MakeHuman reaches stable 1.0.0 milestone release

Pioneering open-source character creator now boasts a base mesh optimised for ZBrush and Mudbox.

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 4.1

Games texturing tool gets new baking options and ability to group nodes. Eight new video tutorials, too.

Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

Q&A: Oblivion concept artist Thom Tenery

The top architectural designer looks back on a career that spans malls, Doom 4 and Hollywood movies.

Tuesday, February 18th, 2014

Watch five great VES Award-winning student shorts

It's five wins in a row for Germany's Filmakademie. See them all here, including 2014 winner Rugbybugs.

Friday, February 14th, 2014

Eye candy: Kometh

Discover the alien life pulsating at the heart of a comet in Erik Ferguson's unnerving Houdini short.

Thursday, February 13th, 2014

Q&A: ace mech creator Fausto de Martini

Blizzard's former 3D art director tells us about his move to movies, and his tips for faster design in 3ds Max.

Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

Get Vertex 2: 300 pages of free games art training

Art By Papercut's free eBook offers tips and tutorials on everything from concept art to facial animation.

Monday, January 27th, 2014

New Gnomon DVD shows how this 3D World cover was made

The Making of 'Totem' sets out how the magazine illustration was created in ZBrush, Maya and SpeedTree.

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

Q&A: Pacific Rim and Noah concept artist Allen Williams

The award-winning illustrator tells us about working with Guillermo del Toro, and his tips for young artists.

Wednesday, January 8th, 2014

Review: LightWave 11.0 to 11.6

Andy Bishop looks back over NewTek's11.x series of releases, and assesses what comes next.

Monday, November 11th, 2013

Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs 2013

Jason Lewis puts 11 of the leading current workstation graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.

Thursday, November 7th, 2013

Videos: see Pixologic's sessions from Siggraph 2013

Watch demos from leading ZBrush artists at Blizzard, Disney, Epic Games and Marvel Entertainment.

Friday, October 11th, 2013

Aartform releases Curvy 3D 3.0

Cheap, intuitive modeller strengthens toolset with new ZBrush-like mesh subdivision and decimation systems.

Tuesday, September 24th, 2013