10 questions for... creature creator Dominic Qwek
The Blizzard star and veteran of Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm faces our questions about his 3D workflow.
Sunday, September 15th, 2013
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DAZ 3D ships DAZ Studio 4.6 Pro
Free figure-posing and animation tool gets OpenSubdiv and Ptex support, new subsurface shader.
Friday, May 17th, 2013
AnimSchool releases AnimSchool Picker for Maya
Select and manipulate rig controls or geometry on 3D characters faster with this free picker GUI plugin.
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Autodesk Labs unveils Project Pinocchio
Work-in-progress system creates fully rigged 3D characters in your browser for export in FBX format.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Daz 3D ships Aiko 5
But does the update to the anime stock figure look more realistic or "more like an ingenue cosplayer"?
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Videos: How Weta created the creatures of The Hobbit
Updated: New video shows the environment work, along with Gollum, Azog and the Goblin King.
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Autodesk releases 123D Creature
Fun iPad app sculpts and poses characters via a skeletal system, then readies them for 3D printing.
Friday, February 15th, 2013
Download a free hi-res scan of a male torso from Ten24
Updated: Along with the original textured ZTL file, get a new free full-body scan of a clothed male figure.
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Mixamo releases Mecanim Animation Store plugin
New Unity add-on lets developers access Mixamo's motion library from directly within the software.
Friday, January 25th, 2013
Brent Forrest releases BoolieMan rig for Maya
Nifty Boolean-based rig mimics the look and motion of a claymation character, in all its wobbliness.
Friday, January 18th, 2013
MakeHuman 1.0 Alpha 7 released
Big update to the free CG character generator improves base mesh, adds libraries of hair and clothes.
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Video: high-quality facial scanning with your DSLR
Or 18 DSLRs, at any rate. See the impressive results possible with Ten24's video of its capture process
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Interview: BioWare on making Mass Effect 3
Take your mind off the endings with this in-depth Q&A with the character art team on the Pixologic website.
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012