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Wireframe render tutorial

Wireframe render tutorial

Apr 17, 2011

Hi! Since the last tutorial I made, in which I tried to explain the advantages of using subdivision surfaces was quite a success and attracted a lot of positive reactions, I was encouraged to try and share some more of my experience as a 3d artist with you. Again, I will try to address a relatively simple topic, which might add a little more quality into your...

3DS MAX 2012 video review

3DS MAX 2012 video review

Apr 7, 2011

Grant Warwick has made a video review of the new upcoming 3DS MAX 2012 by Autodesk. Check out this video, which was made on his machine with Nvidia GTX285 and i7 quad core running at 2.67GHz and 12GB...

2012 Vfx Shot Breakdowns from Scanline

2012 Vfx Shot Breakdowns from Scanline

Oct 29, 2010

“Scanline VFX artists created over 100 complex water simulation shots, including an aircraft carrier on a tidal wave crashing into the White House. Scanline VFX’s toolbox included 3ds Max, the V-Ray plug-in and a proprietary simulation system, Flowline. “Over 95 percent of our shots were fully CG, and creating them required 1,200 terabytes of disk...

V-Ray VFX Demo Reel 2010

V-Ray VFX Demo Reel 2010

Oct 18, 2010

V-Ray VFX Demo Reel...

Free 3D model: S533r legendary chair, Mies van der Rohe.

Free 3D model: S533r legendary chair, Mies van der Rohe.

Aug 13, 2010

The targeted restriction in the use of materials, elegance in the lines and transparency in the effect are the characteristic properties of the S 533. It owes its special comfort to constant elastic flexing. This effect results from the fact that Mies van der Rohe conceived the front part of the tubular steel frame as a big bow made of spring-hard tubular...