Visit Gnomon's 2017 Student Show
Free exhibition of the best new student art work created at the leading CG school opens on Friday.
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
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Rotem Shiffman releases VFB+ 2.8 for 3ds Max for free
New version of advanced, renderer agnostic frame buffer tool for 3ds Max now available as freeware.
Monday, February 13th, 2017
How Feast's Patrick Osborne directed his first VR short
See the Oscar-winning director discuss the making of PEARL at Gnomon's LA campus on Thursday. Watch free onine.
Monday, February 13th, 2017
Get four free Renderpeople 3D character models
Updated: New figures are fully rigged for 3ds Max, Maya, C4D. All are licensed for commercial use.
Sunday, February 12th, 2017
The Krita Foundation releases Krita 3.1.2
Updated: Open-source painting app gets early support for audio in the new 2D animation toolset.
Saturday, February 11th, 2017
Meet three of LAIKA's Oscar nominees at Gnomon today
See key artists from Kubo and the Two Strings discuss their work live in LA, or watch online for free.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
See how The Simpsons is created at Gnomon tomorrow
Meet artists from the long-running animated sitcom at a free speaker event at Gnomon's LA campus.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
Visit Modo Live at Gnomon's LA campus on 9 February
See talks from leading Modo artists at Boxel and BattleCry Studios at The Foundry's new user event. Watch online for free.
Sunday, January 29th, 2017
Download Pascal Ackermann's free male anatomy reference
Get the Ubisoft senior character artist's turntable of a detailed ZBrush sculpt of a male figure.
Sunday, January 29th, 2017
Master lighting and rendering in Unreal Engine 4
Visit Epic Games' free two-hour masterclass at Gnomon's LA campus next Friday, 3 February. Watch online for free.
Friday, January 27th, 2017
Cryptomatte automatically pulls ID mattes from renders
Updated: Psyop's open-source tech for pulling mattes from Arnold renders now works with Fusion as well as Nuke.
Monday, January 23rd, 2017
Nvidia makes OptiX free for commercial use
GPU ray tracing framework used in Pixar's Flow material editor now available free for commercial tools.
Friday, January 20th, 2017
Cost of headsets is holding back VR, says Sketchfab poll
Other findings: HTC Vive is 3D artists' favourite headset - and a surprising number of us already use VR for work.
Friday, January 20th, 2017