HOW CAN I CREATE A LEATHER MATERIAL USING SUBSTANCE DESIGNER?

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3D and visual effects can be complex beasts

The Gallery

The best digital art from the CG community

Technlque focus

Incredible 3D artists take us behind their artwork

Technlque focus

Incredible 3D artists take us behind their artwork

SHOOT VFX SHOTS LIKE A PRO

Tanya Combrinck looks at the cameras, gimbals, tripods and other equipment needed to capture footage that will work like a dream in post

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO KITBASHING

3D World unpacks the exciting phenomenon of kitbashing and discovers how you can use it to speed up your workflow

TRANSFORM A 2D SKETCH INTO 3D

Discover how this month’s fantastic cover was created, translating 2D artwork into a low-poly 3D render

CREATE SUPERHERO FAN ART

Character artist Guillaume Tiberghien takes us step-by-step through his creation process

GET STARTED WITH THE CINEMA 4D CAMERA

Learn the basics of working with C4D’s user-friendly camera controls

DESIGN A STYLISED CHARACTER IN ZBRUSH

Learn the key steps to sculpting and real-time rendering a stylised character with Chris Nirenburg

SCULPT A NATURAL SMILE IN ZBRUSH

Tackle the ever-difficult task of designing realistic digital humans with this tutorial focusing on a very key element – emotive facial expressions

MODEL A MECH WITH CINEMA 4D

Learn the stages to building a VFX shot with our new series; in Part One, we focus on developing the CG hero character

HOW DO I USE THE SPLINE IK’S ADVANCED TWIST TOOLS IN MAYA?

Artist Q&A Practical tips and tutorials from pro

HOW DO I MANAGE SEPARATE X-PARTICLES EMITTERS IN A SINGLE SYSTEM?

Learn how to efficiently mix different X-Particle simulations

DO YOU HAVE ANY UV UNWRAPPING TIPS FOR ZBRUSH?

A number of handy tools in ZBrush can

When lightning strikes

Trevor Hogg gets engulfed by a fire caused by a lightning strike in Automaton

Tony Clark

Liquid Development’s senior 3D artist answers our questions and shares his pro thoughts on working in the games industry

Under the sea

Blazing Griffin and Goodbye Kansas reveal their post-production and VFX work on the hit BBC series Vigil

Immersive horror

Luca Dalco explains how the creation of photorealistic humans led to high levels of immersion in this dark, multi-layered narrative set in WW2 Italy

Voxelab Proxima 8.9

We explore the latest software and hardware tools to see if they are worth your time or money

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