Branch out with Houdini

WELCOME

Our cover this month is from Blue Zoo’s

THE LOST ISLAND

The best digital art from the CG community

CAVEWOMAN

ARTIST Camilla Scala SOFTWARE ZBrush, Maya, Substance Painter,

ORC

ARTIST J Hill SOFTWARE ZBrush, Maya, Substance Painter,

TALES FROM THE DEEP

ARTIST Rory Björkman SOFTWARE Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter,

SERENE BATHROOM

ARTIST Paweł Pecherzewski SOFTWARE Blender, Marvelous Designer, LuxCoreRender,

THE PENGUIN ELECTION DAY

ARTIST Sebastian Ramos SOFTWARE ZBrush, Photoshop This impressive

REVEALING THE SECRETS OF THE ARCTURAN ARTEFACT

IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, 1891

UNDERDOG

THE ROOKIES The Rookies is a platform to

Technique focus

Incredible 3D artists take us behind their artwork

Technique focus

Incredible 3D artists take us behind their artwork

Technique focus

Incredible 3D artists take us behind their artwork

Technique focus

Incredible 3D artists take us behind their artwork

Why Ryzen?

A look at why the AMD Ryzen Threadripper is the core of a great workstation

Blue Zoo

Part two of our series on Blue Zoo looks at the art of developing animated shows and creating unique visuals

WELCOME TO THE ERA OF DEMOCRATISED ANIMATION

Could we soon see Love, Death & Robots-quality feature animation made by small teams of indie creatives, rather than huge studios? Filmmaker HaZ Dulull is working on proving the answer is yes

TRANSFORM A QUICK CONCEPT INTO AN AMAZING FINAL RENDER

Scott Denton breaks down his character creation process, from initial concept to stunning final render

DESIGN A HOME OFFICE WITH VECTORWORKS

Vectorworks, Inc. shares how to embrace 3D modelling for home office design

CREATE GAME WORLDS FROM CONCEPT ART

Discover how to transform initial concept art into a stunning final videogame scene

UTILISE AI TOOLS WITH NVIDIA AND NOTCH

Discover how the easy-to-use Virtual Background and Body Tracker tools can enhance your visual effects workflow

ARTIST Q&A

Practical tips and tutorials from pro artists to improve your CG skills

DOES THIS MODEL LOOK GOOD ENOUGH TO SELL?

Frequent question in the RizomUV Discord

HOW CAN I SCULPT CLOTH THAT LOOKS MORE REALISTIC?

Floating in liquid with Liquify results in some

HOW DO I REPLACE SCREEN CONTENT IN A RENDER THAT HAS REFLECTIONS?

For renders like this, where a new screen

WHY SHOULD I LEARN RIGGING WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY AUTOMATIC RIGGING TOOLS?

With more and more tools being released that

HOW CAN I CREATE A REALISTIC SEA?

Pietro Chiovaro replies There are many different ways

VFX supervisor

We caught up with Henrik Eklundh, who talks us through his typical day as VFX supervisor at Goodbye Kansas Studios in Stockholm

Xu Xiaojun

Xu Xiaojun of Studio Gobo answers our questions about his role as Studio Head and game director, discussing his favourite projects and day-to-day work life

Our top five Oculus Quest games

James Burrows, technical director at Immersive Studios, takes a look at the best VR games to try at home

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