Inspired by November: Thanksgiving 3D models and more

Jesse Radonski 3D Modeling, Featured Models

When it comes to November, it can be easy to just zero in on turkey day. Especially when you’re tasked with creating Thanksgiving content. And while there’s a wealth of great Thanksgiving models in the library, we also wanted to highlight some options that would work well for other popular events, like Black Friday, No-Shave November, and more. Have a …

How Digital Reality Lab Creates Photorealistic 3D Models

Jesse Radonski 3D Modeling, Featured Artists

The Uncanny Valley can be a frightful place when you’re creating photorealistic 3D models of people. But with a talented team and a lot of cameras, you can create digital humans from all walks of life. Digital Reality Lab took us behind the scenes of their studio in Bulgaria where they specialize in character 3D scanning services for VFX, video …

Physically Based Rendering Best Practices and Tips

Daniel Chavez 3D Modeling

This is part four of our TurboSquid artist series on working with Physically Based Rendering (PBR). If you missed the previous entries, you can read them in the links below. An Intro to Physically Based Rendering Material Workflows and Metallic/Roughness Explore 3D Technologies that Support Physically Based Rendering How to Find and Use Physically Based Rendering Materials In this blog …

How to Find and Use Physically Based Rendering Materials

Daniel Chavez 3D Modeling

Welcome back to our continuing series of blog posts on physically based rendering (PBR)! If you missed our previous posts, we’ve linked them below for your reading pleasure. An Intro to Physically Based Rendering Material Workflows and Metallic/Roughness Explore 3D Technologies that Support Physically Based Rendering In this third part, we’ll discuss the importance of having a good library of …

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Explore 3D Technologies that Support Physically Based Rendering

Daniel Chavez 3D Modeling

As discussed in our previous blog post, Physically Based Rendering (PBR) has become a widely adopted standard in the 3D industry, with a particular emphasis on the metallic/roughness workflow. This is because popular DCC apps like Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, and Cinema 4D can consistently render identical PBR scenes when artists use this method. In this second installment of our …