After we made an open call for models for the TurboSquid home page, we were thrilled by the range of renders received. It would have been easy to get swept up by detailed vehicles, lifelike characters, and even ferocious animals submitted for the top spot, but the leather swivel chair from artist Tora2097 won us over with its relaxing yet …
Models of Quality: 3D Expert Top Rated Models for May 2012
Over the past few weeks, artists and 3D industry press have been promoting and playing 3D Expert. Developed by TurboSquid, this online game tests each players ability to spot quality 3D models. Over 2,000 players have cast nearly 350,000 votes. Scoring quality on a 1 to 10 scale, the models below have the highest average ratings so far. Top …
Webinar: Converting 3D Models
Offering exchange file formats (OBJ, FBX, etc.) with your models is one way to boost your sales, but how do you export decent files that will satisfy customers? Come to our free webinar and find out how! Although TurboSquid has offered free file format conversions for several years, many customers want to download an exchange format immediately. Offering an exchange …
New Online Game Tests Artists’ Ability To Spot Quality 3D Models
While many claim to be experts in the industry, CG artists can now challenge their artistic eye through gameplay. TurboSquid, the world’s leading source of quality 3D models, has done just that with 3D Expert, a game for rating 3D model quality. In the game, which has been described as “highly addictive” by beta players, you quickly flip through 3D models …
CheckMate Tools Contest – We Have a Winner!
It was a tough call, but we managed to choose our three winners of the CheckMate Tools contest. Once again, our members succeeded in dazzling us with their brilliance and ingenuity. The goal of the contest, which ran until March 31, was to create a script that would look for CheckMate issues when running pre-2010 releases of 3ds Max. Our …
Artists’ Monthly || May 2012
Artists’ Monthly || May 2012 In this issue Are You a 3D Expert? Monthly Featured Models Did You Know… TurboSquid Asks What Features Would You Like? We are constantly upgrading, expanding and working to evolve TurboSquid into something that continues to be a resource for artists. Now it’s your turn to tell us which features would be the most …