Print your 3D designs in black rubber at Shapeways

3D printing firm adds experimental new Black Elasto Plastic to its line-up of available materials. Kinky.

Monday, May 28th, 2012

So you think you can spot a good 3D model?

Prove your mettle in TurboSquid's new 3D Expert model-rating game. Can you beat 1,000,000 points?

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Share your demo reel with recruiters via Showreel.tv

New site offers artists free online portfolio space and automated tools for applying for CG industry jobs.

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Harmonise your renders with Vizpark's Color Tools

New 3ds Max plugin automatically assigns common colours from a source image to your 3D scene.

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Make yourself look like Steve Jobs in Blender

See curiously disturbing digital make-up tests from Mango, the new Blender Foundation open movie.

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Maide Control: control Maya or 3ds Max via your iPad

Clever app lets users to navigate 3D scenes or apply modelling commands via the touch screen.

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Everything you ever wanted to know about destruction

Great new fxguide article about 'the art of blowing crap up' explains all you were afraid to ask.

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

What do you mean, it's not a real Fabergé egg?

Jaw-dropping TurboSquid video reveals public's inability to tell 3D models from real luxury goods.

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

New Wacom pen saves your sketches in digital form

Doodle in your notebook with the new Wacom Inkling and have the results saved as a PSD or JPG.

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Turn your iPhone into a facial scanner: Part Two

Don't like iFace3D? Trimensional offers an alternative way to capture your face and save it as an OBJ file.

Monday, August 15th, 2011

Holiday project: build your own 3D printer for $500

Having a 'staycation' this year? Use the money you save to build your own fully functional RepRap printer.

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

Eye candy: Troll, I am your father

See The Empire Strikes Back as Lucas never quite envisioned it in Rune Spaans' new VFX short.

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

New app records camera moves from your iPhone

Install CameraMan for Maya and turn your iPhone 4 into an handheld animation controller.

Thursday, March 31st, 2011