Project focus: the making of Exoids

Director Meni Tsirbas talks us through his post-apocalyptic short, created with an all-student team.

Friday, July 6th, 2012

Joe Alter ships LipService w/LBrush for Maya

Make changes on top of existing rigs and simulations with this innovative facial rigging and sculpting toolset.

Friday, June 15th, 2012

Isotropix announces Clarisse iFX

New hybrid renderer, compositor and animation package 'reinvents' how artists create final images.

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

Interview: BioWare on making Mass Effect 3

Take your mind off the endings with this in-depth Q&A with the character art team on the Pixologic website.

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Q&A: Rising concept art star Luca Nemolato

Aaron Sims describes him as one of the most pioneering artists in CG. Discover his technical tips here.

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Review: Dell Precision M6600 mobile workstation

Jason Lewis used to be a sceptic about mobile workstations - until he tried this sleek, unflashy workhorse.

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Gnomon ships 150-minute Alex Alvarez tutorial for free

Explore the creation process for the large-scale illustration pictured above in The Making of 'Gathering'.

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Gnomon releases new Environment Sculpting DVD

Create detailed CG environments with David Lesperance's (literally) ground-breaking masterclass.

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Review: HP Z210 workstation

HP′s entry-level pro workstation is a powerful beast in its own right, as Jason Lewis's benchmarks reveal.

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Luxology ships modo 601

'Most significant update ever' adds over 50 major new features, including character animation tools.

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Marius Silaghi releases Form 1.0 for 3ds Max

New plugin adds ZSphere-alike modelling tools to 3ds Max for quickly roughing out organic forms.

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Mario Baldi creates free FiberMesh to Maya script

Another day, another free tool for exporting ZBrush 4R2b hair to the 3D app of your choice for rendering.

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Wayne Robson creates free FiberMesh-to-Max plugin

You wait a week for a tool to convert ZBrush 4R2b hair to splines, then two come along at once.

Monday, January 30th, 2012