Heroic characters: 3D World issue 155

Contents and downloads for the latest issue of 3D World. Discover how to create heroic characters with our figure modelling masterclass and effects tips. Plus find out how to fund your very own dream animation

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In the magazine

Reinventing animation

The new character toolset in modo 601 aims to make animation intuitive to non-animators. 3D World investigates how developers are rethinking the way we make things move

Kickstart your film

Find out how you can get finiancial support for your very own CG movie, and meet the artists who have won funding and brought their own visions to a global audience

John Carter

Leading london VFX outfits Framestore, The Moving Picture Company and Cinesite talk about their work on Disney’s epic new movie

Model the Dragon Boy character in Cinema 4D

Glen Southern shows you how to get great results when modelling a character in 3D from a 2D sketch

Realistic human eyes

Modelling realistic eyes is crucial to a convincing CGI image. Explore the fundamentals of their creation with Mike Griggs

nParticle dynamics in Maya

Patrick Finn guides you through instancing and randomising animated geometry to nParticles to create a swarm of ants in Maya

Track a shot in PFMatchit

Mike Griggs explains how this program simplifies the once-murky process of 3D tracking to produce truly professional results

ZBrush creature workflows

Digital-Tutors explain how to bring your creature ideas to life with an efficient and flexible sculpting workflow in ZBrush

On test

Wacom Intuos5, SpaceMouse Pro and Reality 2

Also in this issue

• Questions & Answers
• Brent Young and Michael ‘Oz’ Smith of Super 78 talk about the immersive visuals they created for the Typhoon 360 attraction in Singapore
• Mark Ramshaw talks to indie animation house Studio Soi about The Gruffalo’s Child, the second film based on the popular children’s book series
• Our resident CG curmudgeon, Mental Roy, has some carefully considered advice for budding young filmmakers… don’t even start!
• Inspirational artwork from readers and shortform commercial projects

On the disc (print edition only)

Ten poses from Daz for the leading female character figure Victoria 5, a full 66-minute ZBrush creature creation video course from Digital-Tutors, plus resources for our Maya, Photoshop and Q&A tutorials

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