Discover cutting-edge workflows for 360° concept art
Master vital 2D and 3D techniques with new Gnomon tutorial Creating 360° Concept Art for Production.
Friday, November 30th, 2018
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Online media collaboration platform Cage now free to use
Individual artists can now use the online 2D asset review and project management system for nothing.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2018
Boris FX to 'reboot' Particle Illusion
Veteran After Effects particle tool to get full redesign; relaunch as part of Continuum 12 later this year.
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Get Creating Key Art Illustration for Film and Games
See Fox Studios senior concept illustrator Alex Nice's workflow in Gnomon's new two-hour tutorial.
Saturday, July 15th, 2017
Download 160 free Xfrog 3D plant models
Get 33 individual plant species, including trees, shrubs and flowers, in over 10 common 3D file formats.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
Clip Studio Paint adds animation support
Free 1.5.4 update turns the app also known as Manga Studio into a robust, low-cost 2D animation tool.
Friday, March 18th, 2016
Download Godot 2.0
Open-source 2D and 3D game engine gets improved scene editor and debugging tools, plus support for plugins and live scene editing.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 5
Updated: 3D clothing design app gets new direct positioning tool, better pattern editing, faster sims. Now shipping.
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
OLM Digital releases Color Key and Distance Gradation
Free After Effects plugins speed up keying and creation of glow effects, particularly for 2D animation work.
Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
Gnomon ships new two-DVD concept art training series
Naughty Dog artist Aaron Limonick's Concept Design Workflow sets out techniques in Modo and Photoshop.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014
Get Sprut: a free 2D fluids toolset for Nuke
Download this fast, flexible 2D fluid solver created by Framestore's Theodor Groeneboom.
Friday, January 31st, 2014
Unity 4.3 adds new 2D tools and blendshape animation
Updated, now shipping: there's a new markerless facial mocap plugin and the Unity Cloud program, too.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Video: use mocap data to drive 2D animation
See IKinema's free WebAnimate browser-based retargeting tool in use to create not 3D, but toon animation.
Friday, October 18th, 2013