3D Artist Issue 28

Hard-surface modelling

Syd Mead

• This legendary artist shares his industry expertise.

Essential ZBrush 4 tutorial

• Learn new sculpting skills with our guide.

Texture in LightWave

• Apply finishing touches to an interior scene.

Arch-vis showcase

• An insight into Sanders Shiers' recent projects.

Also inside...

• ShadowBoxing with style - use the new ShadowBox tool in ZBrush 4 to blend a stylised character with abstract shapes

• Blend 2D with 3D elements ? use illustrative techniques to form a papercraft environment

• Master abstract art ? create shapes with Maya, mental ray & XenoDream

• Build a 3D spacecraft from a professional 2D concept by Chee Ming Wong

• Making money from 3D - discover how to generate a little extra cash from your artwork

• Postprocessing a character in the Marmoset Toolbag

• Night-time interior lighting in 3ds Max

• Cloth dynamics in Blender

• Wrap deformers in Maya

Free with this issue's cover disc...

• Four Renderosity models worth $46

• Seven free paper textures

• N1-Interceptor spaceship model, worth $14.95

• 30 sound effects & loops worth $49

• Head-modelling video tuition

• Magazine tutorial files

Tutorial files