3D models are commonplace tools in most industries that deal in digital, but how useful can 3D be when screens are removed from the mix entirely? We recently became aware of a very singular use case for TurboSquid’s 3D catalog: tattoos. We sat down with Javier Antunez, owner and popular realist artist at Tattooed Theory to hear more about his …
Artist Guest Post: YurkP – Texturing in a Nutshell
YurkP takes another step towards the completion of his Cuban House of Diversity model. This week, follow along through the ins and outs of texturing and learn the general operation of Substance Painter software. You can read other parts of this tutorial…
Artist Guest Post: YurkP – Chamfer Operation and UV Unwrapping
Here is the highly anticipated third installment of YurkP’s tutorial series! Today he will explain all about chamfer operation and UV unwrapping for his Cuban House of Diversity model. You can read last week’s segment about Flipped Normals and Smoothing Groups…
Round-Up: CheckMate Advisory Board Meeting 2013
This year’s CheckMate Advisory Board Meeting was a rousing success! While we made sure to feed and entertain everyone while they were in New Orleans, 3D Modeling was, as usual, at the forefront of everyone’s minds. We also got to add a number of new board members, representing IKEA, Armstrong & White, as well as welcoming Michele Bousquet back in …
Topology Tools for CheckMate Pro
Tools that retopologize 3D models are more available than ever. Use them to prepare your models for CheckMate Pro.