Tweet Alex Telford by way of 3Dworld Magazine show how to go from concept to final rendered image in creating realistic jewelry using Blender and Blender Cycles Engine for rendering. Check out the complete tutorial for Creating Realistic Jewelry using Blender Cycles here. Alex Telford takes you from concept to final image with Blender’s new [...]
Tweet Eric Mootz walks through the new emNewton2 2.0 plugin for Softimage’s ICE that can be used to create simulations that are driven by an implementation of Sir Isaac Newton’s Law of universal Gravity, such as solar systems or stars with an accretion disc. mNewton2 is an implementation of Sir Isaac Newton’s Law of universal [...]
Tweet Nikhil Dhoka shows how to create a growing Ivy effect in Blender with some really simple techniques. Check out the post for Creating a Growing Ivy effect in Blender 3D here for a look at the Shading Breakdowns & Cycles Node tree.
Tweet Pariah Studios Rob Redman with a quick tip for one of the many ways to create 8-bit pixel style graphics in Cinema 4D using some morph tools. Rob Redman writes: In this quick tutorial I show you one of the many ways you can use Cinema 4D to create pixel art. It’s a simple [...]
Tweet Triple Squid Software has recently updated the beta they provide for the Mac OSX version of their NURBS modeler Moment Of Inspiration. Moment Of Inspiration is designed to be a NURBS modeler for artists and designers who may be frustrated with the complexity of existing CAD tools, providing Pen Tablet support and a simple [...]
Tweet mz_ctrlCreator is a script for Maya that allows you to create over 40 rig control shapes easily. mz_ctrlCreator control creator script for Maya also allows users to create groups to maintain control values, options to change controller colors, as well as the option to combine shapes to create unique controllers. Check out the mz_ctrlCreator [...]
Tweet Florian Koebisch covers the concept of scale in Realfow which is a really misunderstood one, or as Florian notes, scale may not taken into consideration at all. In the world of any type of dynamics scale is important for creating realism, and in RealFlow in particular, it is the difference between a water simulation [...]
Tweet David Langley demonstrates a simple technique for creating ropes in ZBrush using the CurveLineTube Brush.
Tweet The Pixel Lab’s Joren Kandel with a look at how to set up a scene in Cinema 4D to cast shadows that can be used for compositing in After Effects. Check out the tutorial for Casting Shadows for Compositing in Cinema 4D and After Effects here. Joren Kandel writes: In this tutorial I’ll how [...]
