Tutorial: Mech Illustration with Character & Story
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create 3D illustrations with a hand-drawn feel.
Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
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Download Cki Vang's free pack of 10 ZBrush 3D alphas
Get the 3D concept artist's free collection of ZBrush alphas for detailing mechs and sci-fi models.
Sunday, May 19th, 2019
Meet master mech designer Vitaly Bulgarov
See the StarCraft II and Ghost in the Shell artist speak at Gnomon this Friday. Watch online for free.
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Download Andrew Averkin's free Hard Surface Kitbash Pack
Get the Blur Studio artist's 414 readymade parts for mechs and machines. MAX, FBX, OBJ format.
Thursday, September 7th, 2017
See how David Karlak made RISE, his cult sci-fi short
See the filmmaker discuss his three year labour of love at Gnomon's LA campus on Thursday 5 May, or watch free online.
Friday, April 29th, 2016
Eye candy: ILM's VFX breakdown for Pacific Rim
New making-of video lifts the lid on big environments, big simulations - and even bigger CG creatures.
Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Eye candy: Rodeo FX's VFX breakdown for Pacific Rim
See highlights of the studio's 200 shots, including the making of Hong Kong Bay and the robot control rigs.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
Eye candy: Vitaly Bulgarov's Black Phoenix project
Blizzard artist speed models a mech a day for ten days - and creates social media panic in Japan.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Eye candy: R'ha
It's aliens vs Skynet in Kaleb Lechowski's incredible one-man short, created in seven months in Blender and Maya.
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Eye candy: Tears of Steel
The Blender Foundation's first VFX open movie blends boy-girl romance and kickass robots - and it's a blast.
Thursday, September 27th, 2012
Disney develops 'Physical Face Cloning' pipeline
And if you thought digital characters lurk in the Uncanny Valley, check out these terrifyingly realistic androids.
Sunday, August 19th, 2012
Eye candy: Ruin
OddBall Animation's gorgeous post-apocalyptic short has strange echoes of Spielberg's debut feature.
Monday, March 19th, 2012
Eye candy: Archetype
Watch legendary creature designer Aaron Sims' dark science-fiction short online in its entirety.
Friday, January 20th, 2012