21 expert Blender tips and tricks
Improve your Blender workflow with this top advice from the pros.

Rigging for animators
Diana David demonstrates how to use the Rigify addon for enhancing your character’s expressions when animating.

Day in the life
Producer Francesco Siddi runs the day-to-day operations at Blender Studio in Amsterdam; we found out more about what this entails..

Create a steampunk
Icelandic landscape
The artist behind this month’s
cover, Ryan Elliot, breaks down his
creation process step by step, Transform calligraphy into
a 3D neon sign
Turn some simple 2D typography
into a cool neon light piece...

Future Nostalgia
Experts from across the synthwave scene showcase their incredible work whilst taking a look back at the aesthetic’s history and influences.

Create a medieval kitchen
Pietro Chiovaro shows how to use Blender and Quixel Bridge to make a detailed interior.

The art of Torchlight III
What’s it like building levels and environments for an action RPG?

Technique Focus: Automotive renders
Yuri Rodchenko showcases his detailed Porsche 911 model.

Exquisite Corpse: The Ultimate Group Project
Unleash your creativity by taking part in a collaborative art project..

Technique Focus: Mari displacement projection
Check out Nicolas Morel’s creative ‘Elephorse’ model.

Model an arachnid mech
Use Gravity Sketch to create a detailed robot design with Glen Southern’s step-by-step guide.

OpEd: Immersive Studios
Travel is difficult these days, so virtual experiences have become increasingly essential. James Burrows takes a look..

Technique Focus
We take a look at Steve Talkowski’s incredible ‘AMD Bot’.

How to stay creative in lockdown
Mike Griggs offers tips for content creators working at home.

Visualising the universe
Scientist Donna J. Cox talks creating accurate visualisations of scientific phenomena..

Subdivision modelling in Gravity Sketch
Glen Southern dons his VR headset for some creature design.

BMD Fusion tips
Master this compositing software with this handy collection of top tips from the experts.

Sculpting celebrities
Discover the striking work of CG artist Hadi Karimi, who creates photoreal celebrity likenesses..

The quest of a lifetime
Go behind the scenes on Pixar’s fantasy outing Onward, the tale of two brothers on a journey to bring back their late father.

On location with RenderMan
Eugene Riecansky takes his real-world knowledge of film sets and applies it to a scene in RenderMan in this step-bystep guide.

Designing Toy Story
Pixar’s art director Bob Pauley reveals what inspired him to work at Pixar when the company was just beginning, and his journey with the Toy Story films..

Technique Focus: Megascan Environment
Prashant Mandowara details how he created this beautiful render.

Make a real-time geisha character
Last issue’s amazing cover artist showcases her creation process.

The story of Get Packed
We get the lowdown on this Google Stadia launch exclusive..

Technique Focus: The Spire
Texture artist Calder Moore on achieving an old photo aesthetic.

Altered Carbon S2
Behind the scenes with the visual effects team of this hit sci-fi series.

Star Wars: Origins
Flipbook Studio detail how they delivered over 100 VFX shots for quality fan film Star Wars: Origins..

1917: One Shot Wonder
Go behind the scenes of the Oscar-winning VFX of 1917.

Produce a render for an advertising campaign
Iñaki González breaks down an advertising project.

Model a military pouch in ZBrush
James Brady delivers a step-bystep guide to creating a military water bottle pouch..

The Aeronauts
Go behind the scenes of the impressive visual effects in adventure film The Aeronauts.

SideFX Houdini Basics
We continue our look at the core digital content creation apps.

A day in the life
Stunt performer Eric Jacobus describes a typical, jam-packed day at action design studio SuperAlloy Interactive..

Technique Focus: Chalet Cabin
Lorenzo Dragotto showcases his cabin scene.

Model outfits in Marvelous Designer
Translate a stylised 2D concept to 3D with Maya and ZBrush.

Build a modern bathroom
Amir Varasteh details his process for creating a bathroom with a relaxing atmosphere and mosaic textures..

Learn how to render like Pixar, part 2
Rusty Hazelden takes us through the next instalment in his series.

Welcome to Weta
Go behind the scenes of Weta Digital and Weta Workshop.

Meet the Artist
We chat to Nick Keller, awardwinning concept artist..

Master modularity
and trim sheet techniques Jingtian Li demonstrates how to create detailed trim sheets.

Bootcamp: Trypogen
Discover this Cinema 4D plugin for creating abstract shapes.

Meet the Artist: Ant Ward
The freelance generalist gives us an inside look at his work studio..

Exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the latest CG technology, film VFX and video game art.

CEL-SHADING A SCI-FI VEHICLE - Create a cel-shaded, science-fiction military aircraft with this tutorial from Haimeng Cao.

DESIGN A 3D SCENE WITH BLENDER - Alejandro Treviño takes us through the process of creating a stunning 3D illustration full of character..

MILK: BUILDING ENVIRONMENTS Our series exploring behind the scenes of Milk VFX this time focuses on their environment work, including how the likes of the Garden of Eden and Heaven were constructed for Good Omens

Create a pre-rigged robot: Part 3 Donovan Douglas shares the process for adding UVs to CAT Rig bones, for creating seamless textures

Advanced Lighting and Rendering with Notch Discover the power of Notch’s ray-tracing features for creating a realistic architectural scene with off-the-shelf materials, meshes and lighting

3d animation basics 06 This issue we explore particle animation in our ongoing Basics series

Rig and pose a character in vr Martin Nebelong shows us how to intuitively sculpt and rig a warrior character in virtual reality

Stay for the credits! Discover how the creative end credit sequences for Ant-Man And The Wasp, Venom and Aquaman were produced

Create a mechanical dragon in VR Glen Southern puts on his Oculus Rift and teaches us how to build a mechanical dragon design in VR

62 Build a flexible rig part 2 Add flexibility to a basic rig 70 animation basics part 2 This issue, discover deformers

Learn how to sculpt an architectural environment in virtual reality software with this step-by-step tutorial from Martin Nebelong, with tips on hard-surface modelling, sketching and kitbashing

Create cityscapes with railclone Paul Roberts takes us step by step through the process of producing an industrial city scene

Sculpt a tank in VR , part 2: Texturing Part 2 of Martin Nebelong’s tutorial explores how to add details and textures to a VR-sculpted model, VFX Diary – Part 2: The shoot We continue our VFX Diary series as Stephan Fleet shares his top tips for getting the most out of a shoot...

Master your key shot renders Discover 30 expert tips to making the most of this rendering software for a seamless experience, Sculpt a tank in VR Follow Martin Nebelong’s step-by-step process to creating hard-surface models in VR with Medium, How DNEG Does… creatures Part 2 of our special Double Negative
insider explores the work of the studio’s creature team, on
blockbuster hits from Ant-Man and the Wasp to Deadpool 2...

Render with a skydome HDRI in Maya Find out how to render a realistic scene with a skydome light using Arnold in Maya, 20 Tips to Master Maya Top industry experts share their best advice to help artists really get the most out of Maya, Cr eate procedural gr owth systems Simon Holmedal describes his process for producing the opening titles for the Us By Night event...

Use Marmoset for VR presentation Freelance illustrator Martin Nebelong demonstrates how to present VR models efficiently in Marmoset, Create a destroyed pier Discover how to re-create scenes of destruction with this guide from Gustavo Åhlén. Liveface for iclone Reallusion’s facial mocap solution for the iPhone X...

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