3D Artist Issue 18

Features and interviews

• Digital Domain interview ? we talk to one of the busiest visual effects companies around

• Teach yourself 3D ? the best 3D courses to help you improve your skills

• The Foundry interview ? discover more about the company behind Nuke

Tutorials

How to create amazing pieces of artwork

• Well Done ? 3ds Max, mental ray, ZBrush ? create Pixar-style artwork

• Flight of the Raven ? Silo, Maya, Photoshop ? add textures to objects

• Portrait masterclass ? Poser, DAZ3D, Vue Pro Studio ? bringing expression and gesture to portraits

Workshop

Inside info and lots of tech-talk

• Masterclass: create stereoscopic images (part one)

• Questions & Answers: hot topics explained for Maya, 3ds Max, Vue, Poser and CINEMA 4D

• Back to basics: get to the bottom of UVs and unwrapping in CINEMA 4D

Industry

The inside track on the CGI industry

• Workspace news ? learn what?s happening in the 3D industry

• Neil Blevins ? how this Technical Director made his way to Toy Story 3

• Studio Access ? Black Rock Studio reveal its role in the Split/Second: Velocity gsme

Tutorial files