URL: http://www.cgarena.com/freestu...utorials/misc/marcus/index.html

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“Hello everyone, Since 3 years I create backgrounds and architectural images. I wanted to work on human model and my son was the perfect subject…”

• Software: Lightwave
• Format: Making Of
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Subjects: Lighting, Rendering / Compositing, UVWs / Texturing, Materials / Shaders, Modeling

URL: http://www.cgarena.com/freestu...rials/misc/photoreal/index.html

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“This study will describe you easy step by step how you can make your own hdri images, and use for your render to get a photorealistic look.”

• Software: 3d Studio Max
• Format: Tutorial
• Difficulty: Advanced
• Subjects: Lighting, Rendering / Compositing

URL: http://www.cgarena.com/freestu...als/misc/freelancers/index.html

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“This text is neither really an article nor a tutorial. It’s more a kind of collection of advices and guidelines but may be informative for young artists planning on starting a freelancer career and need to get going. I can say personally that I spend the first hour at work with checking business mails and forums. I simply take that hour where I don’t work (if we aren’t in the last two weeks of a project where everyone works 24/7′) because it is very important for me to know what’s going on in the industry.”

• Software: 3d Studio Max
• Format: Article
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Subjects: Lighting, Rendering / Compositing, Effects, UVWs / Texturing, Materials / Shaders, Animation, Modeling, Scripting / Programming, Import / Export, Plug-ins, Painting / Drawing

URL: http://www.cgarena.com/freestu...ls/painter/inmyheart/index.html

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“Before doing the painting, first of all try to find the inspiration or something that you really want to paint, as for portrait realism attempt, we have to observe the subject, sketch over so many time, until we finally catch the essence or the mood, you can do traditional at the piece paper first, try not to trace but when you’re ready, you can directly use the tablet for the efficient use and time, some random sketch with pencil, Hyde is really interesting subject to paint, since from time to time, he always change his appearance.”

• Software: Painter
• Format: Making Of
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Subjects: Painting / Drawing

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“These are the main steps to make a “bloody” checker texture in the freeware software called Mapzone ‘ Powerful Texturing Tool Ever, Download this software now and start working. We’ll go through creation of the diffuse, normal and specular for the texture. We will use a ‘Checker’ Fx-Map as base for this texture (drag and drop it from the left scrolling panel).”

• Software: Blender
• Format: Making Of
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Subjects: Rendering / Compositing, UVWs / Texturing, Materials / Shaders, Modeling