3D industry news, site updates and tips from the TurboSquid 3D marketplace crew!
On the heels of Mardi Gras here in New Orleans, we can’t think of a more festive Squid to spotlight. Get to know this Vassar grad who is bringing some theatricality to TurboSquid and the city that he now calls home. What’s with the multiple nicknames? My friend and I were on a road trip to a juggling convention where …
Artists’ Monthly || January 2013 In this issue Squid Stats: The Year in Review New Search Feature: Quick Preview Featured Model All Things CheckMate Making Models All Things CheckMate Speedy Scripts Are you sick and tired of waiting for feedback on your Checkmate Pro submissions? Well, wait no longer. We’re now giving artists a script that provides immediate feedback related on how your model might fair when run through our CheckMate certification process. …
Looking back on 2012, we can’t help but be optimistic about the future of the 3D industry. The TurboSquid community, which includes artists, customers and our own staff, exceeded our expectations on all fronts. We had a great year, and still we’re looking at 2013 as the year we really up our game when it comes to quality.
It seems almost impossible to find a story related to the world of competitive cycling these days that isn’t drenched in shamefulness or suspicion. Thankfully, the modeling industry is seldom susceptible to such scandal. The beautiful render that now graces our front page features a spectacular model of a racing cyclist as he rides an equally impressive road bike 3D model—the handy …
In case you’ve missed it, the search result pages on TurboSquid recently got a lot more interactive. The introduction of “Quick Preview” earlier this week allows site visitors the ability to quickly view multiple images of a single product within search results before visiting the product page. After analyzing loads of data, we came to the conclusion that customers really …
This week’s first meet-the-Squids interview features Christell “Grammar Woman” Gause: part grammarian superhero, part assiduous support supervisor, part nocturnal trivia fiend. This should be interesting . . . As leader of Support and Member Services, how do you spend most of your time in the office? There’s really no telling what I’ll be working on each day. One of …
