Artist Spotlight: Andor Kollar

Kate Voisin 3D Modeling, Artists, Featured Artists, Site

Our new featured image is one great looking male model in every sense of the word.  Its creator, Andor Kollar, is an accomplished CG Supervisor and character artist who believes that his roots in traditional drawing have served him well in making great 3D models.  We were honored to have him answer our Featured Artist Interview, where Andor reflected on …

Artist Spotlight: HKV Studios

Kate Voisin 3D Modeling, Artists, CheckMate, Featured Artists, Site

While the TurboSquid catalog is very diverse, it’s obvious that cars are some of our most popular 3D models.  Among the artists who specialize in sleek details and shapely chrome, stands HKV Studios, whose catalog is made up entirely of vehicles, both vintage and new.  This month, we’re featuring their BMW i8 model, and we had the pleasure of chatting …

Not So “Generic” Post

TurboSquid Artists, Featured Artists, Site

I’ve been asked my opinion on one of our competitors going “Generic”. My first thought was that it was an interesting choice of words on their part. TurboSquid is an ardent supporter of fair use of 3D models, and that will not change. We will continue refining our handling of cases, how we label items, and so on. I personally …

Artist Spotlight: Tornado Studio

Kate Voisin 3D Modeling, Artists, CheckMate, Featured Artists, Site

While the world’s Olympians get ready for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Tornado Studio takes the gold medal in 3D modeling with this downhill skier, our newest featured image.  We were happy to get to talk with Martin Kostov, the founder and CEO of Tornado Studio, whose team has contributed a lot of great CheckMate models to the TurboSquid catalog. How …

TurboTip: Quad Cylinder Cap Plug-in for 3ds Max

Mark Dunn 3D Best Practices, 3D Modeling, Artists, Featured Artists, Site, TurboTips

Welcome to TurboTips: where we give you quick tips that will make your 3D modeling easier, cleaner, and better.  This week, we’re taking a look at a Quad Cylinder Cap Plug-in for 3ds Max. Vertices or poles with more than 5 edges can cause a variety of issues with a 3D model. Using these vertices should be avoided whenever possible, …