Unite 2022: A day of inspiration and connection

WELCOME

BRANCHING OUT Find out how the use of

SPACE STATION

The best digital art from the CG community

BROXIGAR

I started this project with the goal of

KNIGHT OWL

ORIGINAL CONCEPT BY JAKE PARKER ( instagram.com/p/BC3fbx9x95D )

GREEN GIRL

ORIGINAL CONCEPT BY YUUMEI ( yuumeiart.com/ashes-collection )

MECHA XPANDER

ARTIST Thuan Duong (AKA RedShadesTD) SOFT WARE Blender,

DARK ELF

ORIGINAL CONCEPT BY VETARMORA ( artstation.com/vetarmora )

STYLISED BAOZI BUNS

ARTIST Michele Marchionni SOFT WARE Blender, Substance Painter,

TAKEOVER

SOFT WARE Maya, ZBrush, Unreal Engine 5, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, Houdini, SpeedTree YEAR CREATED 2022

Technique Focus

Incredible 3D artists take us behind their artwork

NEXT-GEN TECH IN UNITY

Exploring the latest developments in one of the leading real-time creation tools

ON THE PERIPHERY

Trevor Hogg puts on the VR goggles to interact with an alternative reality and the futuristic events that take place in Prime Video series The Peripheral

BUILDING SCENES WITH AI AND DREAMS

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

NEXT-GEN ASSETS FOR UNREAL ENGINE 5

Find out how James Brady revamps an old asset into a model fit for Epic Games’ latest release

GROOM AND LIGHT LIFELIKE CG ANIMALS

Digital zookeeper Jaroslaw Handr ysik shares his exper t advice on get ting the best result s from your grooming work

CREATE REALISTIC INTERIORS IN UNREAL

Learn the process behind creating this real-time interior video game environment, inspired by a late Vic torian aesthetic

CONSTRUCT AN ELEGANT BATHROOM

Learn how to design a modern archviz scene using 3ds Max’s suite of tools

DO I HAVE TO SCULPT AND RETOPOLOGISE, OR CAN I DO IT THE OTHER WAY ROUND?

SOFTWARE: SILO (OR ANY POLYGONAL MODELLING PACK AGE)

WHAT IS A RELIABLE WAY TO CALIBRATE RESIN FOR MY 3D PRINTER?

The Cones of Calibration provide an easy-to-read way

HOW DO I CREATE A CAR SHADER IN BLENDER?

Mike Pan’s car shows the power of using

HOW CAN I MAKE FALLING LEAVES USING BLENDER?

WATCH THE VIDEO https://bit.ly/3dworld-unity Pietro added in

Matters of the heart

A shot from the final execution. A beating

The tension in animation

Marcus Ottosson, the CEO and founder of Ragdoll Dynamics creators Imbalance, discusses an eternal challenge facing animators

Is 3D printing the future of industry?

Micaella Feldstein, a tech and data analyst at Natixis CIB, ponders the next steps for the booming 3D printing sector

ZBrush 2023

We explore the latest software and hardware tools

OctaneRender 2022.1

Estonian artist Samuel Hipponen put OctaneRender to use