Review: The Art of God of War III
The most beautiful game on the PS3 spawns an equally beautiful art book. But is it worth the price?
Friday, November 26th, 2010
Free Resources
New free beta tools add Ptex support to 3ds Max
Mankua's Stripes plug-in suite adds support for Disney's UV-less texture format inside Max.
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Career advice: Jeff Campbell, SpinVFX
The VFX supervisor and Fight Club veteran gives his advice on breaking into the compositing industry.
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
CGschool announces free Max and V-Ray 2.0 webinars
Plus three other free one-hour sessions in arch viz training specialist's December line-up.
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Japanese site offers over 4,000 free mocap moves
Need an FBX file of someone flipping the bird or barfing? Mocapdata.com is for you.
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Get 10 3D models free every week with 3D Rivers
Online model library to make randomly chosen models from its collection available for no charge.
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Round-up: new 3ds Max plug-ins, tools and shaders
(Almost) everything a Max artist could need, from vehicle rigging to complete virtual reality add-ons
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Pixar cuts 40% off price of RenderMan Pro Server
Cost of industry-standard render tool slashed to $2,000. RenderMan for Maya pricing unaffected.
Monday, November 15th, 2010
Video: free 90-minute Houdini networks tutorial
Includes 66-page PDF, scene files and best user comment ever: "It is pleasure like sex with beautiful wife"
Friday, November 12th, 2010
Get over 100 hi-res female reference images for free
Join Ten24 on Facebook and download 186MB of reference images, plus some very good character tutorials.
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Interview: new 3D mouse developer Valentin Heun
Promising new 3D controller to support Max, Maya, Cinema 4D on launch next year, says developer.
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Axsotic releases details of intriguing new '3D mouse'
Demo for new input device shows a user rotating the digital model being painted via a real 3D trackball.
Monday, November 1st, 2010
Career advice: Raphael Lacoste, Ubisoft
The award-winning veteran of the Assassin's Creed games gives his tips for breaking into concept art.
Monday, November 1st, 2010