Character Design and Development in ZBrush

In these videos Cesar Dacol Jr. will demonstrate that Zbrush is not just for the characters

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/pixozbrush/cesar/character_design.html

Mudbox 2009: Quickstart Series - Part 10

In this new part you will learn about Baking ambient Occlusion map and Waynes ambient Occlusion map trick

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/mudbox2009/index10.html

Rendering for Animation with Final Gathering

Learn how to properly setup an architectural scene in preparation for camera animation using mental ray and Final Gathering

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/i3d/rendering-animation-final-gathering.html

Making of Manolia

Artist taken the advice of the photographers about how to set up the composition and created in Maya and ZBrush

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

Video Interview with James ODonnell

A GDC 2008 interview with artist / coder James ODonnell about the Battlefield 2 mod, Forgotten Hope 2.

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/noesis_interview/james_odonnell.html

Video Making of No More Wine

Simon Blanc of Blur Studios, shows you the tools he used to create his ZBrush work No More Wine

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/zbrush/pixozbrush/nomorewine/no-more-wine-simon-blanc.html

Making of It's a New World

Futuristic painting making where artist sees the similarity between the hardware circuit and the leaves veins

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/neworld/new-world.html

Feb-Mar 09 Animation Magazine Free Issue Download

Once again CGArena brings you another issue of your favourite animation magazine which is free to download

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/ezine/feb09_issue.html

Irradiance Particles in Mental Ray for Maya 2009

In this video tutorial become familiar with the new Irradiance Particles feature from the latest version of mental ray in Maya

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/i3d/irradiance-particles-mental-ray-maya2009.html

Mudbox 2009: Quickstart Series - Part 9

This part will explain 32bit displacement from Mudbox to Maya 2009, Cavity Map Trick and realtime normal map viewing demo

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/mudbox2009/index9.html

Making of Twisted Mind of Puyuh

Happy to share my techniques and will walk you through the many steps from initial conceptual work to final rendering

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/puyuh/index.html

Video Interview with Daniel Menard

A video interview with project lead Daniel Menard about the Half-Life 2 Mod Eternal Silence

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/noesis_interview/daniel_menard.html

Review: Sony PSP 3004

Where artists can play games in their free time because all work and no play makes you a dull boy

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/reviews/psp3004_review.html

Making of Hecate

Hecate is the Greek goddess of the crossroads. She is usually seen with two ghost hounds that were said to serve her.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/hecate/index.html

Prime Focus provides VFX in CC2C

Prime Focus provides the visual effects shots for Bollywood film Chandni Chowk to China and co-produced by Warner Bros

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/cc2c.html

Mesh Extraction in ZBrush

How to create a new geometry from the existing geometry using the mesh extraction technique in ZBrush

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

Making of the Standing Beauty

In this project overview artist try to reproduce the style of classical black and white photographs

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/beauty/index.html

Video Interview with Mike Tomaino

An interview with Mike Tomaino about his open-source level creation program Platinum Arts Sandbox

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/noesis_interview/mike_tomaino.html

Mudbox 2009: Quickstart Series - Part 8

In these video tutorials you will learn about 32bit displacement, Mudbox to Vray (32bit displacement) and preparing mirrored UV

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/mudbox/mudbox2009/index8.html

Making of the Incredible Hulk

In this making artist will show you common workflow used in the game and movie industry while creating characters

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/hulk/index.html