Interviews

Tristan Bethe is working on 3D scanning, but he had a wild ride before he got to be where is he now. What was his journey towards doing something we only imagined in sci-fi? Find out in the interview! How did you get into the 3D art sphere? Between ‘94 and ‘98 I was attending a school for graphic design here in the Netherlands. I liked to draw and this seemed to be the matching...

You can't buy everything - and sometimes, you don't even need to! The great artists in our community often upload free models to give people a taste of their skill. We wanted to make a list of the best free models on CGTrader and we had a hard time doing it - you have uploaded so many free models! But we huffed and we puffed and we made this list of 30 best free 3D...

Nobody is born into game development (except for Cliffy B, who just sprung out fully formed out of a monitor one day). Vlada "Vzladka" Romaieva, known as "Lowlypoly" to the community started with architecture and ended up working as an environment artist for Crytivo Games. Find out how in this interview! Tell us a little about yourself. How did you start with 3D modeling and texturing? I graduated from university as an architect in 2010,...

We at CGTrader have a tremendous amount of faith in virtual reality being the next big thing. And without a doubt, mobile VR will be the one to introduce the most people to this new technological era. That's why we had several questions to the developers of the snazzy Freefly VR mobile headset and they agreed to tell us about our glorious future. Proteus VR Labs: How did the company get established? How did Freefly...

Have you tried studying 3D modeling to get into the game development industry? Because that method worked for CGTrader user Zura! Read on to learn his success story! Tell us a little about your yourself. I’m a 19-year-old 3D game artist living in Georgia (Europe), studying and working at ‘’StormBringer Studios’’, an indie game development studio. How did you start with 3D modeling ? I personally started studying 3D 3 years ago and I was...

Broken Vector is a small and young team of ambitious artists who are creating 3D assets to fund their game development dreams! Tell us a little about your team/studio. Broken Vector is a small team of independent game developers. We started working together about a year ago. Since then we made the Winter Quest game and quite a few assets, Unity plugins and 3D models. We also recently launched our website, which contains all the...

Tim "Chamferzone" Bergholz has worked with Crytek and is currently employed by Ubisoft. He also makes so totally sweet weapon models that will sweep you of your feet. Here's his story! Tell us a little about yourself. How did you start with 3D modeling or texturing? It all started around 2005 after Half Life 2 released. Back then I just finished my education as a media designer, mostly focusing on creating print adverts and working...

There's hardly anything "traditional" about Tesla cars (aside from the "four wheels" thing), but Aybars Turan, a man trained in traditional painting and sculpting, works there. Read on to learn of his story! Can you tell us a little about yourself? My name is Aybars Turan, I was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. I studied traditional painting and sculpting both in Turkey and NY, USA. I was very inspired by digital art and I...

Didier Konings works with movies, making digital matte paintings and concept art. Never the less, 3D modeling helps him with composition in an almost cinematographic way. Read on about his adventures and experience! Tell us a little about yourself and how you go into the industry? My name is Didier Konings from the Netherlands. I’m currently Lead Digital Matte Painter at the Aaron Sims Company in Los Angeles, CA. I specialize in digital matte painting...

Say hello to Okdraw, an ambitious team of architectural modelers. It's a two man team, so you could even call them a dynamic duo! We gave them a few questions and they told us all about architectural modeling and exacting detail in models. Tell us a little about your team. We're a two-man team of an architect and a product designer who love to create new worlds, spaces and objects. How did you start with...