To continue our new meet-the-staff blog series, we interviewed John McGrail, a Product Analyst for the TurboSquid team. Read on to hear from this native Virginian, turned collegiate New Englander (Amherst), turned ex-pat Ukranian, turned new New Orleanian. What does your job at TurboSquid entail? I help analyze past sales on TurboSquid and also suggest future models that could be …
CheckMate Queue – Please Be Patient!
We’re excited to report that we’ve had more than the usual number of CheckMate submissions this past week. When coupled with the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, the result is a slight backlog of CheckMate submissions. We should be all caught up by Wednesday. Thanks for your patience! Ever wonder about the process that our Inspectors go through to …
Artist Spotlight: Radoxist
While space has been deemed the final frontier (special thanks to the creators of “Star Trek” for that one), for 3D artist Radoxist, his Astronaut Spacesuit model represents the beginning of his journey as a CheckMate Pro certified artist on TurboSquid. Mind you, Radoxist is no stranger to the CheckMate standard. Of his over 100 models, a number of those …
Digital Artists from Around the World Assemble in New Orleans To Discuss the Future of 3D
NEW ORLEANS, OCTOBER 25, 2012 – What do Weta Digital, Electronic Arts, and CNN have in common? Leading artists from these companies, all members of the CheckMate Advisory Board, convened last week at the TurboSquid headquarters to discuss best practices for constructing 3D models, the digital props and characters used in films, TV production, video games, and architectural visualization. While …
How-To Video: Fixing Ngons in 3ds Max
You under According to 2.2.1 in the CheckMate Pro Specification, the topology must be quads and triangles only for CheckMate Pro Certification. This video will show you how to find and fix Ngons in 3ds Max. Ngons are polygons with more than 4 sides. The reason Ngons are not allowed in CheckMate Pro is due to the fact that …
Artist Spotlight: RaaYaar
Inspired by the world around him, TurboSquid 3D artist RaaYaar has made a career out of modeling nature’s wonders. In search of something with more creative fulfillment than just playing video games, so he started to modify them. Read RaaYaar’s journey from gamer to modeler along with the techniques he uses to create stunning CheckMate certified models.