Interviews

It is the second floor of a building in the industrial part of Vilnius in Lithuania. There is a bunch of people staring at the computers all day long. In the conference room a dozen of 3D glasses lays on a table. This huge office is the home for a Lithuanian design studio “OKTA” which was responsible for the special effects of commended Lithuanian movie “Vanishing Waves”. Its leader Vitalijus Zukas reveals their everyday cares...

There it goes. The unique and promised interview with the winner codethislab of our Halloween Challenge. Thanks for finding space in your schedule to let us know what you are up to. When doing some research I found a list of fantastic titles that you have worked on, but I couldn't find out much about you. Tell us about yourself and why you chose to be a 3D artist? Tell us about yourself and why...

We continue to interview best digital artists and this time we are glad to introduce an expert of 3D modeling, who could be a perfect example, how fantastic high-class 3D models should look like. Alex Huguet is a professional Spanish digital artist currently living and continuing his career in United Kingdom, London. Mostly he is known for creating characters from sci-fi, fantasy and horror genres. However, you can also admire Alex for his incredible realistic...

Our next interview with Dan Roarty, 3D artist who had the fortune of working as Lead Character Artist for LucasArts, Midway and Radical (Activision). His personal work "The Blue Project", a 3D portrait of his wife Nicole, got a lot of attention lately. Not only it gave him a lot of credibility in the CG community, but I believe many flattering moments to Nicole as well :) Tell us about yourself and why you chose...

Knowing how important is the need to be inspired, we just came up with a new series of blog posts about talented 3D artists. So not wasting the time, today we are giving you an opportunity to meet a proffesional 3D artist Chris Nichols from Vancouver, who has a background at the Graphic Design and Multimedia and works at the movies industry. Tell us a bit about yourself, what is your background and how you...

Another month has passed and it is time to have a look at some of the highlights we had at CGTrader website. Once again, this list is based on personal favourites and it's worth browsing around CGTrade page for even more great 3D models or just to catch some ideas for your own projects! Seller sidnaique Punished is truly great 3D model of the sculpture of the punished boy, looks quite mesmerising! By only looking...

Re-posting our interview on TideArt.com about CGTrader business model and how it differentiates from other 3D stock shops. Could you briefly describe yourself? My name is Marius Kalytis. When I was 16 I found a passion for 3D graphics and been deep into it since then. Although my graduation is financial mathematics, I worked as a web programmer, 3D and post production designer in many fields, like game development, TV commercials and architecture visualization. In...

Good description is one of the most important things in selling 3D models. It is also one of the most underestimated things by many artists. The reason is clear - we have dedicated most of our time to perfecting our skills of pushing vertices, rigging, animating or making tiny adjustments to shaders. Whatever we do that makes us pride in visual arts, doesn’t help at all when it comes to copywriting (i.e. writing some simple...