If you’ve ever wanted to sculpt digital dragons or breathe life into 3D characters, it’s no secret that YouTube is a fantastic online destination for beginners. Find the right instructor and you may be surprised how fast you can create and animate a scaly monstrosity…or whatever else your heart desires. But with millions of channels to wade through, where do …
Artist Spotlight: Roger Gerzner
Roger Gerzner took his first steps into the world of 3D art more than two decades ago. Since then he’s developed a unique art style that blends 2D designs with 3D modeling. We couldn’t resist the opportunity to chat with Roger about his long career, developing a retro style all of his own, the workflow behind his best characters, artistic …
Artist Spotlight: Alexander Tujicov
After studying to become an architect, LA-based Alexander Tujicov turned his 3D hobby into a career by specializing in stunning architectural visualizations. Now, he’s leveraged the same skills that make for a good arch-viz render to create photo-real environments in the metaverse. We caught up with him to learn more below. TurboSquid: What makes you passionate about architectural visualization? Alexander …
Artist Guest Post: 3Dslm
For this week’s artist guest post, we wanted to share a tutorial highlighting basic shapes with well-done textures. Stroiny Lucian, better known as 3Dslm in the TurboSquid community, includes some WIP videos of how he made his Wooden Toys model. While the models are simple in shape, the quality of the textures are the true meat and potatoes of this …
Artist Guest Post: Vilitay
We’ve watched as 3D modeling has become more and more realistic, but we’ve also really enjoyed the trend of beautifully crafted low-poly styled models. Some artists even specialize in this style, like TurboSquid artist Vitaliy Provkin, or Vilitay. His collection boasts a large number of cute, low-poly models that would look right at home in a retro video game. Our …
The Search for the Next Model Exchange Format
3D as an industry has seen rapid change since its inception. Buyouts, mergers, and takeovers often mean that products can often outlive the companies that created them. Asking a question as simple as ‘who made .obj?’ is a story in itself, and, while researching this piece, took me through a trip of the history of the 3D industry – one …