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COVER ARTIST Gabriel Fabra Pérez behance.net/gfabra1 SOFTWARE 3ds Max, Corona, Photoshop This issue we have a focus on hard-surface projects. You'll find two in-depth modelling tutorials: one for recreating a Sony Alpha camera, and the other for usin

The main inspiration for this piece was the TV show Marco Polo on Netflix, as I quickly fell in love with the Mongolian nomadic culture. I find the traditional Mongolian clothing interesting, especially the ceremonial ones. My Lady Kököchin piece pay

Zak Sham Blender, Photoshop I created this picture in my free time as practice work. It's inspired by Mark Zhang's concept design, which I've transformed into 3D. It's been more than a year since I started working with Blender last April, and hardsur

For this project, my aim was to tell a story through this composition, which opened up several possibilities for interpretation. I also had a time constraint and had to use only the elements provided in the original image. This image represents every

At first I intended to create a simple animation in a realistic genre that would convey the atmosphere of the beginning of a work day: a desk by the window, trees outside, sun shining, the camera smoothly zooming in on a laptop, a cup of coffee enter

Mert Mimaroglu Reality Capture, Metashape, 3ds Max, Photoshop, Substance 3D Painter, Unreal Engine, NDO I accidentally found this forgotten beauty and decided to make a digital copy. It was a nice photogrammetry experience. It wasn't a crowded street

SOFTWARE Maya, V-Ray, ZBrush, Photoshop, Substance 3D Painter YEAR CREATED 2022 ARTIST Arvind T.R. LOCATION India Arvind is an environment artist and is passionate about games from his childhood. He studies at Think Tank Training Centre and is curren

SOFTWARE Blender, Lightroom YEAR CREATED 2022 The McLaren 720S is one of the greatest supercars ever made, and I wanted to place its automotive pureness into a scene that would suit the car's beauty. I created a bridge scene above the water, and a li

SOFTWARE Maya, Substance 3D Sampler, Substance 3D Painter, Unreal Engine 5, ZBrush, Photoshop, DaVinci Resolve, SpeedTree YEAR CREATED 2023 By taking inspiration from the upcoming Assassin's Creed Hexe, this was created as a personal representation o

Gabriel Fabra Pérez began his journey in 3D by studying architecture at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. At the end of his studies he began working as an architect, and a photographer's assistant. During that time he first entered the world of

The worldwide demand for Unreal Engine skills was projected to grow 138 per cent over 10 years, according to insight from labour market analytics firm Burning Glass in 2021. The company mined their database of nearly a billion past and present job po

Practical tips and tutorials from pro artists to improve your CG skills Marnix studied international game architecture and design at Breda University of Applied Sciences, and is now working towards a master's in game technology. He also works at Opus

Lewis is a freelance filmmaker, certified DaVinci Resolve trainer, and online content creator. His interests are rooted in cinematography and colour. He first picked up a camera at age 15, and hasn't put one down since. Along with freelance work, he

Pietro is a freelance 3D artist and YouTuber. An expert in the creation of game assets and environments, he shares his creations on his channel. pietrochiovaro.com The ability to create stunning environments in real-time game engines has become incre

Italian artist Mario's heart beats for VFX, a passion he's been studying for some time. As a student, he's eager to dive into the industry and apply his knowledge and skills. bit.ly/42ySzmI Photography has always been a passion of mine, ever since I

Glen runs SouthernGFX, a small Cheshire-based studio specialising in character and creature design. He has been using and training ZBrush in the UK for over 15 years. youtube.com/c/SouthernGFX/videos After graduating with a first-class computer scien

Use basic primitives to build up your robot. If this is for concept art you may never need to go more detailed than that. Start with a shape for the hips, then add an abdomen and chest, and drop one inside the other in a chain. You'll see a little ar

In Blender, smoke simulations are a subset of the Fluid system. They generate animated voxel textures that represent the smoke, and can subsequently be used for rendering the final results. To create a smoke simulation, you need both a Flow object an

With the default cube selected, go to Object>Quick Effects and select Quick Smoke. This will create a Smoke Domain object that will act as the container for your smoke. Change the size settings for this object so that it encompasses the entirety of w

The Foundry's Nuke is one of the most powerful pieces of software that a digital content creator can work with. It's used by everyone, from freelancers wanting to make the highest-quality imagery they can, to the world's leading VFX houses to create

This tutorial was created within Nuke 14 and is aimed at new users. When the scene is rendered, the EXR files can be selected within a system window and then dragged directly into the Node Graph of a new Nuke Comp Scene. Nuke will then collate the se

WATCH THE VIDEO https://bit.ly/3dworld-archviz Starting with nothing more than a simple photograph, we can create a whole field of colourful flowers in Blender. Our first step is to take at least two photos of the flower, one from the top with all th

News and views from around the international CG community Digital content creation is a rewarding outlet for many artists and designers, whether professionals or hobbyists. Creating imagery and animation from imagination can be fulfilling and inspiri

As an artist who has been using a SpaceMouse throughout my career, it's a device that I miss when it's not available on a computer. Having a SpaceMouse that complements my 3D (and 2D) workflows has been a boon for my productivity in my work, switchin

NAME Pedrom Dadgostar JOB TITLE Head of 3D STUDIO Vine FX LOCATION England ABOUT Pedrom manages the CG and 3D division for the Cambridge-based Vine FX studio. WEB vinefx.com Pedrom Dadgostar is a highly experienced 3D artist and CG supervisor who has

Virtual production is a big deal. If you have even the most cursory interest in 3D art, then you'll have heard of it, but you might not be aware of what it actually means or how you can benefit from learning about the subject. In simple terms, virtua

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