Tutorial: Create custom 2D graphics for use in modo

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 13/05/2013 15:08pm 3dw167qa2.jpg

Creating custom graphics for your 3D models is an excellent opportunity to exercise your design and texturing muscles – Mike Griggs shows you how to do it

New animated short: Stardust

| Shorts, Showcase | 13/05/2013 12:47pm stardust

Art meets science in Stardust, a new short by Dutch film production company PostPanic. Watch it now and find out more about the project in our new issue

Cool VFX: Banque Populaire

| Commercial, Making of, Showcase | 10/05/2013 14:39pm 3dw167projects2

Zeitguised used Cinema 4D and V-Ray in tandem to create this seamless spot for Banque Populaire

Friday Animation Fun: Stranded

| Shorts, Showcase | 10/05/2013 14:39pm short_stranded1

Fancy dodging work for a couple of minutes? Then check out this fun short by School of Visual Arts students Donia Liechti and Vicky Penzes

Tutorial: Light and render a high-contrast scene

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 09/05/2013 14:31pm 3dw167tutblender

Illustration studio Fescher Neoilustração explains how it created this motley pack of rats for a pest control advert

Meet the 3D Artist: Grégory Jennings

| Movies, Showcase | 08/05/2013 14:06pm Copyright: Dreamworks

This week, we welcome animation lighting artist Greg Jennings who tells us about his break into the CG industry and what it’s like to be a light at Dreamworks…

Behind the scenes: Ice Age: Continental Drift

| Making of, Movies, Showcase | 08/05/2013 14:00pm 3dw167freeze

The latest in the Ice Age series adds action movie mayhem to the cartoon mix. Blue Sky talks to Mark Ramshaw about the sun, the sky and the sea

Maya 2013 tutorial: Bake ambient occlusion into a UV map

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 07/05/2013 15:22pm 3dw167qa1

Pat Imrie puts Maya 2013 and mental ray to work on a great time-saver for 3D artists

Pick of the Week

| Artwork, Movies, Shorts, Showcase | 07/05/2013 14:52pm pickofweek

It’s time for Rob’s Pick of the Week and this week he singles out a clever animation that will draw you in – especially if you turn the volume UP!

3D World gallery: Revel in the detail of Consumed by Toni Bratincevic

| Artwork, Showcase | 07/05/2013 14:00pm consumed

Artist Toni Bratincevic modelled objects in 3ds Max and used V-Ray for rendering in this enthralling image

Reader focus: 3D World experts critique your work

| Artwork, Showcase | 07/05/2013 12:49pm mezza

Last week we asked you to submit your 3D work to be critiqued by our expert team. We were really pleased with the response we got and Technical Editor Rob Redman has picked one from many to be put under the spotlight first

Poly-modelling: 3D art from our readers

| Artwork, Showcase | 06/05/2013 14:00pm buildcrop

The artist wanted to create something that captures the complexity and eclecticism of structural designs. He’s certainly done that, we think!

Amazing arch-viz in just a week from a 3D World reader

| Artwork, Showcase | 05/05/2013 14:00pm nstudiofull

This image by a 3D World reader contains a few 3D tricks: randomising the books and using the cloth modifier to perfect the blanket and pillow

Memory Threads: Awesome 3D art from 3D World readers

| Artwork, Showcase | 04/05/2013 14:00pm robotcrop

Andrey Bobir used manual modelling for his image. He spent a lot of time on the textures and we love the results!

Friday Animation Fun: Holy Ship

| Shorts, Showcase | 03/05/2013 15:40pm holy_ship_short

Check out this short animation featuring some furry bison, created in Blender 2.66 by artist Nita Ravalji