TurboSquid heads to Texas for a meeting with the Austin AAUGA on January 31, 2012, to share the benefits of CheckMate Certification program and answer user questions.
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: …
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 …
Best Practices: Floating Signature Images
Now that we have a new off-white background on the Search page, you have an opportunity to really make your product stand out. With a Signature Image rendered against a RGB 247,247,247 background, your thumbnails will appear to “float” on the page. Of course, the floating trick works only if the image shows the entire model, and neither the model …
TurboSquid at Siggraph 2010
We had a great time this year at Siggraph 2010, the premier show for CG artists in the USA. Siggraph has an exhibition of all things bright and beautiful in CG, and lots of evening activities for rubbing elbows with our fellow artists. Not surprisingly, many vendors used TurboSquid models to show off their hardware and software. This year, TurboSquid …
Tenth Anniversary at TurboSquid
April 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of TurboSquid. Our staff celebrated with a party at our office, complete with a custom-made Squid Statue atop a delicious tiered cake. The statue was created by Elise Hatheway, our Library Curator. Elise, a graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, fashioned the squid from Sculpey. It wasn’t edible, but the cake certainly …