Animation: The Gawper

| Shorts, Showcase | 10/11/2011 16:25pm gawp

Early universal horror films inspired this fun new short from A Large Evil Corporation

Digital-Tutors announces new summer training

| News | 03/08/2011 16:55pm TDW137.subs.digitut_logo2

The digital training providers have introduced 14 new training courses, alongside five additions to its Creative Development Series

New CG animated short: Beyond the sea

| Shorts, Showcase | 29/06/2012 13:03pm Beyond the sea

Check out this charming short Beyond the Sea created by Gobelins students and watch the making-of video here too…

Autodesk 2011 Animation Show Reel announcement

| Events, Industry, News | 05/04/2011 09:00am autodesk

Are you looking to show off your talent? The 2011 Autodesk Animation Show Reel is now open for entries

Meet the Artist: Animation Director Nick Losq

| Shorts, Showcase | 14/01/2013 10:17am ▲ Little Kaiju is adorable and instantly connects with the emotions of the viewer

Back in November we ran a piece on four-minute movie Little Kaiju from Australian studio TwiN and animation director Nick Losq. Here we interview Nick about his influences and background

Meet the 3D artist: Alexandre Cazals

| Showcase | 13/09/2012 14:29pm fox_tale_fox

Meet Alexandre Cazals, one of the talented graduates from Supinfocom who helped to create the beautiful animated short A Fox Tale – which features on the cover of the latest issue of 3D World. Watch his 2011 showreel and read what inspires him…

50 milestones in 3D gaming, part one

| Features, Technology | 26/10/2009 12:29pm 50_3d_milestones_in_gaming

When counting down the milestones in 3D gaming, there’s only one place to start: the arcades. For many years this was the place that the general public could see the most cutting edge advances in real-time 3D technology.

Tutorial: how to light indoor and outdoor scenes

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 28/02/2013 14:35pm 3dw166tuttips

Chris Kowal looks at lighting different indoor and outdoor situations using 3ds Max and V-Ray

Architectural 3D Awards 2011 announcement

| Events, News | 31/03/2011 12:50pm arch

The 8th annual Architectural 3D Awards, hosted by cgarchitect.com, is now open for entries

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…

Facial animation tips & tricks from Image Metrics

| Events, News | 17/03/2011 11:34am Faceware-thumb

Facial animation experts Image Metrics is presenting a free webinar offering a detailed walkthrough of Faceware 3.0, the developers flagship software

Friday Animation Fun: Wedding Day

| Shorts, Showcase | 02/04/2013 17:19pm wedding_day

UPADTED: Lovely short film from some of our Facebook followers. Watch a fast-paced animation with a happy ending and find out about its creation…

Cool CG commercial: Blacklist’s Tendril

| Commercial, Showcase | 09/08/2012 08:00am nike_blacklist_boot

Near-microscopic photorealism, explosive shards, raining crystal droplets, refractive prisms and a miraculous boot feature in Blacklist’s Tendril. Check it out now!

Top VFX technique as used by MPC artists

| Technique, Tutorials | 23/11/2011 14:32pm tdw150-cover-2

Niall Flinn, head of FX at MPC, explains how to simulate believable sand and soil particles

Get 3ds Max Essentials: Volume 2 – on sale now!

| Magazine, News, Products | 29/04/2013 15:48pm maxwpcrop

Master core skills for design, games and VFX work with our new 228-page collection of 3ds Max tutorials, complete with project files and over 14 hours of video training