In this 8 min video tutorial Wayne Robson will explain you how to use the displacement maps in XSI created using Mudbox 2009. This will help the users to use...
Rendering / Compositing
Rendering for Animation with Final Gather
In this video taken from our Rendering with SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.I: mental ray training product, we will get to see how to properly setup an architectural scene i...
Pigeon: Impossible – Part 8
Director/Animator Lucas Martell has started a video podcast covering the creation of his short film Pigeon: Impossible. Although the software used for the sh...
“Making of Aramaki, Section 9”
The idea for this work came from while watching a chapter of one of my favorite anime series, Ghost in the Shell. Aramaki Daisuke is next to the lieutenant K...
Making of Moff
This is an overview of creating high polygon realistic 3D characters ( with a particular leaning toward the creation of the above model ). My inspiration for...
Making of The Last Elf
After receiving lots of mails I decided to write a making of The Last Elf in an interviewing way. Hope all of you will like this and if any questions or sugg...
Making of End of the Line
I created this image for the CGArena Haunted challenge and won the second prize. Knowing in advance the theme of the image, I tried to think of what other pa...
Making of the Gargoyle
As with most artworks one would start off with an idea or a concept sketch. As one can see it's really the layout that I choose to follow, as my mouse drawin...
Making of Green Frog
Hi, my name is Massimo Righi and I am freelance CG artist form Italy. What I'm going to do, is trying to show you the main steps of how I've made my Male Gre...
Making of Revolution
My inspiration comes from a fiction story which tells a war between human beings and machines. Human beings were almost extinct. The survivors became stronge...
Making of Trapped
I have used Maya 8.0 for the modeling (polygonal) and Mental Ray for the rendering. The lighting is given by an HDRI probe and two lights. Background and dep...
Making of Portrait of a Troll
This picture was made as a school project this spring at Nackademin Digital Graphics in Stockholm. It was not only our first individual project but also the ...
Secrets of Swimsuit Babe
Making an attractive woman is always a goal for most CG enthusiasts. It's also true to me. After a few years' learning, I think it's time to make one myself....
Making of Cheese Platter
I created this Cheese Platter using Autodesk Maya 8.5 and Adobe Photoshop. It is actually a photo concept derived partially from the image on right.
Making of Quiet Room
Hi everyone, in this making of article I am going to show the general process that I went through to create the Quiet Room. I used Autodesk Maya to model all...