Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2023 i 3D World

The Peripheral Considered to be the forefather of the cyberpunk genre, speculative fiction novelist and essayist William Gibson envisioned two futures. One takes place in rural America two decades from now, and the other is a VR simulation that may well be the actual 22nd-century London rebuilt from a global catastrophe in The Peripheral, now adapted into a Prime Video series by creator Scott B. Smith and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. The digital augmentation forthe series was provided by producer and visual effects supervisor Jay Worth and visual effects producer and co-visual effects supervisor Mark Spatny. The duo partnered with Crafty Apes, Rodeo FX, Refuge VFX, BlueBolt, Zoic Studios, Ghost VFX, beloFX, BOT VFX, FutureWorks, Kontrol, Epic Shepherd, Studio 8, and Twisted Media in their extensive work.…

“You're like, This is not intuitive and not a great screen to be looking at that stuff. That's not how you want to read data at all,'” notes Spatny. “But we have this character and that's their thing. Luckily our production designer Jan Roelfs and his team came up with some graphic interface elements that were decided before we even got the shots, like little circles of light around the fingers. Then we went to these two different companies and said, ‘Come up with something. It cannot at all look like a crystal ball and has got to be high-tech.’ There were some really interesting ways that they were able to approach that.”…

• The Pipeline Create realistic interiors in Unreal MAYA | PHOTOSHOP | ZBRUSH | MARMOSET TOOLBAG | UNREAL ENGINE | SUBSTANCE PAINTER WATCH THE VIDEO https://bit.ly/3dworld-unity In this tutorial we'll be covering how to create a small-scale interior scene for video games using Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop, Substance Painter and, of course, Unreal Engine. This tutorial will help speed up your workflow between Maya and ZBrush, as well as employ a pipeline that lends itself to quick retopology and baking techniques. The skills discussed will help you develop more interesting environment compositions, lighting techniques, and improve your overall ability to tell a story through your work. We'll be going over everything from preproduction through to polishing the final render. By the end, you should have a clear understanding of the ins…

SOFTWARE: LYCHEE SLICER Artist Q&A • Your CG problems solved Mike Griggs replies It doesn't matter if it's a downloaded STL model from an art website or an export from ZBrush. When it comes to 3D printing, failure and success are determined by how well the printer is calibrated just as much as the intricacies of the geometry being printed. Both FDM printers and resin printers have their own unique ways of calibrating There are scores of online guides about the specific techniques, which can vary from printer to printer, even if they are both resin printers. This deluge of information can be overwhelming for those new to 3D printing, especially for resin printing, which has a more intimidating process for getting started. Handling resin requires user care as it's a…

The Hub PROJECT INSIGHT News and views from around the international CG community Streaming service Starzplay is no longer, instead rebranded as Lionsgate+. The overhaul was celebrated through a 60-second film, titled after the tagline ‘It lives on Lionsgate+’ used in the new ad campaign, and sees cast members fuelled by the shock, humour and suspense on offer. The physical reactions of each of these emotions ignites three bodily organs: the brain, the intestines, and the heart. Each is perceived through other-worldly visuals in a collaboration between a trio of VFX powerhouses in Untold Studios, FutureDeluxe and Absolute. Each designed a stylised aesthetic of their organ, and it was matters of the heart for Absolute. Absolute's creative, 2D and 3D teams were tasked with the design and execution of the organ.…

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The Gallery The best digital art from the CG community The Gallery CG art to inspire “First, I'd like to highlight that I created this piece four years ago. Looking back, my working methodology has evolved since then. To get an interesting composition, I used a geometric shape, a circle, as the focal point of the model, which was my intention from the beginning. I looked for a high-contrast value for this piece, given that we are in space, so the white colour of the ship would be highlighted against the dark background. I also used a Displacement map in Octane Render to achieve the high level of detail that can be seen here. I always add the final touches to my artwork in Photoshop. The model itself is a…

• The Gallery CG art to inspire ARTIST Michele Marchionni SOFTWARE Blender, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine 5 “I've recently started to enjoy cooking, especially Asian food. With this passion growing, I wanted to make a little project based on Asian cuisine. I was inspired by a Stylized Station YouTube tutorial by an artist called Handi, who showed how to make a sushi scene in Unreal Engine. I wanted to try and make something similar, following the style of the artwork. For this project, my goal was to try out new skills in Substance Painter, so I didn't do any sculpting passes on the models and worked directly in Substance, using procedural textures, filters and generators. I've learned a few new things that I'll definitely include in my workflow in future.”…

Feature • The Peripheral The character of Daniel is resurrected as a Koid, which proved one of the most challenging visual effects “From a technical standpoint, the Daniel Koid was hard because we were going to put his face onto this 3D object,” states Worth. “The Koid was going to be white, have his voice and body position, and that was going to be it. We ended up doing a volumetric capture at the last minute that was given with the audio to our vendor, but it wasn't high-resolution enough to be able to be closeup shots. Thankfully the team at Refuge VFX said, ‘We have an idea to take some deepfake technology to take this further. How many shots do you have of Daniel?’ I was like, ‘I don't…

The global catastrophe called the Jackpot was treated as if experiencing an interactive piece of art in a museum during a spectacular sequence Meticulous storyboards mapping out the camera angles and story beats were produced by director Vincenzo Natali for the graphic that illustrates what led up to and occurred during the destruction of humanity. “We actually pre-vizzed it with our visual effects team on-set in London, and they shot elements in advance that we could work with and try to do some design work with before they went and shot the scene for real,” states Spatny. “Then we found an artist [Gilles Augustijnen] who had published some stuff on the internet that Jay really liked.” Worth recalls: “Gilles did a [Game of Thrones] dragon in the Westworld title theme…

UNREAL ENGINE 5 | BLENDER | 3DS MAX | SUBSTANCE PAINTER The Pipeline Next-gen assets for Unreal Engine 5 Asset creation has become vastly different in Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) when compared to the last-generation workflows we've previously used. In this tutorial, I'll give you a rundown on how we can upgrade a high-quality asset using Blender and 3ds Max for extra touches and polishing, before bringing it into the new and improved UE5. We'll be using an asset of a pair of boxing gloves I created two years ago for last-gen technology and upscaling the resolution of both the textures and geometry for UE5 and next-gen hardware. Our aim is essentially to have the Unreal Engine 5 version of our asset matching the fidelity of the original high-poly sculpt inengine…

The Pipeline • Construct an elegant bathroom 3DS MAX | CORONA | PHOTOSHOP Shaygan began working as an interior designer five years ago and has continued his dream job as a professional designer and 3D artist. instagram.com/Sh_Designe_ This dream bathroom is designed in the Minnesota and Japandi interior design styles; it's homespun and in an open space, with a wealth of light seeping through. The creation of this archviz scene is what I'll be sharing with you in this tutorial. When creating my scenes I always use references from around the world, which is something I'd suggest you do too to give you a clear view when making your design. For building this model itself, I used 3ds Max to its fullest, as well as the powerful Corona 8 render…

• Artist Q&A Your CG problems solved SOFTWARE: BLENDER EXPERT TIP FINE-TUNING YOUR MAPS Maps such as Bump and Voronoi are great for creating parametric driven inputs in your shaders. These can be fine-tuned by inserting nodes in between that adjust their strength and colour. One of the best nodes for this is the RGB Curves node. STEP BY STEP CREATE A CAR PAINT MATERIAL IN BLENDER 01 SET UP THE BASE COAT Start by creating a Principled BSDF shader and make sure it's connected to the Surface input of the Material Output node. Change the Base Color to your liking. Also set the Metallic propertyto 1.0 and the Roughness to around 0.5, which will ensure a correct level of reflection. 02 ADD A NORMAL MAP Now let's add some interest to…

Reviews SOFTWARE REVIEW We explore the latest software and hardware tools to see if they are worth your time or money PRICE £30/$40 monthly plan / £290/$360 annual plan | COMPANY Maxon | WEBSITE maxon.net/zbrush AUTHOR PROFILE Paul Hatton After graduating with a first-class computer science degree, Paul Hatton has spent nearly two decades working within the 3D visualisation industry. PROS Integrated renderer delivers better results Specific sculpting tools give artists what they need Regular updates as part of subscription CONS Full Redshift capability requires additional subscription Subscription costs may be off-putting For almost 25 years, ZBrush has been a force to be reckoned with in the digital sculpting market. Now used by the likes of Electronic Arts, ILM and Epic Games, it has become the industry leader for asset creation…

The Gallery CG art to inspire “I started this project with the goal of bringing Broxigar, an orc character from the Warcraft novels, to the iconic look the orcs have in Blizzard's cinematics. I sculpted everything with ZBrush, taking a lot of care in adding as many details as possible. In Mari, I projected the micropores and details from scans on top of the details I hand-sculpted in ZBrush, which gave me a good result. Once I finished texturing, I built up the materials in Hypershade and rendered with Arnold. The lighting was important to work on, as it's what gives the final render that cinematic feeling I was looking for. If I had to remember only one lesson of the many I learned in this project, it's that the…

The Gallery CG art to inspire ARTIST Thuan Duong (AKA RedShadesTD) SOFTWARE Blender, ZBrush, Photoshop “We have a lot of Mitsubishi Xpanders in Ho Chi Minh City and I like them a lot, so I made a giant mecha based on them. I used ZBrush to block out the concept art, then moved to Blender to do some base shape modelling, and back to ZBrush for final details. I have learned about a lot of modelling software, but Blender stuck with me so I used that from then on. Most of the details were made using ZBrush's Knife brush and alpha techniques, which are super fast for 3D prints, concept designs or game models. I really enjoy experimenting with various different paths for a design; seeing my own design evolve…

The Gallery The Rookies The ROOKIES The Rookies is a platform to help digital artists get discovered without having to compete with professionals for attention. You'll get to the front page of those sites one day, but for now, we've got your back and want to help turn your passion for creative media into a successful career. WWW.THEROOKIES.CO The Last of Us is my favourite video game. The beautiful nature and realistic environments drove me to learn game art, which has had a huge impact on my art style! This was the first project I created with Unreal Engine 5, and I learned lots of new techniques and skills. The assets were modelled in Maya and sculpted in ZBrush, with the tiling and texture baking done in Substance Painter and…

Feature • The Peripheral A Japanese tattoo is a prominent feature on the body of Ashy. “That was a fun project,” says Worth. “Sometimes the constraints are the things that make it the easiest. As we were clear we didn't want to do two tattoos throughout the sequence, we ended up creating something more elegant as it appears and disappears. It almost fits her character more as the motion of the tattoo was connected to her emotions and created these revealing moments.” Spatny adds: “We had to get a good 3D scan that could be match moved to the actor's body position. Jay worked with a graphic designer who is a huge tattoo fan, so this was something he was really excited about, and not just another phone interface.”…

Technique focus Detailing bit.ly/3YwXcwb Lisbon-based freelance 3D artist creating images for the past 10 years. I'm truly passionate about art, music and photography. DETAILING Before I begin creating a scene, I always scour through architecture and interior design magazines, Pinterest or Instagram to find references for the image I want to make. I also draw some sketches for a better understanding of which composition, point of view and elements would work. This image is of a Nordic-style living room filled with elements that represent me and my hobbies. Each object in this scene was meticulously placed to provide a strong harmony between the composition and colours, as well as trying to tell a story. At this stage, the image can be given naturat and personat touches, especially if we focus…

TEAM WOLF Alicja Cygan's model was animated and posed by Michał Wojciechowski, before Jaroslaw added the grooming Here at Juice, I have a digital zoo under my supervision, which we are expanding through our specialisation in CG animals for use in commercials and films. Today, I'd like to show you tips for creating a good fur render. I'll share my method and reveal some tips that will definitely help improve your results. The preparation during the production setup must be well thought out, whether that's in terms of possible simulations, or of exporting fur to other programs such as Houdini, Unreal Engine, and the like. AUTHOR Jaroslaw is the grooming lead and character effects technical director at Juice, and has over 20 years’ experience in the CG industry, freelancing with…

Artist Q&A SOFTWARE: SILO [OR ANY POLYGONAL MODELLING PACKAGE] Artist Q&A • Your CG problems solved Practical tips and tutorials from pro artists to improve your CG skills Glen Southern Glen runs SouthernGFX, a small Cheshire-based studio specialising in character and creature design. He has been using and training ZBrush in the UK for over 15 years. youtube.com/c/SouthernGFX/videos Mike Grigqs Mike Griggs is a digital content creator with over two decades of experience creating VFX and CGI for a wide range of clients. www.creativebloke.com Paul Hatton After graduating with a first-class computer science degree, Paul Hatton has spent nearly two decades working within the 3D visualisation industry. Pietro Chiovaro Pietro is a freelance 3D artist and YouTuber. An expert in the creation of game assets and environments, he shares many of his…

SOFTWARE: BLENDER WATCH THE VIDEO https://bit.ly/3dworld-unity Pietro Chiovaro replies Falling leaves are a simple way to make a scene feel more alive. I'm going to show you how to achieve just that in Blender. The process is fully procedural and doesn't require any external resources, though some leaf textures may be a good alternative to this process. With these steps, you can be done around in five minutes. The first step is to create the leaf that will be emitted by the particle system, for which there are two alternative methods. One is to import an image as a plane with a leaf texture or, as I've done here, create a 3D leaf starting from a plane. Once the model is ready, create a plane for the collision of the…

The Hub Unite 2022 INDUSTRY INSIGHT It was back in 2019 that the Unity world gathered together en masse at Unite. Before COVID-19, back when large groups could gather together without concern, developers, artists and creators descended on the beautiful Danish capital of Copenhagen. They were met with groundbreaking announcements, a diversely represented expo and a keynote presentation that showed Unity at the forefront of media and technological development. Attendees left Unite 2019 full of eager expectations for the following year's offering. Unfortunately, the pandemic had other ideas. Unity was forced to put a pause on its global gathering for safety reasons, so you can understand why the announcement that Unite was returning in 2022 was met with such excitement. LOCAL MEETUPS To make it accessible for as many people…