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On 18 February 2017, director James Gunn noted on social media that he had just finalised a visual effects shot for Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 in its 749th iteration. But that record did not last long. Later in March, Gunn followed up with advice that a final VFX shot had reached 859 versions. It’s a stunning indication of the work that has gone into this sequel to the 2014 hit, which was considered a risky venture in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. All in, there are more than 2,000 visual effects shots in the film, including a host of computer-generated characters such as Rocket, Baby Groot and a particularly mean tentacled alien known as the Abilisk, plus several complicated 3D environments and space scenes. 3D Artist finds out from…

As any aspiring or professional VFX and games artist will know, there’s often a new technique or workflow hack out there to discover that will increase your productivity and make a big difference to how you work on a day-to-day basis. Generally, these nuggets of wisdom are discovered through the necessity of meeting production deadlines, but here, we’ve collected 12 industry experts and invited them to share their hard-earned advice from years of experience in their field. Over the next few pages you’ll find a trove of Houdini knowledge guaranteed to enhance your workflow, covering a broad assortment of topics including modelling, lighting, dynamics, fluids, hair and fur, general workflow and more. There is something for everyone regardless of your experience or specialisation, courtesy of professional artists working at Criterion…

“All offices are formed by talented individuals in multiple disciplines, so we can cater to local and international markets” One of the first things you see adorning the website of global powerhouse MediaMonks’ website is the slogan, “Crafted with care, coded by coffee, celebrated with champagne.“ It’s no surprise, then, that a blazing passion for creating exciting, lively work is complemented by hundreds of awards; as of writing, MediaMonks has 97 Cannes Lions and 186 FWAs to its name, and there’s seemingly no end to its genius. Co-founded in 2001 by Wesley ter Haar, Gin Roberscheuten and Terrence Koeman, with CEO Victor Knaap joining soon after, MediaMonks has its headquarters in Amsterdam, but the studio is ever-growing. With ten offices across four continents and 600 monks (as the employees call…

Davide Pellino Davide is a self-taught Italian 3D artist, working as a freelance character and environment designer. He works mainly with Blender, with a mission to find new ways to achieve stunning non-photorealistic render results for his low-poly creations. 83030 - The Island, 2016 Blender, Photoshop This creation is an image of a fantasy low-poly seascape at nighttime. Sir Squiggley, 2017 Blender, Photoshop Sir Squiggley, a low-poly mouse, sheltering under a flower during a rainstorm. The Sun Goddess, 2017 Blender A giant goddess statue suspended in the empty space under the heavy rain.…

This tutorial demonstrates industry-standard methods of creating visually detailed assets for current next-generation game engines. In this tutorial, you will be learning how to create a highly detailed asset, along with using packages such as ZBrush to sculpt in extra detail. You will be learning how to create topology and effectively unwrap that topology according to the importance of the asset’s silhouette. We will also be covering baking maps for your topology and the importance of using a cage during the process of baking to achieve high-quality projections. Last but not least we will be using a texturing package called Quixel SUITE to texture the asset, followed by importing the asset and its materials into Unreal Engine 4. JAMES BRADY Rusty Farm Lantern, 2017 Software 3ds Max, ZBrush, Quixel SUITE,…

“The dream of having the capability to do my work on the go has been realised. The tablet sets a milestone” The core of Wacom’s focus is directed at the needs of digital content creators. It clearly understands the effective interaction between stylus and work surface that we need to work our magic. We will start with the perfection that is the new Pro Pen 2. It has the proven shape of Wacom pens you know and love, but packs more refined control. The Pro Pen 2 has 8,192 levels of pressure, 60 levels of tilt recognition within a 40-degree range and, being battery-free, never needs to be recharged. The work surface is a bright LED display with an aspect ratio of 16:9 matching that of 1080p movies. The total…

Foundry has previewed the next version of Nuke and shown off new post-production cloud service Elara for the first time at NAB 2017. The initial look at Nuke 11 included new feature Timeline Disk Caching as well as improvements to Live Groups and Lens Distortion, plus a huge update to the latest industry standards via the VFX Reference Platform 2017. Elara was also debuted at NAB. The cloud-based service for post-production centralises infrastructure, creative tools and pipeline. Studios will be able to access Foundry and third-party applications, integrated cloud rendering, scalable storage and compute from their browser. Foundry demonstrated how easily a virtual studio can be set up with central pipeline, storage and resources, without worrying about up-front investment or management complexity. One demo illustrated how a VFX short film…

History Comes Alive brings art and technology together in a live experiential event that connects people in China to their remarkable heritage. To feature ordinary people in an extraordinary way, MediaMonks produced four original films and an installation to make it personal. In total, 18,000 frames of original animation work made up the films. The campaign demonstrates Intel’s RealSense technology by producing realistic 3D models of people’s facial features. By scanning their face, participants are featured in a series of fully animated stories in which their faces are mapped onto historical characters. The project was first brought to life on the ancient walls of Xi’an and now lives in live events around China. Around 40 concept artists and animators created 100 scenes of epic moments featuring 22 heroes and villains…

Daniel Pedersen I have over four years’ experience creating CG content. I enjoy almost all aspects of 3D content creation, and I’m always pushing to learn new techniques. When I’m not working on the computer, I enjoy being outdoors and love to explore. Candy Knight, 2016 Blender A character I put together based on a concept by Tim Von Rueden. I try to make my characters ready for production, so this character is rigged and ready for animation. Clay Diver, 2016 Blender This was an exercise in creating a character as quickly as possible. It took three hours: an hour for modelling and the remaining time on lighting, shading and compositing. Headed Out, 2016 Blender This entire scene started as a simple shading test…

This tutorial will cover how to create your own 3D pirate ship from scratch. We will be using Maya for most of the modelling work, rendering in KeyShot and finalising in Photoshop. We will progress step by step, finding ways to add our own twist, tell the story we want to tell and make our own unique pirate ship with final renders. We will learn how to save time by creating a library of reusable parts and realistic details. We’ll use UVs to upgrade our wood textures and prepare materials for KeyShot. Finally, we’ll head to Photoshop to add some mood and atmosphere to the final image. Let’s get started! GURMUKH BHASIN Discovery, 2016 Software Maya, Marvelous Designer, KeyShot, Photoshop Learn how to • Use photographs and blueprints to create…

I was first introduced to videogames by my father, who would sneak me into his office after hours to play old-school games such as Marathon or Syndicate on the classic Macintosh computers. I knew from this moment I was destined to be a videogame developer. Harry Potter - Deathly Hallows Spellbook (Fan Art), 2016 3ds Max, ZBrush, Quixel SUITE, xNormal I’ve always wanted to do a personal art piece dedicated to Harry Potter. Thankfully I managed to get some time to make the Deathly Hallows spellbook! Silent Hill Homage - Unreal Engine 4, 2016 3ds Max, xNormal, Quixel SUITE, Unreal Engine I’ve been a huge fan of the Silent Hill franchise from the very first game, released in 1999. After the cancellation of the upcoming game,…

Cebas’ thinkingParticles version 6.5 introduces VolumeBreaker, ShapeNoise, FlowEmitter, ParticleLight, HydroField Flow as well as several updates. VolumeBreaker Clustering allows fragment particles to be set into different breakage clusters and appear more natural or have specific patterns. ShapeNoise provides procedural deformation and the power to add a deformation to any particle shape’s area and edges. FlowEmitter will make fluid effect animations consistent and allows for more flexibility. ParticleLight and the PLight Operator can turn any particle into a real Omni light type along with proper shadow casting. HydroField means more Fluid and Rigid Body ‘collisions’ with much better buoyancy and interaction. For more information, check out cebas.com.…

01 Rhinoceros Beetle by Konstantin Gubry 3DA username kostia gubry Konstantin Gubry says: “The task was to show the beauty, subtlety and complexity of nature, and draw attention to the amazing world around us. Protect nature.“ We say: Great depth of field, excellent lighting and intricate texturing make this render from Konstantin a winner. There’s a lot of talent on show here and the oblique angle really adds to the piece. 02 Pantone Style by Marcello Ganzerli 3DA username Lello.guru  Marcello Ganzerli says: “The image represents my passion for interior design and pop art. I love Andy Warhol’s art, and during a design session I mixed models to obtain an image in his style.“ We say: This is such a cool idea for a render – it’s quite extraordinary.…

“This is an image for all parents. Remember when you came home from a night out and your little boy has left the house in an absolute state? He might have had a life-defining moment. Best of luck dude, Mars 2030 will be here soon. This project was done over a few weeks of spare time and is an interpretation of a line drawing by Andy Estrada”Zeno Pelgrims,Mars 2030, 2017 Zeno Pelgrims zenopelgrims.com Zeno is a lighting artist for animation, probably waiting for uncompleted render buckets! Software Maya, ZBrush, Mari, Arnold, Nuke Work in progress… “I’ve always been fascinated by mythical beings from folklore, forest gods and monsters, and I wanted to create a benign forest creature that evokes a sense of deep history. The project was created for…

Gurmukh Bhasin Gurmukh is an architect turned 3D concept designer who currently lives in Los Angeles. His work draws from his life experiences, and provides a constant source of inspiration as he explores the untapped intersections between reality and imagination. The White Rhino Concept Motorcycle, 2016 Maya, MoI 3D, KeyShot, Photoshop The White Rhino motorcycle was a quick, fun project. Creating my own motorcycle design was something that was at the back of my mind for quite some time. Weapons, 2016 Maya, MoI 3D, KeyShot, Photoshop Weapons are always fun little projects to make. They don’t take too much time to build and the images always look beautiful once created. SWAT Rhino R-2377, 2016 Maya, KeyShot, Photoshop The SWAT Rhino R-2377 is my vision…

Our experts The best artists from around the world reveal specific CG techniques Maya Mike Rutter  www.thedigimonsters.com Director and co-founder of The Digi Monsters, a UK digital art studio for games, VFX and VR Channel idents are often a cracking opportunity to stretch your creativity to the limits, showcase your skills and learn new techniques while producing striking and memorable visuals. An ident’s purpose is to portray the identity for a channel, helping to communicate the values and personality of the channel to the viewers. This helps the channel stand out and makes it recognisable and memorable through branding. In practice, this often means a wide, flexible brief for artists, so do make the most of it when these opportunities arise. Our client is Monster Four, a fictional streaming TV…

“Cycles gave us incredible render results. With its amazing real-time previews it was a pleasure to use, especially for the look development of the bubbles”Alexander Heringer, director, producer and editor, Circle Ahmad Saleh has suffered losses, personal losses. The conflict in the Middle East has been tragic for the Student Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and he’s tried to cope using various creative methods. One such method resulted in a poem. Alexander Heringer met Saleh at Cannes in 2013, and it was from that point that Heringer and Saleh worked together, adapting the poem into a short film script called Circle. Circle is the story of a woman who experiences a tragic loss and tries to escape into a seemingly perfect past. However, she ends up losing herself in vivid memories and…

AXYZ Design has given Anima 2.5 support for its Metropoly ready-posed and ready-rigged characters for renders and animation, respectively. All actors have also been visually upgraded: high-quality normal maps are now supported and lighting quality has been improved too. The Custom Actor and Motion Clip FBX have received a revamp along with the material system, with new presets including skin, leather, fabric, glass, hair and plastic. In addition, multimaterial restrictions have been removed. You can now also change the texture quality used by the 3D viewports depending on your system specifications, and actors can store multiple-quality versions of textures inside of resource files, improving performance. Visit secure.axyz-design.com for more info.…