Jonathan Lloyd and I just finished giving a talk on 3D Modeling Standards as part of the official presentation program at Siggraph 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. Attendees got a whirlwind tour through TurboSquid’s two-year adventure in developing, testing, refining, and finally releasing 3D modeling standards as part of CheckMate Certification. The best part of the presentation, for us, was seeing …
Introducing CheckMate Certification
I have an exciting announcement for our entire 3D community. After two years of development, TurboSquid has released its CheckMate Certification program for 3D models. CheckMate Certification allows artists to submit their highest quality models for review and inspection by TurboSquid staff. Models that pass the standard are marked with a badge so you can easily search for and spot …
New Partner in Japan: amanaimages
Konichiwa, Nippon! TurboSquid has partnered with Japan’s top seller of stock photography to offer TurboSquid 3D models to the rich but largely untapped market in Asia. amanaimages, with 8 million images in a range of categories and 130,000 subscribers, is the leading site for digital photography in Japan. This makes them the perfect partner to give TurboSquid’s world-leading artists direct …
TurboSquid Artists Working the Standards
With all the attention we’ve been focusing on 3D modeling standards lately, we’re happy to see that many of our top artists are adopting the standards, not only for their 3D models but also for their product presentations. You’ll see a lot of these standards in action just from shopping around the TurboSquid site. For example, we’re going for a …
TurboSquid in 3D Artist Magazine
The latest issue of 3D Artist magazine has a lot of goodies for stock 3D artists and users. Issue #28 includes an article called “Making Money From 3D” where TurboSquid is discussed at length, including quotes and discussion from some of our top artists about how they worked their way up to Diamond (the highest sales level at TurboSquid). The …
TurboSquid Talks at Siggraph
It’s no secret that TurboSquid has been developing 3D modeling standards for the entire industry to use. Next, we’re taking our standards on the road and inviting discussion and development from 3D users worldwide. TurboSquid has been accepted by Siggraph 2011 to give a Studio Talk on 3D Modeling Standards: A Case Study from Stock 3D. The date and time …