Designing Toy Story

Pixar art director Bob Pauley talks 3D World through his journey with the Toy Story films

Dylan Sisson

Pixar’s highly experienced digital artist shares how he spends a typical working day, and offers his expert advice

CAMERA AND STAGING: TOP TIPS FROM PIXAR

Five pro tips from Pixar’s Camera & Staging team on how to effectively and efficiently tell a story and evoke emotion with your film shots

PRODUCE DAZZLING PARTICLE EFFECTS

Award-winning designer Adrien Ravelli explains how you can take your particle systems to the next level with Notch

Sculpt On An iPad With Forger

We’ve been sculpting digitally on our PCs and Macs for years now, but what about sculpting on an iPad?

CREATE A TRIPLE-A GAME IN UNREAL

Part 2: References and colour palette

MAKE A REAL-TIME GEISHA CHARACTER

Last month’s cover artist Eugenia Peruzzo dives deeper into the creation process of her geisha render

COMPOSITING: PART 3

The final part of our compositing basics using DaVinci Resolve will look at how to take the skills we have learned and apply it to CG footage

MODELLING MEDICINE

3D software and technology is ushering in a new generation of medical knowledge and healthcare solutions. We show you how

The story of Get Packed: a Stadia launch exclusive

Moonshine Studios discuss the development of this frantic co-op game

CREATE A FANTASY PRINCESS

Achieve a beautiful render of a fantasy character using Arnold 6

ELECTRO SEOUL

INK’s David Macey finds the inner beauty of Polestar’s latest EV in these stunning images

AWS THINKBOX DEADLINE

This software enables an artist to utilise the full power of their computers to render more efficiently

Create A Triple-A Game In Unreal

Part 1: Plan your project and gear up

PUREREF

PureRef is an application that enables artists to collect, collate and arrange reference images with ease

RE-SLEEVING MORE MYSTERY WITH ALTERED CARBON

GO INSIDE THE INTRICATE VISUAL EFFECTS CREATED FOR SEASON TWO OF THE SCI-FI SERIES

SONY 8MM CAMCORDER REPLICATION

ARTIST Myles Lambert SOFTWARE Modo, Substance Painter, Marmoset Toolbag

Making a fan movie with blockbuster VFX

Flipbook Studio tell 3D World how they delivered over 100 VFX shots for Star Wars: Origins

MAKE A REALISTIC KIMONO

Eugenia Peruzzo explains how to simulate clothes for game characters from a two-dimensional pattern to a ready-to-sculpt mesh

Glen Southern

Glen runs a small 3D studio in Cheshire and provides assets and services to a wide range of clients across TV, film and advertising

GAME ON!

Artists from Airship Images and Skydance Interactive discuss their approach to game art and share advice for advancing your skills

Finding success as a creative in the games industry

Ashley Liu of Keywords Studios offers her insight

COMPOSITING: PART 2

The second part of our compositing basics using DaVinci Resolve will look at how to make the most of an artist's animations and images

How To Build Worlds

Creative Assembly and Spin VFX discuss their approach to CG world building in Total War: Warhammer and The Expanse

How Can I Create An Interactive Door In Unreal? - Arnold White, Wales

Software Unreal Engine 4

Visual artistry

Bluman Associates discuss using Notch software to create visuals for Emeli Sandé’s Real Life World Tour

PART 2: TALKING TECH WITH ANIMAL LOGIC

Part two of our special series on Animal Logic explores the technology, pipeline and research and development side of the studio.

ONE SHOT WONDER

TREVOR HOGG GOES DOWN INTO THE TRENCHES WITH GUILLAUME ROCHERON TO LEARN ABOUT THE OSCAR WINNING VISUAL EFFECTS OF 1917

HOW CAN I CREATE A JADE MATERIAL USING SUBSTANCE DESIGNER? Matt Granger, Leamington

SOFTWARE: SUBSTANCE DESIGNER

FORGER

Discover the sculpting application for the iPad that can create stunning sculpts to be used in 3D software