Friday, September 12, 2014

How to Draw a Horse in 3D - Drawing With Imagination

How to Draw a Horse in 3D - Drawing With Imagination


 

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Character Design Tutorial - Hells Guard

Xia Taptara Talks about the Tutorial
"This tutorial shows you how to draw and paint a character design of a Hell's guard character in the more stylized approach. In this tutorial I start with a rough idea of hell's guard but in a cute stylized so that he could possibly fit in maybe Final F ...

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Making of Codehunters by Axis Animation

Making of Codehunters by Axis Animation
Axis is a multi-talented and international team of producers, directors, designers, artists and animators. Making of Codehunters for MTV Asia. Director Ben Hibon on the ideas and brief. Animation Production by Axis.


Codehunters An ...

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Amazing Behind the Scenes by Axis Animation

Amazing Behind the Scenes by Axis Animation
Axis is a multi-talented and international team of producers, directors, designers, artists and animators. The studio creates stunning animation for some of the world’s leading names in Commercials, Games, Broadcast and Film. Entertaining, crafted, co ...

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10 Amazing Work by Axis Animation
Axis is a multi-talented and international team of producers, directors, designers, artists and animators. The studio creates stunning animation for some of the world’s leading names in Commercials, Games, Broadcast and Film.



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Thursday, September 11, 2014

How to be a Freelance Artist! (DOs and DON'Ts)

How to be a Freelance Artist! (DOs and DON'Ts)


In the video you will watch and learn what to do or not do as a freelancer.

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Why artists have trouble finishing things - people sketching

Why artists have trouble finishing things - people sketching


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Former Disney Animator, Francis Glebas - Drawing Tips & Tricks

The Animator's Eye: Adding Life to Animation with Timing, Layout, Design, Color, and Sound. Former Disney legend, Francis Glebas demonstrates how to illustrate his character - Iggy.



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Meet the Experts: Pixar Animation Studios, The OpenSubdiv Project

Join special guests, Bill Polson, Dirk Van Gelder, Manuel Kraemer, Takahito Tejima, David G. Yu and Dale Ruffolo, from Pixar Animation Studios' GPU team, as they show how real time display of subdivision surfaces helps artists be more productive, and how this code is open source and ...

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Maya LT 2015 Extension 2 New Features

Maya LT 2015 Extension 2: Send to Unreal

Send to Unreal lets artists export content from Maya LT directly to an Unreal 4 project. Exporting with Send to Unreal lets artists bring geometry to Unreal 4 with no polygonal restrictions.


Maya LT 2015 Extension 2: Send to Mudbox



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Top 10 hyperrealistic art videos by Marcello Barenghi

Drawing timelapse: a bottle of Oddka vodka - hyperrealistic art

Hyperrealistic 3D drawing of a bottle of Oddka Fresh Cut Grass, mixed media on gray paper by Marcello Barenghi - Italian Art.





Drawing time lapse: Iron Man - hyperrealistic art

Hyperrealistic drawing of Iron Man, ...

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How to Paint Skin in Photoshop

In the above video tutorial you will learn how to Paint Skin in Photoshop by Jesus Conde.



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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Creating Weapons for Video Games Chapter 5

Creating Weapons for Video Games Chapter 5
In this workshop Ben Douglas will be teaching you how to create a Viking short sword for a video game. We go through the entire process of creating a base mesh for sculpting, sculpting the details, texturing, creating the game resolution mesh, uv ...

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Creating Weapons for Video Games Chapter 4

Creating Weapons for Video Games Chapter 4
In this workshop Ben Douglas will be teaching you how to create a Viking short sword for a video game. We go through the entire process of creating a base mesh for sculpting, sculpting the details, texturing, creating the game resolution mesh, uv ...

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Creating Weapons for Video Games Chapter 3

Creating Weapons for Video Games Chapter 3
In this workshop Ben Douglas will be teaching you how to create a Viking short sword for a video game. We go through the entire process of creating a base mesh for sculpting, sculpting the details, texturing, creating the game resolution mesh, uv ...

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Creating Weapons for Video Games Chapter 2

Creating Weapons for Video Games Chapter 2
In this workshop Ben Douglas will be teaching you how to create a Viking short sword for a video game. We go through the entire process of creating a base mesh for sculpting, sculpting the details, texturing, creating the game resolution mesh, uv ...

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Creating Weapons for Video Games Chapter 1

Creating Weapons for Video Games Chapter 1
In this workshop Ben Douglas will be teaching you how to create a Viking short sword for a video game. We go through the entire process of creating a base mesh for sculpting, sculpting the details, texturing, creating the game resolution mesh, uv ...

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Burger King Chess - VFX SHOTS Breakdown

Burger King Chess - VFX SHOTS Breakdown


As Vfx Supervisor  Rodrigo S. Tomasso was on-set supervising the shots and then he made several vfx compositing work (elements removals, crowd replication, matte extraction and CG elements photo-real integration). Enjoy the short breakdown reel of ...

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James J Norman - Visual Effects and Animation Showreel

James J Norman - Visual Effects and Animation - Showreel


Showreel demonstrating the work James J Norman done in the past involving all kinds of visual effects, animation and motion graphics. All music in the video was created by James J Norman. All work is done using Blender, After Effects ...

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Betfair Cashout VFX Breakdown

Betfair 'Cashout' VFX Breakdown 1

Betfair 'Cashout' VFX Breakdown 2

Betfair This is Play - Cash Out Accumulator

Betfair - This Is Play

Betfair Octopus BF sequence




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Making of ECLIPSE

Making of ECLIPSE
Watch the amazing work of Hugo Moreno on the movie ECLIPSE directed by Théo Guignard, Noé Lecombre and himself.


Watch the full movie:
On a distant planet, two sientists analyzing the field for its magnetic properties are facing an extraordinary phenomen linked to the lun ...

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Mega Weapon Tutorial

Mega Weapon Tutorial
In this video series we will see Ryan Ribot explaining his master plan for world domin...


Mega Weapon Tutorial: Introduction
In this video Ryan Ribot explain my master plan for world domin...


Mega Weapon Tutorial: Basic Sculpting and Setup


In this section ...

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How to Draw a Dragon in 3D

How to Draw a Dragon in 3D


If you would like to invest in a drawing, painting or sculpture by Leonardo Pereznieto, or to hire him for workshops or lectures, please write to: info@artistleonardo.com (Business only, not for personal messages.)


List of materials:
Mechanical pencil with ...

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3D Animated Spot - Enchanted Forest - Psyop

3D Animated Spot - Enchanted Forest - Psyop


Check out this stunning 3D animated spot that tells the story of how a shipping giant befriended a forest created for FedX by our the amazing talent over at Psyop. For more information, please see the credits below.

Forest backplates were ...

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Summer VFX Showreel by Umbrella VFX

Summer VFX Showreel by Umbrella VFX
Check out the latest CGI VFX Showreel by the talented team at Umbrella VFX!





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Monday, September 8, 2014

Turn Image Into an Illustration - Photoshop Video Tutorial

Turn Image Into an Illustration - Photoshop Video Tutorial


In this video tutorial you will learn how to turn any image into an illustration in Photoshop. Video includes Creating a custom brush, Using Levels and Channels to create a selection, Turning the selection into a Pen Path.



 

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Watch unmade footage of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' with Paul Reubens

Watch unmade footage of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' with Paul Reubens


Before Richard Williams directed the animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, there was an earlier attempt at Disney, from 1981 to 1983, to adapt Gary K. Wolf’s book “Who Censored Roger Rabbit.” Mike Gabriel, who co-directed ...

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ZBrush Sub-Surface Scattering

ZBrush Sub-Surface Scattering

In this demonstration Tony Reynolds starts off by creating a sub-surface scatter material in ZBrush and then renders out a portrait with BRP into render layer passes. From there he takes the layers into Photoshop to composite them into a final image.


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Twixtor Video Tutorial - After Effects

Twixtor Tutorial - Incendium - Darrienia - After Effects
In below video tutorials, Elliott.G.Montello is tried to showcase how he did stuff for Incendium and Darrienia.

Twixtor Tutorial Part One : Incendium


Videos are explaining how he used RE:Vision Effects Twixtor to create the int ...

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Venom by salim ljabli

Venom by salim ljabli


We always start from a sphere using dynamesh to extrude all the body parts starting with the basic forms of the body.
Sneak Hook brush seams to give faster and better extrusions, we prefer using it for the blocking process. After getting the basic forms we always use ...

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Sunday, September 7, 2014

Interview With the Masters Featuring Clayton Stillwell

Interview With the Masters Featuring Clayton Stillwell

 


Clayton is always carrying a sketchbook around, whether it’s to create new ideas or just observe things going on around him, if he runs out of sketchbook pages he will resort to napkins. He works as a concept artist for feature f ...

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VFX Breakdown - Storage 24 by Prime Focus World

VFX Breakdown - Storage 24 by Prime Focus World


Check out this revealing VFX breakdown featuring visual effects shots done for the British sci-fi movie "Storage 24" created by the talented folks over at Prime Focus World! For more information, please see the credits below. Written by and ...

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Maya Tutorial - Microscopic Shader with VRay HD

Maya Tutorial - Microscopic Shader with VRay HD


In the video you will see how one can create microscopic shaders. Then lets have a loot quickly on the VRay Fresnel material, and then move on to the Sampler Info Node, which is the one is used in the video tutorial. After rendering the image ...

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Surf's Up - Storyboard to Surfboard

Surf's Up - Storyboard to Surfboard


SURF'S UP is an animated action-comedy that delves behind the scenes of the high-octane world of competitive surfing. The film profiles teenage Rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick (Shia LaBeouf), an up-and-coming surfer, as he enters his first pro ...

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New Program for Aspiring African Animators

New Program for Aspiring African Animators
Recently BBC published a video report according to which a new initiative in Africa to nurture new talent in Animation is taking place. Although there are animation Studios in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa but not much schools has such ...

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Saturday, September 6, 2014

Modifying Rigged Characters for Animation

Modifying Rigged Characters for Animation 
Watch the Modifying Rigged Characters for Animation by Jason Fittipaldi in his own words.
"Maya tutorial on modifying the look of rigged/skinned characters without the need for wrap deformers or nCloth. This will result in rigs that are just as l ...

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Rendering environment background through glass

Rendering environment background through glass
In the below video you will see how to render environment background through glass from an interior when using MR sky portal in 3ds max, this tutorial will teach you how to get rid of the black background.





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Xavier LAFARGE - Demoreel 2014

Xavier LAFARGE - Demoreel 2014
In the below video you will see Demoreel of Xavier lafarge last works at Mathematic and shots from my final grade shortfilm 'MURPHY'.






Projects Breakdown :
00:03 - JACK WHITE - Lazaretto, music clip: Compositing of 3D breaking glass/stockshot/clean l ...

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Phill Mayer - 2014 VFX Show Reel

Phill Mayer - 2014 VFX Show Reel
A compilation of Phill's latest work as a visual effects artist. Phill is based in Los Angeles and use 3D and 2D software such as Houdini, Maya, and Nuke.


Below is a breakdown of the client, project, and role Phill played in completing the vfx sh ...

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Stop Motion Video Explores the World of Tinder

Stop Motion Video Explores the World of Tinder
The official music video for Give You Better taken from The Correspondents' debut album Puppet Loosely Strung. Directed and animated by London-based artist IanBRUCE, new video explores the world of popular dating app Tinder by bringing to life ...

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Friday, September 5, 2014

ZBrush Tutorial - Sculpting in ZBrush for 3D Printing

ZBrush Tutorial - Sculpting in ZBrush for 3D Printing
Character artist Jeff Feligno takes you through the steps needed for creating a model in ZBrush and preparing it for 3D printing.



ZBrush Tutorial (Sculpting in ZBrush for 3D Printing) Chapter 1

 


ZBrush Tutorial (Sculpting in ...

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Concept art Speedpainting- Dragon by Florian de Gesincourt

Concept art Speedpainting - Dragon by Florian de Gesincourt
The video show one process Florian de Gesincourt use to work on concept art using photoshop. Starting with black on white, using values to define shape. Real time painting : 2h15, speed up 4 times.










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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Behind the Scenes CGI

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Behind the Scenes CGI
Senior VFX Supervisor Jerome Chen, CG Supervisor Bob Winter, and Animation Supervisor Dave Schaub give us a behind the scenes look at the iconic clock tower sequence in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.



It's great to be Spider-Man (Andrew ...

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Behind The Scenes VFX

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Behind The Scenes VFX
Senior VFX Supervisor Jerome Chen and Senior CG Supervisor John Haley reveal how the seamless visual effects in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 came together.



It's great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there's no feeling ...

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

7 Awesome CGI Animated Short

7 Awesome CGI Animated Short
Watch 7 awesome Animated Short Movies and Animation. We hope that you will love and enjoy watch them all below mentioned.


1. CGI Animated Short HD: "Brain Divided" by Josiah Haworth, Joon Shik Song and Joon Soo Song
Check out this incredibly well done CGI ...

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VFX Breakdowns of The Butler by The Molecule

VFX Breakdowns of The Butler by The Molecule


Check out this cool VFX Breakdown for the feature film 'The Butler' by the talented team at The Molecule! This film tells the story of a White House butler who served eight American presidents over three decades. The film traces the dramatic ...

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VFX Breadown of The Collection by Yashinski Studio

VFX Breadown of The Collection by Yashinski Studio


Amazing and gruesome VFX breakdown featuring work on over Forty VFX Shots created by the talented people at Yashinsi Studio including: CG Fire effects, Explosions, CG Elements, Set Extensions and Water simulations! For more information, pl ...

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Breakdown for 99Frames - Flying Leaf

Breakdown for 99Frames - Flying Leaf


 Watch above the breakdown of Flying Leaf by rich nosworthyMaybe not so much of a breakdown but more of a collection of playblasts/renders and screen captures while i was making this. All made with cinema4D with physical renderer, after effects and a bi ...

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Zbrush Multi-Map Exporter

Zbrush Multi-Map Exporter: Creating multi-tile displacement maps & rendering them with Vray for Maya
In this tutorial we will cover how to use Zbrush's multi-map exporter to create multi-tile displacement maps, as well as how to use the Project All tab to make changes to our Zbrush sculpt ...

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ZBrush Mouth Sculpt

ZBrush Mouth Sculpt
This was a quick sculpt  Barry Zundel did in ZBrush.  Barry Zundel used very few tools: clay tubes, move, smooth, pinch, and the DamStandard brush, which was created by Damien Canderle and is freely available at Pixologic's ZBrush Homeroom site.





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