Friday Animation Fun! Panoptiqm’s squirrel spot

| Commercial, Showcase | 24/05/2013 15:19pm SquirrelPanoptiqm

Check out this lovely piece of animation featuring a photoreal squirrel from Polish animation studio Panoptiqm We caught up with Krzysztof Krok, co-founder of new animation studio Panoptiqm to ask more about this wonderful in-house project. “The creative director of the film is Artur Marcol who also was responsible for the quality of the animation,” [...]

Siggraph 2013: Technical Papers preview videos

| Events, Industry, News | 24/05/2013 12:30pm technical_papers_siggraph_2013

Watch the fascinating new trailer for Siggraph 2013 featuring cool new technologies, showing jaw-dropping simulations, experimental graphics and more…

Training review: Painting Realistic Skin in Mari 2.0

| Reviews, Training | 23/05/2013 14:19pm 3dw170revgnomon

Rob Redman discovers whether Gnomon’s latest training course offers anything to Mari artists

Game dev focus: Get the lowdown on Microsoft’s new Xbox One

| News, Technology | 23/05/2013 12:26pm Xbox one console

The new Xbox One has an 8-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, 500GB HDD, HDMI in/out, 802.11n WiFi, USB 3.0 and a Blu-Ray drive, but what does all this mean for game artists?

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!