Step-by-step tutorial: Creature sculpting

| Guides, Tutorials | 30/03/2012 15:38pm TDW129.t_medusa

Follow this free ZBrush workshop by Ryan Kingslien on sculpting and painting a bust of the mythical monster Medusa

Video tutorial: Rig your own Transformer in LightWave

| Guides, Tutorials | 16/03/2012 16:50pm TDW119.t_trans.opener

Transformers week draws to a close with this video training from Dan DeEntremont. Master key animation skills in this Transformer-style tutorial as you rig a robot to animate its transformation from train to humanoid

Tutorial: Extract a cavity map in Mudbox

| Guides, Tutorials | 12/09/2011 16:47pm TDW144.t_qa.mudbox1thumb

Cavity maps are an excellent way to emphasise finite details such as wrinkles and scales on a sculpted surface. Read on to find the best way to work with them

Softimage: How to use particle sprites with ICE

| Guides, Tutorials | 10/01/2011 16:17pm softimage_spritetutorial01

Learn how to use particle sprites with ICE in Softimage – the sprite technique is a cost-effective way to give the illusion of detail by mapping 2D texture onto a plane.