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3D Modeling Tutorials to Ignite Your Creativity

Bhanu Ahluwalia — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:00:27 +0000

3ds MAX, Maya, Zbrush, RealFlow & VRay are all highly regarded software solutions that not only model but also animate, render and create realistic designs. They produce mesmerizing results that can take nearly anything that you can imagine, and transform it into a breathtaking reality. These programs have become something of a magic wand for graphic designers as they are equipped to create near life-like creations. Effectively widening the field of possibilities for what designers can achieve.

This post is a compilation of some of the best 3D Modeling tutorials made using various programs like 3ds MAX, Maya, Zbrush, RealFlow & VRay, so that you can enhance your skills in the third dimension.

The Tutorials

Creating Washroom in Maya

You will learn how to create a Washroom in Maya. This tutorial will be more helpful to those who have basic knowledge of Maya.

Making of Ganesha – God of Wisdom

This is again exclusively a Maya tutorial in which the author has shared his take on creating his Lord’s idol. Very detailed and interesting article.

Making of 3D Render Hover Before The Storm

A very useful tutorial which covers the making of an architectural visualization using Maya, RealFlow, Mudbox and VRay together.

Project Overview: Sheikh Zayed

This tutorial focuses on creating a Portrait that was modeled in Maya, and other parts were covered using ZBrush and Mental Ray.

Create a Grand Piano in Maya Lessons

Learn how to do the modeling of a Grand Piano in this detailed tutorial. You will model the body(exterior) as well as the interior, strings, pins, dampers, hammers and guides.

Modeling The “Adam Syringe” From “Bioshock”

If you are a video game lover, you will enjoy this tutorial a lot. Learn how to create a high-res model of the “ADAM Syringe” from the popular video game “Bioshock”.

Modelling a Hand in 3D – A quick and effective guide

Enjoy this tutorial on how to make a fantastic hand model. Although this tutorial is in Maya, it can also be replicated in any other 3D program.

Video Tutorial: Head Modeling in Maya

In the previous tutorial you learned to model a hand. Now learn how to model a head with this tutorial.

Occlusion Shading Opacity Mapped Geometry In Maya

Possess the knowledge of how to create a custom shading network inside Maya. The author has further used PaintFX and Mentalray.

Facial Rigging – Maya Tutorial

This is a video tutorial that shows you an easy and understandable way of how to rig a face.

Rigging a Cartoon Bottle using Maya

In this tut, the author shows us his methodology to rigg a cartoon bottle using Maya with joints, locators, custom attributes, set driven keys, expressions and constraints.

Interior Design – Modeling a Room

In this tutorial the author shows us how to model a room. This is an important tutorial for the architects and interior designers.

Model, Texture, and Render a Bathroom Interior Design with Maya

Once again this is another important tutorial for interior designers as they will learn how to give life to a bathroom interior using Maya.

Making of Dragon

Here the artist has created a lovely Dragon in Maya, sculpted and detailed in ZBrush, textured and composed in Photoshop.

Video Tutorial: Realistic Glass of Water

In this video tutorial the artist demonstrates how to create a realistic glass of water (liquid) with Maya Mental ray materials.

Procedural Modeling with MEL Script in Maya

For those who want to learn MEL Script in Maya, this tutorial can be of great help.

How to Model a Low Poly Building for Games – Maya Tutorial

This tutorial works well for both beginners as well as intermediates. Learn how to model a low poly building for game designs.

Character Animation Fundamentals with Maya—Analyzing a walk

In this look at character animation fundamentals you can actually clear your Maya basics. This tutorial is made from scratch to animation so you can brush up your skills.

Super Toon Sample

Learn how to create Maya cartoon character animation through Maya 3d modeling.

Maya: Simple 2D Eyelid Rigs

Learn how to create eyelid rigs that emote as well.

Making of Little Bunny

Create a wierd and interesting little Bunny with the help of this tutorial.

Hair Polygon Modeling Tutorial

This tutorial is more for beginners and it throws light on how to create hair polygon modeling.

Making of Don’t Beat Me

This is a vast tutorial with multiple programs used along with Maya. The author has also used Mudbox and ZBrush. So you will get opportunity to check out your skills on that software too.

Spider Texturing In Maya

This tutorial focuses on texturing a spider for an organic model.

3D Rendering – Render Layers – Maya Tutorial

Learn how to render layers in Maya through this turorial.

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Showcase of Very Creative 3D Artwork

Obaid ur Rehman — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:57:02 +0000

Three dimensional artwork always tends to mesmerize the human eye. This is the main reason behind the popularity of 3D artwork. With the help of 3D tools, you can create unbelievably realistic artwork. If you happen to have a good command of 3D tools, you can give 2D objects more deepness and thus bring them to life with just a couple of clicks.

In this roundup, we are showcasing some amazing 3D artworks for your inspiration. Enjoy!

3 Spheres by Zortje

Selfillumination2 by Kutsche

Bugatti Veyron Pt XV by rottweiler

Victory by geograpcics

Picnic at the Lake by MadMaximus83

Guitar by Jesar

Reawakening by mOsk

Spiderman 3 by JPRart

The Chronicles of Riddick – VD by loden

Hinted Hills by Hossein Afzali

Fish Man by Fabricio Moraes

Day of the tentacles by Olivier Cannone

le neunoeil by damien canderle

Bobby, the little octopus by weilynn

By Jose Maria Andres Martin

Salad by Till Nowak

Cryfro by dleafy

Snake by CR-67

The Incredible Hulk by Jonas Thornqvist

Pixologic Superhero by jeff miller

Barrio Guy – Final by JoseAlvesSilva

Captain America by Sven Juhlin

Blind Batman – Real Time Character by Jocelyn Zeller

Missing you by redragon

BINAH by Florian Delarque

Helena the archer by 3dsquid

Gemini by Soa Lee

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50 Stunning 3D Car Renders

Noupe — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:23:47 +0000

Computer graphics has become truly remarkable about re-creating and illustrating reality. And while most artists still face major obstacles when it comes to rendering organic material, there’s a small subset of 3D images that have been scratching perfection for many years now: 3D vehicle renders.

There are so many realistic and beautiful artworks, and if it weren’t for the 3D forums and galleries, you wouldn’t know whether you’re looking at a photograph or a computer-generated render. In this collection we’ve brought you some of the best, most inspiring works, where the physical perfection is often mixed with artistic solutions, a real eye-candy!

Stunning 3D Car Renders

Rainy Night by Morteza Najafi

BMW5-2004 by Deagle

Morning by Morteza Najafi

DIRTY CAR by Jiwoong Chung

GREEN SNAKE by Ahmed AL Barazengi

Nissan R390 by Dangeruss

Audi A5 GTR by Stefanmarius

Conceptuale Ii by Javor Rusev

Porsche 911 Gt2 (993) by Dennis Frick

ZAZ Corvire 1970 by nailgun

Batmobile – The Tumbler by Artist-tortured

Hawk – Progression Two by L-X

Nissan Skyline R32 Custom by CanisLoopus

Audi A5 GTR by Stefanmarius

Nissan 350z Tuned finished by Lost-artist89

Audi R8 by Neoflight430

Like a bull by Maxon

Bugatti Veyron Pt XV by Rottweiler

Meccan Exciter-restyle-8 by LucianP

Mustang GT Red Edition by CanisLoopus

1969 Camaro mild custom by Dangeruss

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG by Vacuita

Porche Carrera GT Racing by Arturo Garcia

Cayman by Alexandre J. Favaron

Goldie by Maurice Panisch

Mercedes G by Filip Sadlon

BMW-M5 by Sebastien Marthely

My funny car by Hamed Yousef

Chevrolet Vectra by Trexel Animation

BMW 323i by Chris Sisco

Another Car by Dieter Morgenroth

Vehicle: 193X MG-P Series by Nikos Gatos

vehicle : Audi RS6 by Simon Reeves

Lamborghini Murciélago by Alberto Blasi

Vehicles: VRally 3 by Andrzej Sykut

Vauxhall Astra Touring Car by Simon Reeves

Vehicle: ’02 Thunderbird by Gerald Abraham

Vehicle: Lamborghini Murcielago by Olivier Ponsonnet

Vehicle: VW Golf mk1 1979 by Lars Mårtensson

Vehicle: Porsche 356B by András Páll

Vehicle: Dodge_Durango by nek11man

Ferrari F1-2000 by Jason Bowers

Vehicle : Alfa Giulia TZ2 by Alessandro Baldasseroni

vehicle: Audi A6 2004 by Alexey Rybin

Vehicle: Bugatti Eb Veyron by Alexey Komarov

Peugeot 907 – Paris Motor Show 2004 by Brendan McCaffrey

Ssr by Brian Ellebracht

Concept Racingcar by Lars Mårtensson

Ferrari 250 Gto by Zoltan Sostai

40 Superb Examples of 3D Robot Artworks

Aquil Akhter — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:19:31 +0000

Robots have become popular in art because they represent the vision of the futurism. We always try to visualize future by watching 3D robotic artworks to image what will come next. In the field of technology and multimedia, robots have been a motivating power. Their designs have dramatically improved, too: examples start from Star Wars and I, Robot; Wall-E and Terminator. In this post we compiled a list of 40 stunning and fascinating 3D Robot artworks created in 3D Max, Maya, CINEMA 4D, Lightwave etc.

3D Robot Artworks

The Thinker – Retrongutan

The five star stories – heavy machine

RenderTITAN Presents RoboTITAN!

Bahamuts duel, Simon Strauss (3D)

Mecha

Killer Matrix

Hangar 18

War Machine and Iron Man

Beautiful Futuristic 3D Scenes For Inspiration

Noupe — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:37:24 +0000

By Janos Racz

Science-fiction is a genre with endless possibilities. The unpredictability of the future gives tremendous freedom to creative minds, so it’s no wonder that many artists find this style so appealing. So much so that most 3D galleries have a whole separate section for sci-fi scenes. In this collection we’ve brought you some interesting works on the Web. Impressive spaceship designs and futuristic cities in many forms that show the endless possibilities of imagination and the diversity of this genre. Make sure you also check out artist’s portfolios for more gems!

Beautiful 3D Scenes

Future Station by Neil Maccormack

Far from the city by tredowski

Grand Space Opera Entry by Moritz Füllgrabe

Be All My Sins Remember’d by Diston

The Hub by EStreet

ORBITALS by Edlo

Proto Pegasus by Diston

Atlantis City Daytime by Diston

Trenchtown by Stefan Morrell

The Clouds Will Soon Roll By by BWS

Sunset Soar by SgtHK

Frontier: The Customs by AlexWild

Chopper WIP4 – Geometry by kheng

Lost City IV by jfliesenborghs

The Mall by Frenic

Metropolis 2106 by Thmc

aircraft concept 01 by Kerko

Bon Voyage by ChristianBeyer

The Inevitable by Stefan Morrell

1st wave by EhsanA

Une Ville by sanfranguy

Grand Space Opera Winner by Alexander Preuss

About New Times by ChristianBeyer

Cosmo by George Arevshatov

Carrier Concept Final by Kheng

Cityscape by Stefan Morrell

Frontier: The Customs by AlexWild

Battles City by dIeGoHc

DSS: Diplomatic Mission by AlexWild

2263: Chao Lu Spaceport by AlexWild

3001 by sanfranguy

Space Cruiser by Togman-Studio

Lost city III by jfliesenborghs

D.S.E. delta04 by MarkusVogt

55 Amazing 3D Abstract Artworks & Wallpapers

Noupe Editorial — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:50:27 +0000

Abstract art is gaining popularity because of the fact that it does not require reference to reality. And this gives you the freedom to depict real forms in a much simpler way or you can keep an allusion only. This post contains some amazing examples of 3D Abstract Artworks and Wallpapers that will spice up your desktop. Let’s take a close look at these artworks and do not forget to share your comments!