The Making of ‘RIO GRANDE’

    August 31, 2005 | Stryker This tutorial includes the most interesting and complicated steps of making the scene. The idea to create RIO GRANDE image came up to me while I was watching small copies of locomotives and steam locomotives at a shop. So when I came home I’ve decided to make one […]

Making of “Distant Shores” by Andreas Rocha

Following, I present you the process of creation of the matte painting”Distant Shores”, inspired by the magnificent works of matte artistsDylan Cole, Steven Messing and Yannick Dusseault (among others). This painting is also fruit of the many things I learned from the book”D’Artiste: Matte Painting” (Ballistic Publishing) which compiles some of the richest collection of […]

Making of Warlord

Concept / Inspiration The main idea of this personal project of mine was to create an illustration of a futuristic warlord. I was inspired partly by Metal Gear Solid art, namely Raiden’s design and especially for the pose in one of Yoji Shinkawa’s depictions of Raiden, and I wanted to create an elite futuristic warlord […]

Making Of “Taxi”

First, I started with a sketch of the vehicles. I used paper and pen rather than the computer, as this is what Im used to, but you could ask create something with a tablet in digital format.

Making of Geisha Bot

I wanted to create a fem-bot (or is it femme-bot?) and this time a geisha bot, inspired by the mysterious geisha women of Japanese tradition. So I went on the internet and got me some reference images as initial inspiration.

The Making of Al Pacino Sculpt

My modeling process is simple. I start by creating a plane in the top lip, and keep extruding edges, maintaining shapes in both side and front angles, also looking at it from the perspective.

Making of “Voodoo Doll” (part 6/6)

In this final part of the tutorial, we will discuss how the background was created to finalize the piece. This includes the texture, lighting, ambient occlusion and more. We will also discuss and demonstrate the importance of final character and environment details including light scattering, light particle effects and adding final wear and tear to […]

The Making of Abandoned Cathedral

My inspiration for this piece was the cathedrals of the middle ages. To give the image something unusual I made the cathedral dark and hellish which contrasts to the uplifting feel of most cathedrals. For a little extra level of detail I added some vines and dead grass to the for-ground.

Making of The Coliseum

I tried to reproduce the glamour of it, showing how big and beautiful the Coliseum is. That’s why the scene was made with a night render.

Making of Punk by Vikramvr

“Punk” is a character inspired from one of the models of 3d.sk. The intention was to make a character aesthetically pleasing, stands out from the rest and has a unique design. After some research I found out that, there were not many models of punk type characters, so I decided to go in that direction. […]

Making of “Chaleur et paix” by Mohammed Khalil

Reference: I was looking for some references that could help me put things together. Basically I was aiming for a dramatic shot of an ancient passage, and so after doing some research I came up with these references: Modeling: Most of the objects in the scene were poly modeled. I believe poly modeling is more […]

Making of The Rescue team

Our golden winner of the Ghost City: Infection Adrian Baluta chat with us how he create the winner work “The Rescue team”.

Making of Monster Job Hunter

My goal for this ‘making of’ is to give an account of the work I did on ‘Monster Job Hunter’, a short film by Horseback Salad Entertainment. In this comedy/horror film, the main chraracter, Morgan Aquinaldo goes to a job interview that takes a turn for the worse.

Making of Sprut

This is my new model, it had been long under the old concept. I have called this work sprut, although it is more similar to the scat) but decided to leave the name as stuck from the very beginning.

The Making of Mazda RX-8

This is not a complete walkthrough tutorial, as it takes a lot of time to make one and besides, I have already finished the model quite a while ago. I will, however, try to give you some insight at how it was created from modelling to rendering so that it might provide you with some […]

Making of Chrome Material by Florence Design Academy

Chrome is one of the most used materials in the Design field. This material needs only a few settings to be rendered in an optimal way. You can see many samples of chrome in the design gallery of the Florence Design Academy Let’s begin: 1.) You need a dark gray diffuse color (for a perfect […]

The Making of Oculus Medicus

This image was my contribution to CG Talk’s Machineflesh challenge that ran from 16 March to 18 June, 2004. The task was to “create an image depicting a mechanically altered or enhanced organic lifeform”. I had a feeling that there would be a lot of cyborgs and warriors submitted, so I opted for a different […]

Making of Amonnaht

Hi! I participate in Dominance War challenge with this character, but haven’t finished it till competition deadline. But finally I decide to finish it because I don’t like left my works unfinished. I try to create character on which behalf will be interesting to play. I was inspired by Unreal Tournament.

Making of Winter Blockade

It is always tricky task for me because usually I don’t printscreen or record my process, except situations when client ask for that from start like ImagineFX or CGSociety challenges.