Desktop edition of sculpting app Nomad enters free beta
Popular digital sculpting app for iPads and Android tablets is now available as experimental free builds for Windows and macOS.
Saturday, May 31st, 2025
character design
Maxon discontinues ZBrushCore and ZBrushCoreMini
Sales and downloads of the cut-down editions of ZBrush to end on 30 May 2025, but a new 'freemium' desktop version is 'on its way'.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
Master Character Creation for Production
Improve your skills in designing, sculpting and texturing 3D characters with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.
Monday, May 19th, 2025
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2025.0
Big update to the 3D clothing design tool adds a new fur material, new keyframe animation capabilities, and a modular garment library.
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
Leopoly adds voxel sculpting to Shapelab 2025
Version 2025 v2.0 of the VR modeling app adds a new voxel engine for blocking out 3D forms. Check out the other new features.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
Maxon releases ZBrush 2025.2
Check out the changes to the digital sculpting tool, including updates to poly modeling system ZModeler and new Redshift materials.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
Maxon adds ZModeler and UV Master to ZBrush for iPad 2025.3
Significant update to the new iPad edition of the digital sculpting app adds long-awaited poly modeling and UV unwrapping toolsets.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
Autodesk releases Mudbox 2026
Digital sculpting software gets its fifth consecutive 'minor update', but the cost of monthly subscriptions falls back to 2022 levels.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
Master the art of Virtual Makeup Design with Neville Page
Design practical character makeup for movies and TV with the leading concept artist's new tutorial series for The Gnomon Workshop.
Saturday, March 29th, 2025
Check out open-source Blender character generator MPFB 2
New free plugin based on veteran standalone app MakeHuman creates custom 3D characters, complete with skin and clothing.
Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
3d-io releases Unwrella-IO
New standalone app from the maker of the Unwrella plugins for 3ds Max and Maya promises easy UV unwrapping and packing.
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
Tutorials: Creating a Character for Games - Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Master industry-standard workflows for sculpting and texturing AAA game characters with The Gnomon Workshop's two-part tutorial series.
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
Tutorial: Introduction to Marvelous Designer
Get started with the industry-standard tool for creating clothing for 3D characters with The Gnomon Workshop's beginners' guide.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2024