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  1. Occlusion Shading Opacity Mapped Geometry In Maya

    Occlusion Shading Opacity Mapped Geometry In Maya

    Tutorial Advanced

    Today author Dimitar Katerov will be showing us how to create a custom shading network inside Maya, which will allow you to get Occlusion information from...

  2. Cgtuts+ Workshop #17 Charren Salon Reception Area

    Cgtuts+ Workshop #17 Charren Salon Reception Area

    Tutorial Beginner

    We're back with another entry in our weekly community project, where we post a render or animation created by a member of the Cgtuts+ community, and ask you...

  3. Creating A Low Poly Ninja Game Character Using Blender: Part 2

    Creating A Low Poly Ninja Game Character Using Blender: Part 2

    Tutorial Beginner

    In the second half of Karan Shah's epic Ninja tutorial, you'll learn a couple different methods of unwrapping the character using Blender's intuitive...

  4. Creating A Low Poly Ninja Game Character Using Blender: Part 1

    Creating A Low Poly Ninja Game Character Using Blender: Part 1

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial you'll learn how to create a low poly ninja character model for games using Blender. The final model will be around 1,200 polys, which is a...

  5. Maya To UDK: Importing Static Meshes Using ActorX & FBX

    Maya To UDK: Importing Static Meshes Using ActorX & FBX

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial you'll be learning how to import Static meshes from Maya to UDK (Unreal Development Kit) using the ActorX plug-in, as well as the FBX...

  6. Sculpting Clothing & Accessories For A Soldier Character in ZBrush

    Sculpting Clothing & Accessories For A Soldier Character in ZBrush

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In today's tutorial Shaun Keenan will take you through the process of sculpting clothing and accessories for a toon soldier character using Zbrush. This is a...

  7. Texturing Tips & Tricks For New Artists

    Texturing Tips & Tricks For New Artists

    Tutorial Beginner

    Today we're following up last week's Modeling Tips post with some equally awesome Texturing Tips from Shaun Keenan. Aimed at those new to texturing and...

  8. Create a Concept Painting With Poser and Photoshop

    Create a Concept Painting With Poser and Photoshop

    Tutorial Advanced

    In today's tutorial we will demonstrate how to seamlessly blend 3D renders with stock images using digital painting techniques to create a stunning sci-fi...

  9. Creating A Futuristic Weapon In Maya - Texturing

    Creating A Futuristic Weapon In Maya - Texturing

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Hi friends, in this part of the series I will show you how to texture the futuristic gun. We have already unwrapped all the gun parts, and now with the help...

  10. Creating A Cool Broadcast Background In Cinema 4D & AE

    Creating A Cool Broadcast Background In Cinema 4D & AE

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial we are going to create a cool looking extruded globe in Cinema 4D using the best technique I was able to find (after endless attempts trying...

  11. Modeling Tips & Tricks For New Artists

    Modeling Tips & Tricks For New Artists

    Tutorial Beginner

    Today we're bringing you something a little different. Rather then a tutorial covering a specific topic, we have a series of short videos covering various...

  12. Create an Amazing Pulverize Effect with Houdini: Part 1

    Create an Amazing Pulverize Effect with Houdini: Part 1

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In his second amazing Houdini tutorial, Alvaro Castaneda walks us through how to completely pulverize characters and objects using Side Effect's Houdini 11....