes

Blind Takes Sloth to Costa Rica

MPC Helps Mercedes-Benz Blow the Doors Off the Competition

The MPC team put together an impressive array of motion control, CG and other effects for the new campaign.

MPC Helps Mercedes-Benz Blow the Doors Off the Competition

Particle Flow Toolbox#2: Velocity Sculpting/RayFire Fragmenter/PhysXplosion Prevention

It's almost a 50 min tutorial about using geometry to sculpt your explosion and velocities using the PFlow Toolbox#2 and #3 in canon.

Particle Flow Toolbox#2: Velocity Sculpting/RayFire Fragmenter/PhysXplosion Prevention

Digital Domain Brings Movie-Scale Stereo Effects to “2 Worlds” for Sony

a 60 second spot that features movie-scale visual effects and handles stereo 3D artfully to shatter the barrier between story and audience.

Digital Domain Brings Movie-Scale Stereo Effects to “2 Worlds” for Sony

r|Shaders

r|shaders is a collection of procedural shaders for 3ds max. The 1st release named "Core Zero" will be the foundation version and it will includes 8 different shaders to give the possibility to create many kinds of natural surfaces.

r|Shaders

Create the Matte Metal

In this tutorial I will describe my workflow for a pretty typical metal plate wall. I will use 3ds Max and Photoshop to create this material.

Create the Matte Metal

Making of Concept Car

Artist placed this new car in a new environment to learn how to place the lights, exposure and so on

Making of Concept Car

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