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Patrick Razo talked about his massive bikes that mix sci-fi and realistic elements: brand design, workflow, rendering. Introduction Hello, my name is Patrick Razo (also known as nino or ninosboombox), I am a designer based in the Los Angeles area, born and raised in Colorado.  I have worked in many fields throughout my career, most notably fashion design… Continue Reading Bhumemoto: Designing Vehicles in 3D

Pirates Escape Project The motivation came from the Skyship Challenge promoted by CGBOOST and I stuck to my first simple idea: I would compose a ship, a floating island, a dragon and tell a story with those three elements. “And after plundering the island there they go in an attempt to escape. Storms or dragons do not seem… Continue Reading Behind the Scenes: Pirates Escape

Thorsten Ruploh did a detailed breakdown of his piece Thinkers Haven made with UE4, Substance tools, 3ds Max, and Megascans. Introduction My name is Thorsten Ruploh, I’m a 3D Artist and currently living in Berlin. My journey started in 2010 when I was moving here to start studying Game Design at the University of Applied Sciences. During my study, I got a broad overview… Continue Reading A Sci-Fi Room: Blueprint, Lighting, Vegetation

Rigging has always been technical, but in this tutorial, I will be showing you guys how to set up the Rigify tool in Blender. The Rigify tool takes out the technicality of rigging and makes it more artistic. Source 

André Yamaguchi gave a short talk on how he created his Ghost Rider character: bike, clothes, pose, materials. Ghost Rider Ghost Rider was the character I’ve always wanted to model because he rides a motorcycle. I particularly like bikes and I’ve always wanted to make a statuette like that, however, it was something too complex for me and… Continue Reading Ghost Rider Sculpting in ZBrush

In this video, Curtis is showing you how to create audio visualization systems using modifiers in Blender 2.8. You can download all of the .blend files for free here. 

Maarten Hof talked about his recent scene Shabby Back Alley: designing the space, lighting, and rendering in Blender EEVEE. Life Updates In the past year, I have been very chill in terms of personal projects. Now that I have a full-time job in the industry I wanted to take it slower – since I art for a living… Continue Reading Using Props & Lighting to Build Mood in a Scene

Hi! My name is Grigoriy Ischenko, and I’m a freelance 3d artist. I’m living in the Rostov-on-Don (it’s in southern Russia). I am a self-taught artist. Since my childhood, I dreamed of becoming a 3D artist after I saw the cinematics of the StarCraft. It was very impressive for me (it was the year 1997).… Continue Reading Behind the Scenes: Angry Panda

Lune, the owner and the lead developer at Feline Arts, shared the details behind the development of Suki and the Shadow Klaw: pipeline, character and asset workflows VFX, camera work, and more. Introduction First of all, thank you for having me! As an artist and game developer, I find 80 Level one of my preferred sites to… Continue Reading Building an Indie Adventure with Houdini

The scene comes from a short movie: “Lonely Boy”. Rendered with Eevee. Credits: Gabriel Tomczak, Becerra Thibault, Coeugniet Théo, Pagot Dimitri, Chenal Victor, Vanhoed Mariane, Allier Estrada Flore. Lonely Boy created by Hélèna Serra and Maxime Sabisik. Source: blendernation.com

Marta Niemczynska did a breakdown of her Cyberpunk 2077 Fan Art Biohacker made in UE4: composition, perspective, lighting in reflective environments, texturing, and more. Introduction Hi, I’m Marta Niemczynska, aka Carabea. I’m from Poland but I moved to the UK in 2006 to start my first job as a 3D artist creating models for TV ads and kids programs. I lived… Continue Reading Sci-Fi Scene in UE4: Lighting, Texturing, Props

Background My name is Riley Brown and I’m a digital artist living and working in the US (currently Utah). While I work as a freelance digital artist, much of my time is devoted to personal projects, and the building of an online learning platform for digital artists, Akoview. I also work for a furniture and bedding… Continue Reading Behind the Scenes: Happy Egg Product Rendering

Martin Molnar talked about 1987 scene made in UE4 and described how he added the snow and worked on winter materials. Introduction Hi! My name is Martin Molnar, I’m a Level Artist and a Level Designer from Slovakia. I started with Level Design around 8 years ago in Counter-Strike Source’s Hammer where I started working on maps for a game mode called JailBreak which was… Continue Reading Winter Retro Scene: Production Details

In this tutorial, the author shows you how to create a pretty nice looking “reflection catcher” for Blender 2.8 Cycles! Source: blendernation.com

Autodesk has released a new set of tutorials for Maya in which 5 experts demonstrate their techniques for creating 3D characters. Watch the playlist on YouTube.