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There are new artists uploading their first models on CGTrader every month! Now, we celebrate the best of the June First Model Challenge models! All of the winners will get professional licenses from 3D-Coat and one free sale on CGTrader - a good way to start your journey on our community! #1 Closed Neural Network by eddiedie It's a closed neural network consisting of closed block of neurons. Get enough of these in one place...

New games are coming to VR! Old games are reborn with modern visuals! Launch titles are announced! So, you know, things are happening in the video game industry. Deadmau5 VR Game Incoming! Who doesn't want to experience the life of hit DJs? Now you can do that through the technological magic of VR. Absolut Labs, which, surprisingly enough, is the digital department of the Absolut vodka manufacturer, partnered with the famed DJ/mouse impersonator deadmau5 to...

We can't meet our favorite characters in daily life, but we sure can make fan art. And nobody is better at it than the extremely talented and skillful 3D artists who create photorealistic portraits. Ever wanted to see your Khaleesi recreated in mind-blowing detail? Now you can, all in this post celebrating the best artists that inspire us all! Bruce Lee by Alexander Beim We know that Bruce Lee isn't a movie character - that's...

So the year continues and stats continue to accumulate! We have the most searched keywords for the second quarter of 2016. What has changed since the previous report? The most popular keyword for the last three months was... "chair", same as the last time! You people can't get enough of chairs because you're modeling so many architectural interiors. It is followed by "car" and "table". In fact, "table" bumped "tree" down to the fourth place...

June 30 is the Asteroid Day! It's a " global awareness campaign where people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids, the impact hazard they may pose, and what we can do to protect our planet, families, communities, and future generations from future asteroid impacts." The even is held every year on anniversary of the largest impact in recent history, the 1908 Tunguska disaster. And modelers are thinking about asteroids, too! Here...

Best things in life are free. And so are these wonderful 3D models. As you can see, they come in various shapes, forms and sizes! They're free for your use, but our utmost hope that they'll inspire you to create more and more! Combat Vehicle by pitatang Soldiers of all times and eras dream of only one thing: to shred it in a bad-ass little war buggy. You have speed, you have style and you...

This week in video gaming: game journalism is scraping the E3 barrel the best they can, an asymmetrical horror game leads in sales, PlayStation VR and Unity flexing its rendering muscle. Unity Adam Demo Shows Off The Engine Adam is a short sci-fi movie rendered in Unity 5.4. It looks amazingly great and it shows the possible power an engine that has gone a long way from its small web game roots. To top it...

Another week has passed and we're coming back with more insights into what's around the VR and 3D industry. Positional Tracking For Mobile VR Positional tracking is one of the big things Vive has over mobile VR. However, ZED camera from tiny San Francisco startup Stereolabs will upset this balance. This camera can be put on a Samsung Gear VR headset to provide tracking as you move - something that mobile VR could previously only...

Low polygon models is what the future is about. Well, the future of VR, gaming and VR gaming. That's why we're showing you 10 more low poly models to inspire you to model yourself. So look at this post, comment, get inspired and get to designing. There's a game developer out there waiting for your creations! Troll by ciconiastudio Argh, a troll! A big ol' troll who could also be a mean ogre. I mean,...

Many modelers and designers have to be thankful for free tutorials that helped them take the first steps on the road to 3D modeling fame and glory. Several even decide to finally make tutorials of their own! And we at CGTrader want to celebrate this achievement of both sharing and education. To do that, we are launching the CGTrader tutorial feature so that the community would have an awesome way of sharing their expert knowledge...