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SIMOUN

The best digital art from the CG community

DEACONS OF THE DEEP

ARTIST Robert Roeder SOFTWARE Maya, ZBrush, Substance Designer,

SHAMAN

ARTIST Marina Llorente SOFTWARE ZBrush, Substance Painter,

FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE HOUSE

ARTIST Vincent BoichutARTIST Vincent Boichut SOFTWARE Maya, Substance

CLOUD LAMP

ARTIST Karl Larsson SOFTWARE Cinema 4D, Octane Render,

PIKACHU IN ASH’S CAP

“IT WAS CHALLENGING TO ACHIEVE GOOD-LOOKING FUR, BUT I OVERCAME THAT

CLAUDE FROLLO

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

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

Blue Zoo

#1 STUDIO AND SHORT FILMS

AVIGATING THROUGH HATRED

Trevor Hogg makes some bone-chilling discoveries while travelling through Lovecraft Country…

CREATE AN AMAZING SCIENCE-FICTION CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION

GRAVITY SKETCH VR | CINEMA 4D | OCTANE RENDER | PHOTOSHOP

MAKE A PROCEDURAL FIRE IN BLENDER

Learn how to produce a procedural animated fire as a volumetric shader using nothing but a cube primitive and shader nodes

BUILD PHOTOREAL HUMANS WITH EPIC’S LATEST TOOL

Discover how to generate incredible CG human characters for your projects with MetaHuman Creator

RENDER A STORY- DRIVEN 3D ART PIECE

Santhosh Koneru and Tiana Maros showcase how to visually convey an emotional story within a 3D render, as they walk us through the steps for their striking ‘The Price of Guilt’ project

THE AWE OF MOTHERHOOD

This piece, inspired by the Art Nouveau aesthetic,

CREATE A DETAILED STONE SCULPTURE WITH REALISTIC DECAY

Reza Sedghi breaks down the creation process for his 3D sculpture inspired by symbolic vanitas paintings

DESIGN A BEAUTIFUL MODERN VILLA

Discover how Shayan Shamlou built a stunning archviz render

WHY DOES TOPOLOGY MATTER?

Frequent question in the RizomUV Discord

HOW DO I CREATE ANIMATED LIQUID IN CINEMA 4D WITHOUT USING PARTICLES?

Your CG problems solved Discover a cost-effective technique

HOW CAN I CREATE TEXTURES FROM PHOTOS?

Pietro Chiovaro replies For the creation of this

WHY ARE MY SKIN WEIGHTS SO UNPREDICTABLE?

Antony Ward replies Painting. Skin. Weights. Three words

What’s the BIM idea?

3D World explores how IttenBrechbühl AG used BIM processes and Vectorworks’ design software to achieve architectural greatness

Devon Fay

Creative lead at Riot Games, Devon Fay, chats to us about his career journey and favourite projects – including the hugely popular competitive shooter VALORANT

Art director

Luis Cardoso, art director at Saddington Baynes, talks 3D World through his daily routine

T-Pro 2 Series gaming chair

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

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