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A Step-by-Step Guide on Recreating Venice City View in UE5

Florian Wagner provided a detailed breakdown of recreating Venice street view in Unreal Engine 5 and shared some useful texturing and composition tips to achieve a desired look with rich and natural layering.

Florian Wagner

Oct 10, 2024

Learn How To Craft Viking-Inspired Knife With ZBrush & Substance 3D

Sujay Mali shared a detailed breakdown of the Raven Knife project, explaining how this Viking-inspired Damascus steel knife with a horn-carved handle and a leather sheath was created using Maya, ZBrush, Substance 3D Painter, and Unreal Engine 5.

Sujay Mali

Oct 09, 2024

Creating Realistic Hi-Fi RUSH's Chai in ZBrush & Substance 3D

Seunghoon Roh told us how he created a fan art of Chai from Hi-Fi RUSH, discussing preserving the character's design while adding original elements and visualizing the face, hair, and clothes using ZBrush, Unreal Engine 5, and Substance 3D Painter.

Seunghoon Roh

Oct 08, 2024

Terrain Design of Scene Inspired by The Creator

Baptiste Vercier showed us the workflow behind The Creator-inspired environment, discussed working on terrain and scattering in Houdini, and talked about the mix of hard surface modeling and kitbashing he used for modeling.

Baptiste Vercier

Oct 07, 2024

Learn to Create a Surreal Creature with Intricate Accessories

Marco Gifuni provided a detailed breakdown of the Yokay Project, which contains creatures, clothes, jewelry, and weapons, using ZBrush, Maya, Cinema 4D, and Marvelous Designer. They also explained how the tonal variety in skin color was achieved.

Marco Gifuni

Oct 04, 2024

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Why Non-Gaming Brands Need 3D Gaming Content

Matthew Warneford, CEO of Dubit, talked to us about creating 3D gaming content for the Cricket World Cup, Adidas, Charlie XCX, and Samsung inside Roblox, discussing why non-gaming brands need it and how prices are formed.

Matthew Warneford

Oct 04, 2024

Comprehensive Tutorial on Modeling & Texturing a Dragon in Houdini

Johnny Fehr presented a step-by-step tutorial on texturing and lookdev for a dragon in Mari and Houdini using RenderMan, emphasizing techniques and procedures for achieving intricate material complexity.

Johnny Fehr

Oct 03, 2024

Modular Nighttime Medieval Town Created With Blender & UE5

Allan Politano walked us through the Wood Grove Town Night project, detailing how a medieval-inspired modular town was crafted using Blender, Unreal Engine 5's Nanite and Lumen, and Substance 3D Painter, and sharing valuable tutorials and resources.

Allan Politano

Oct 03, 2024

How an Eye Camera Design for Alien Romulus Film Was Created

Pablo Dominguez talked to us about creating the EchoProbe camera prop design for the latest Alien movie, discussing how he achieved an authentic 70s-inflected sci-fi appearance using Blender.

Pablo Dominguez

Oct 01, 2024

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