Sketchfab's models of the month: May 2021

See the month's best real-time 3D models, from cute cats to free downloadable characters, creatures and cars.

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Scene Group ships Cavalry 1.1

Check out the new features in the next-gen animation and motion graphics software from the original creators of Maya's MASH toolset

Wednesday, May 12th, 2021

Otoy ships Sculptron 1.1

GPU-based tool for sculpting animation caches gets initial support for Alembic, plus option to use procedural textures as alphas.

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021

Create 3d Characters releases Zoo Tools Pro 2.5

Check out the neat new animation features in the popular set of productivity-boosting Maya tools.

Saturday, May 8th, 2021

Epic Games buys ArtStation

Top online portfolio service will stay open to non-games artists and Unreal Engine users. Sales fees on ArtStation Marketplace reduced.

Sunday, May 2nd, 2021

Motiva ships Layama 1.5

Datasmith creator's unusual tool for turning 3ds Max, Blender and UE4 scenes into 'pseudo VR' gets new option to add interactive hotspots.

Wednesday, April 28th, 2021

Epic Games launches MetaHuman Creator

Hotly tipped next-gen character creator now free in early access, along with 50 sample characters.

Wednesday, April 14th, 2021

The making of Rebellion's Evil Genius 2 cinematic trailer

Discover how Rebellion's VFX team created the game's colourful trailer using Houdini and Unreal Engine.

Saturday, April 10th, 2021

Nukeygara releases Akeytsu 2020.3.6

Unusual character animation tool gets new silhouette render mode, better handling of mirrored rigs.

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021

The Grove Release 10a is now shipping

F12's popular tree generator now lets you create new branches by sketching directly in the viewport.

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021

Check out neat new 3ds Max cloth plugin Clothify Pro

New add-on lets you pull surfaces into cloth-like folds, then deform them with Max's other modifiers.

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Autodesk ships Maya 2022

Sizeable update to the 3D software adds 'full USD integration', new VR modelling app, and new character rigging and animation features.

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

Chris West updates Terrain plugin for 3ds Max

Popular plugin turns online DEM data into 3D terrain inside 3ds Max - now to 30m resolution worldwide.

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021