CG Awards 2013: Arch-viz Still of the Year

| Magazine | 07/06/2013 16:15pm oldorf

In our CG Awards, we are offering you the chance to suggest nominations in each category via our social media channels. We’ve earmarked a few for Arch-viz Still of the Year, but you may have different ideas. Let us know!

Maya tutorial: Rigging a muscle system

| Guides, Tutorials | 07/06/2013 15:55pm TDW116.t_muscle

Create realistic movement for a muscular character by taking advantage of the muscle creation system built into Maya

Cool CG music video: ‘Winter Trees’

| Making of, Shorts, Showcase | 07/06/2013 14:45pm 3dw168projects3

Aardman combined 2D and 3D seamlessly in this promo for folk trio The Staves

Friday Animation Fun: Dansheng Night 2

| Shorts, Showcase | 07/06/2013 14:35pm baolong

Watch this gorgeous animated scene from Legend of Sealed Book done in UDK by artist Baolong Zhang

3D art in ZBrush: Daiichi

| Artwork, Showcase | 07/06/2013 14:00pm daiichicrop

Daiichi means ‘number one’ and this guy excels at sword and hand-to-hand combat. A memorable name and image

Pick of the Week

| Showcase | 07/06/2013 11:12am potw_9_2

Art meets tech in this wonderful demoreel from German artist Tim Borgmann, who also worked on Nissan’s explosive 2013 Altima ‘Wouldn’t it be Cool?’ campaign last year…

CG Awards 2013: CG Commercial Campaign of the Year

| Magazine | 06/06/2013 16:00pm mcdonalds

In our CG Awards, we are offering you the chance to suggest nominations in each category. Today it’s the ever-controvesial CG Commercial Campaign of the Year

Tutorial: Trim unnecessary polys from models

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 06/06/2013 14:41pm 3dw169tutfund1

Retopologising a model may seem like a chore, but as Mike Griggs reveals, it’s a key aspect of the 3D workflow

New CG art: Titouan Olive shares his workflow secrets

| Artwork, Showcase | 06/06/2013 14:25pm mermaid

Beatiful images by freelance 3D artist Titouan Olive. Find out about the ZBrush, Maya and Photoshop pipeline used to create Mermaid

Inspiring arch-viz from talented reader

| Artwork, Showcase | 06/06/2013 14:10pm salibamain

This wonderful space with all the details therein would suit any lucky family. Have a good look around

Behind the scenes: Disney’s Oscar-winning Paperman

| Making of, Shorts, Showcase | 05/06/2013 15:27pm 3dw169freezeframe

Disney used innovative CG techniques for its Oscar-winning short Paperman, animation supervisor Patrick Osborne tells Mark Ramshaw

CG Awards 2013: VFX Feature Film of the Year

| Magazine | 04/06/2013 16:25pm flight

In our CG Awards, we are offering you the chance to suggest nominations in each category. Today it’s VFX feature films – which ones rocked your world?

Cool CG ad: ‘Renuage. Sensational Brandy’

| Commercial, Making of, Showcase | 04/06/2013 14:44pm 3dw168projects2

Barcelona-based creative agency Trizz stirs the senses with this fully CG spot for drinks brand Renuage

Tutorial: Start a sculpt in ZBrush

| Guides, Technique, Tutorials | 03/06/2013 15:43pm 3dw168qa1

What’s best for starting a sculpt in ZBrush: ZSpheres, DynaMesh or a base mesh? Wes McDermott gives some pointers

CG Awards 2013: CG Animated Feature Film of the Year

| Magazine | 03/06/2013 14:53pm The-Croods-Image

In our CG Awards, we are offering you the chance to suggest nominations in each category. Today we’re looking at animated feature films: here are some which caught our eye – but what did you think?