Rebecca Ma discusses how she sculpted the intricate patterns on dragon statues with ZBrush's Make 3D tool, explains how procedural texturing in Maya and V-Ray helped her save time, and talks about how she created a water simulation and an atmospheric…
Daniil "Split" Voskressensky shared a breakdown of his first deep dive into Blender's shaders, modifiers, and render setup to create a fully hand-painted, comic-style 3D model of Cyclops. Since then, I've had the opportunity to contribute to projects like Fortnite, Overwatch…
AI art has moved from a strange internet trend to something people use every day. Bloggers use it for cover images. Developers use it for quick project visuals. YouTubers use it for thumbnails. Small business owners use it for posters,…
Product creative often starts with two questions: can someone understand the product image at a glance, and does the short video earn attention in its opening seconds? A useful workflow treats those as connected steps: prepare a clear visual asset,…
The Guy I Almost Was by Patrick S. Farley is a web comic published in 2009 about living through (and becoming disillusioned with) 80s and 90s cyberculture. It perfectly captures a certain vibe that you'd have it you were a certain type (male, middle…
Motion capture has been one of the prime enablers of modern CGI sequences within both film and video games. If you've ever wondered about the complexities of the process, Phil Rhodes reports back from a session he observed at Shepperton…
This essay is republished from Nathan Jacobson’s personal website. If you are in creative arts, find out what AI can do for you. Jacobson will be speaking at COSM 2026: Reality Check as part of a 9:00 am panel on Friday, November 20, on…
Blender is more than capable of handling motion design work. The artwork was done by Sayu, while the singer herself worked on the character animation. The video production was handled by 原悠和, and as they revealed, After Effects was still…
The next step is what makes the process especially interesting. A cartoon portrait can become an avatar, a social post, a character concept, or the opening frame of a short video. Treating image creation as a series of creative choices,…
An AI image generator can render a convincing face and still get the strap of a backpack wrong. That mismatch sits at the center of a guide built on work by a team of Northwestern researchers that includes Matthew Groh.
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