Meet the new directors of Google's Spotlight Stories
See the creators of the award-winning series of VR shorts speak at Gnomon's LA campus on 16 Jan. Watch free online.
Sunday, January 7th, 2018
animation
Nuke and Houdini developers win technical Oscars
Four Scientific and Technology Awards in total, including an Oscar statuette for SideFX's Mark Elendt.
Friday, January 5th, 2018
Download SideFX's free Skinning Converter for Houdini
Neat free tool turns the output of sims to lightweight bone-based animations to use in game engines.
Thursday, December 14th, 2017
Reallusion ships iClone 7.1
Update to real-time character animation tool overhauls the DoF system and animation timeline; adds paid-for Curve Editor plugin.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
Eye candy: Foundry's 2017 showreel
See the best work created with Nuke and Mari, from Rogue One and Doctor Strange to ads and VR.
Friday, December 1st, 2017
Black Friday and winter 2017 deals for CG artists
Updated with discounts valid until the New Year, including Affinity Photo and Marmoset Toolbag.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
Weeds: the story of an indie short made by Disney artists
Discover how artists working in their personal time created a 3D short using the same tech as a Disney feature.
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
Learn five lessons from award-winning short 'Coin Operated'
Director Nicholas Arioli reveals the secrets of making your first short at a free talk at Gnomon this evening. Watch free online.
Monday, November 20th, 2017
SideFX releases Houdini 16.5
Video: see Houdini's upcoming retopology and facial autorigging tools, and a lot of neat new fluid, crowd and hair simulation features.
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
Discover how Disney artist Kevin Hudson created 'Weeds'
Explore the making of an indie short created with Disney tech at Gnomon's free event next week. Watch free online.
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
Reallusion ships PopcornFX iClone particle plugin
Real-time animation tool gets particle add-on based on tech for Substance Painter particle brushes.
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
Eye candy: Maxon's 2017 Cinema 4D demo reel
See amazing imagery created in Cinema 4D, from internal organs to Imaginary Forces' SXSW titles.
Tuesday, October 31st, 2017
Master environment art with Gnomon's new training videos
Two detailed new video tutorials set out current environment design workflows for VFX and games.
Monday, October 30th, 2017