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It's Friday, and what better way to welcome the coming weekend than having a look at some of the best realistic gallery entries? So here's our Realistic Renders Top 13! Raspberry Madness by tunalan The Southern Cassowary by paulhpaulino Caterpillar by sian Jellyfish by sian Out for a Waltz by Pixelshatter WC by Siquier Roots by mark florquin The wall lamp by Ginchius NYC stone street by nesar alarm28 Thirst by charly 1 Crocodile!!! by...

CG Low-Poly Challenge is over and the winners have been determined. Who were the lucky and the artistic few that were judged to have the utmost merit? Who triumphed over their peers? Read on and find out! Those who have won the first place will get a $200 render fee by FoxRenderfarm, a Commercial Suite License by Quixel, a ShaderMap License by Rendering Systems, a Texture Kit Pro by Greyscalegorilla, a BonyFace 3.2 authorization code...

High tech, low life - this is the mantra of cyberpunk. Where megacorporations run wild and dark cities are showered in bright neon lights, where machine melds with man and monomolecular katanas abound, there’s cyberpunk. This genre is more than three decades old and has seen several of its predictions come to pass. Maybe we’ll start using internet with our 3D avatars jumping around the cyberspace, just like our ancestors imagined it. Thanks, VR! But...

Sometimes history intends to repeat itself. By that, we can say that yet another challenge has past. And what a challenge it was! Recreating the rulers of a nation and adding the greatest pieces of art, we've received some amazing works and it wasn't that easy to pick out the winners. A big Thank You goes to all the participants and our sponsors and finally, let's give a huge round of applause to the winners...

Posted on Nov 25, 2015 by Eduardas Jucys How do you envision future? If there was a chance, would you like to see the world beyond our own? These questions can easily provoke thoughts that are scary and yet greatly intriguing. Well, OK - maybe it's just my nerdy, information-junkie mind, but at least I know I'm not the only one who would just love to take a look at the futuristic worlds that are...

Posted on Sep 09, 2015 by Eduardas Jucys Life beyond Earth. What happens if (or is it when?) we find it? Admit it - you have thought about it. And so have a lot of great 3D artists. It's so easy to get lost in the concept of great art. So let yourself take a little break and do just that by looking at 33 life forms that are definitely beyond us. 1. Rhino inside...

Often it's not enough to just do good work to succeed. Your work must be noticed, supported, shared. We decided to start a series of weekly blog posts to celebrate week's best models and help you master the formula of secret sauce that drives these models to the top. Sometimes the secret is as simple as creating a high-quality eye-popping 3D model, but there are also times when a rich blend of elements can propel...

If you're a parent, a teacher, a cool uncle or aunt, or a diddly doodly neighbor who is well-versed in techniques of 3D printing, spreading the magic of this emerging technology amongst the bright minded young individuals around you should be on the top of your "good deeds" list. A concern that the big thinkers are voicing today is that we're teaching the young generation things they won't need and failing to build on knowledge...

We heard you like challenges, so here is one for you. We've collected some incredibly photorealistic environment 3D models and mixed them with real nature photographs. If you can achieve 100% accuracy by guessing which of these images are real photographs and which are fake, we'll bow to you, the all-knowing creature! Put your skills to a test and let us know your results in the comments. Good luck and don't embarrass yourselves :)

At the core of your creative process there are few main steps that are almost impossible to skip. 1. It all starts with a genius idea and you're so excited... - "this is awesome!". 2. When the excitement buzz subsides and there's real stuff to deal with (goodbye, lighthearted hours of brainstorming!), you shift nervously in your chair and mumble - "oh, this is a bit tricky". 3. Soon you're ready to throw yourself off...