3D World magazine is the world's biggest-selling monthly title for the 3D artist covering all aspects of the CG creation, inclduing animation, visual effects, vidoegames and architectural visualisation, and includes expert training in apps such as 3ds max, Maya, Cinema 4D, ZBrush, LightWave, Vue, Photoshop and After Effects. Every issue the magazine features an artist showcase, making of features and reviews of new products.
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3D World • ISSUE 253 NEXT MONTH Explore the worlds of Milk VFX
SHOWCASE • The best digital art from the CG community
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EVOLUTION OF A MIND FLAYER • How Rodeo FX crafted a goopy and gory creature at the centre of Stranger Things 3
HOW TO EXPLODE A RAT • AN EXPLODING RAT BEGAN LIFE AS A SILVER BALL
MIND FLAYER… IN TIGHTS • HOW ONE OF THE INCARNATIONS OF THE MIND FLAYER WAS BROUGHT TO LIFE ON SET
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FIRE-BREATHING DRAGONS • Mohsen Mousavi from Scanline VFX talks intense battle scenes and destructive dragons in the final season of Game Of Thrones
MELTING THE THRONE • IN THE SERIES FINALE, THE ICONIC IRON THRONE IS DESTROYED BY DROGON IN A GULF OF FLAMES
PART 2 / 5 Milk: CHARACTER ANIMATION • Part two of our deep dive into Milk VFX looks at the way the visual effects studio handles character animation
TOOLS OF MILK’S TRADE • MAYA IS MILK’S CENTRAL ANIMATION TOOL–HERE’S A LOOK AT SOME PLUGINS THAT THE STUDIO USES TO AID ANIMATION PRODUCTION
ANIMATION IN PRACTICE • CHRIS HUTCHISON, HEAD OF ANIMATION AT MILK VFX, SHARES HIS EVERYDAY TIPS FOR ANIMATING ON PRO PROJECTS
GENERATE BRUTALIST BUILDINGS • Set up a brutalist building geometry template in Houdini to get arbitrary variations, with the Building Generator tool from SideFX Labs
ANIMATE WITH BENDY LIMBS RIG • The quickest and easiest way to rig and animate all types of cartoony, bendy limbs-style characters!
CREATE A PRERIGGED ROBOT • Add UVs to CAT Rig bones and easily create beautiful seamless textures
3D ANIMATION: CREATE FIRE AND SMOKE • For the next instalment of our Basics series, we look at simulating fire
ELEMENT 3D • Element 3D packs an animation suite into After Effects that allows artists new to 3D the ability to create stunning animations
WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO QUICKLY IMPORT MESHES INTO ZBRUSH FROM MAYA? • Practical tips and tutorials from pro artists to improve your CG skills
STEP BY STEP IMPORT MESHES INTO ZBRUSH
HOW DO I RENDER A WIREFRAME IN ZBRUSH?
STEP BY STEP RENDER A WIREFRAME
IS THERE A WAY TO CHANGE MATERIALS FAST?
STEP BY STEP QUICKLY CHANGE A WALL MATERIAL WITH CORONA
CAN YOU SHOW ME HOW TO CREATE AND ANIMATE TREES IN BLENDER?
WHICH IS BETTER, SET DRIVEN KEYS OR UTILITY NODES?
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TOO GOOD TO HIDE • Motion studio Found take us behind the scenes of their promotional film for whisky brand Ballantine’s
DIFFERENT DIMENSION • Mike Sharpe explains why the 3D approach proved better than the original plan for a live-action advertisement
FINAL FRONTIER’S INTERGALACTIC BATTLE • How creative studio Final Frontier created an...
