Meet the 3D Artist: Marcello Baldari

| Artwork, Showcase | 23/05/2013 10:24am piranha_MB

Marcello Baldari is a 3D artist, keen on videogames and model collecting. Let’s find out his influences and look at his cool CG art

Plug-in review: Newton 2.0

| Plug-ins, Reviews | 22/05/2013 14:54pm 3dw170revnewton

Offering updated functionality and stacks of potential, this system is absolute genius, says Steve Jarratt

3D arch-viz: The Way of Sound

| Artwork, Showcase, Visualisation | 22/05/2013 12:34pm The-Way-of-Sound-05

Artist Jorge Adrian Fernandez shows how he created this lovely arch-viz render of a Pioneer mixer using 3ds Max, V-Ray, Photoshop and Fusion

Pick of the Week

| Movies, Showcase | 21/05/2013 16:47pm targetlocked

Polish, polish, polish. That all-important element which raises the quality of every production is in abundance here. Rob Redman loves it

3D art gallery: Blender and simple shapes create a magical result!

| Artwork | 21/05/2013 16:05pm portfolio-jball

This Blender image from the latest issue 3D World is reader art at its best! It’s colourful and full of life!

Buy the latest issue of 3D World now! Includes an FMX 2013 show report, expert tips on creating CG animals, and more!

| Latest Issue, Magazine | 21/05/2013 15:16pm newissuewp

Contents for the latest issue of 3D World (170): FMX 2013 roundup; CG animal techniques; video tutorial on Stereo 3D; better vehicle renders and more!

Modo 701 review

| Applications, Reviews | 21/05/2013 14:59pm 3dw170revmodo

Change can be a good thing when it’s an upgrade. That’s the case with the new version of Modo, as Mike Griggs finds out

Tutorial: Layer materials in Maxwell Render

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 20/05/2013 14:53pm 3dw167qa4

Maxwell Render features its own powerful material manager – Rob Redman demonstrates how to make the most of it

3D ART: Two talents collide

| Artwork, Showcase | 18/05/2013 14:00pm dinnerdream

A joint effort where character modelling skills and environment creation combine to create a fun image. Buon appetito!

Friday Animation Fun: Alfred Imageworks’ Counter Strike 2 online cinematic

| Games, Showcase | 17/05/2013 15:11pm counter_strike

Watch the fast-paced CGI animated promo piece for Counter Strike Online 2 created by the talented artists at Alfred Imageworks for South Korean developer Nexon and read about the pipeline used to create it…

3D World reader gallery: Tzanko the boxer

| Artwork, Showcase | 17/05/2013 14:00pm boxer-crop

A personality was born the day Sergey finished this render. Tzanko the Boxer could come to life at any moment – and if he did we’d run to the hills!

Cool VFX: DirecTV’s new app

| Commercial, Making of, Shorts, Showcase | 17/05/2013 14:00pm 3dw167projects4

This new 30-second animation from international media studio Kompost introduces Viggle

Movies to watch for 2013: Pacific Rim – watch the new trailer here

| Movies, Showcase | 17/05/2013 11:00am pacific-rim

Updated: Watch the new trailer for Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro’s epic sci-fi movie here…

LightWave tutorial: Make icicle-like fur and hair

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 16/05/2013 14:45pm 3dw167qa3

Neil MacCormack breaks out LightWave 11’s new FiberFx tool to create a hairy monster

Groundbreaking studio: Piranha

| Showcase, Visualisation | 16/05/2013 14:42pm Piranha

Meet Piranha, winner of the CG Awards Arch-Viz Animation Award 2012 for The New World Trade Center project, and find out what makes a great arch-viz animation…