Insight

Here at CGTrader, we want to help you find the best 3D models. Since we have more than 200,000 print-ready models to offer we also want to make sure you know about the best ways to turn those models into real objects! One great place to get your designs produced is Xometry. Xometry is an on-demand manufacturing company based in the US that can manufacture your models using a range of 3D Printing processes as...

Selling models on CGTrader is simple. All you need to do is create an account and upload your models. Customers buy 3D models and use them in their prototypes, art, visualizations or other projects, but, as a creator, you always keep full rights and ownership of the model. Here are some useful tips for those of you who want to sell scanned 3D assets. How to prepare scanned assets? We recommend you prepare 2-3 versions...

We’re happy to announce the revamp of the seller’s dashboard, which boasts a new interface, easier access to information and better overall usability. Read on to find out what’s new. The dashboard has become a lot more visual and interactive, with most elements (graphs, numbers and tooltips) giving you additional information as you hover your mouse over them. Most of these elements are also clickable and will allow you to access more detailed information. The...

With more and more designers diving into Physically Based Rendering (PBR) workflows, we asked the winners of last year’s PBR challenges to share some tips and insights about working with PBR. Tell us a bit about yourselves. How did you get into 3D modeling and PBR? pes: My name is Peter Solodov. I’ve been modelling for quite a long time. My first attempts were in late 80s – early 90s. I had the classic 128k...

We’ve got another selection of top entries in the CGTrader Digital Art Competition – an open art competition for 2D and 3D artists with a prize pool of over $60,000. This week, we posted a selection of artworks from three categories, and now we bring you our top picks of the best artworks in the Character Concept, Environment Concept, and Object Design Concept categories. If you want to see many more works of digital art,...

It’s been a month since we’ve launched the CGTrader Digital Art Competition – an open art competition with a prize pool of over $60,000 – where both 2D and 3D artworks can participate and win awesome prizes, including hardware, software licences and services. Wonderful works of art from every corner of the world have already entered the competition in six categories. With so many varying styles and approaches, the competition gallery is something everyone needs...

Designers on CGTrader can access our market Analytics and improve their sales, get ideas on what the market needs. There is a Tier system to help designers improve by providing relevant information for their experience level. A simple Tier system unlocks the information accordingly to the needs and experience of the designer. It is very easy to start using Analytics – a designer who has 5 models of passable quality uploaded is at Tier 1...

In a time when data is gold, we want to share premium insights with our community. Our Analytics tool has gotten a serious revamp! Designers on CGTrader can access exclusive marketplace data whenever they want and no longer need to wonder what to create next. The only requirement to start accessing this data is to have at least 5 models on the marketplace. What’s new? No more broad categories – from now on our Analytics...

Have you ever thought about starting freelancing or selling your 3D works online, but didn’t? Maybe you’re doing it right now but are unsure if you’re doing it right? Maybe you think… 1. It’s impossible to do if I have a full-time job First, having a full-time job in no way prevents you from making your own models. Many CG artists create their models after work. Even if you have only an hour to spare...

Last month we announced the winners of our 3D Challenge: Space. We got in touch with them and asked a couple of questions about their design work. Now, with the well-deserved spotlight on them, we give you their answers. Tell us a bit about yourselves. How did you start 3D modeling? jackfurneri1984: I'm an Italian 3D artist with a Master’s degree in 3D Computer Animation held at the University of Kent (Canterbury - UK). My...