A TurboSquid human anatomy model appeared in a clue on Jeopardy!, America’s favorite quiz show, on January 3. The model appears as part of a clue for an anatomy-related question. The same model will appear in another clue on January 6. Congratulations to artist cgshape for getting on the air!
CheckMate Update
As 2011 comes to a close, we have an update on sales statistics at TurboSquid. The number of CheckMate 3D models in our catalog passed the 2500 mark in November, bringing the CheckMate count to 1% of the total number. In that month, sales of CheckMate models accounted for around 8% of total sales revenue. The total count for CheckMate models …
80% Discount on Substances Textures
Allegorithmic is selling their Substance collections at TurboSquid for a whopping 80% off during the holiday season! These intelligent textures offer infinite variations of architectural materials like brick, concrete, and stones. So forget about Santa. For the price of a bottle of eggnog, you can put these stunning textures into your own holiday stocking. Here are some of the collections discounted: …
Artist Spotlight: C4DmodelSHOP
Our new homepage features a festive snow globe made by TurboSquid artist C4DmodelSHOP. We caught up with this versatile artist in France, where he lives and works as a CINEMA4D artist, to ask him a few questions about his work. Q: When did you start 3D modeling? Fifteen years ago I was studying architecture, and I got interested in using …
Improving Quality at TurboSquid
In a blog post a couple of weeks ago, we talked about how we’re ramping up the removal of low-quality 3D models that don’t sell. The goal is to remove the clutter that no one will ever buy, and leave a fantastic selection of great 3D models in every search result. Our customers are artists themselves; if it doesn’t look good, …
New Product Features at TurboSquid
Today we launched two new features for 3D models. Minimum Five Preview Images In order to publish a 3D model, you now must upload a minimum of 5 preview images. We made this change because we found that customers have a very strong preference for 3D models with several images. Simply put, customers need to know what a model looks …