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4k Sintel Update!

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Ton Roosendaal has posted a fantastic update on the progress of the 4k version of Sintel, The latest open movie project created with Blender.

The update includes links to 650GB of 4k frames and a scaled version of the full 4k movie.

DIGIC Pictures' demo reel, 2010

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DIGIC Pictures have released their demo reel for 2010 and it looks mighty impressive Laughing out loud

 

Check it out over at YouTube!

Iron Baby : Making of

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STROB, them creator of the popular Iron Baby YouTube video, has posted 8 making of videos of the viral movie.

He goes though how he modeled, rigged, textured and lit the movie in Max and VRay, with each subject having its own individual video Smiling

Hell-sword- Re-Topo and Baking

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Andrzej "Firebat" Marszalek has updated his utterly fantastic sculpt in ZBrush of a Hell Sword that was inspired by the Chaos Eater from Darksiders, with new videos for Re-Topo and baking and has been so kind as to include the LP mesh under a Creative Commons license!

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Hello everyone.

Next tutorial part (retopology, mapping, baking) updated in first post. I also uploaded model pack in CC license:

Awesome work Andrzej!

PSP2 Announced!

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Sony have announced the next incarnation of the Playstation Portable console, entitled NGP (Next Generation Portable)

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Today in Tokyo, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced the next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP). NGP will make its debut at the end of the 2011, but here’s everything you need to know right now.

 

Key NGP features:

New RAGE Screenshots!

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New screenshots for id softwares RAGE have been made available for viewing over at the games website.

 

The images really show the vast amount of detail that the forthcoming game will have Laughing out loud

Check them out HERE

Hell-sword

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Andrzej "Firebat" Marszalek has created a utterly fantastic sculpt in ZBrush of a Hell Sword that was inspired by the Chaos Eater from Darksiders.

As an added bonus, he has also posted 2 making of videos for all our eyes to feast upon!

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Hello everyone.

New project. The idea was to create totally unreal and useless sword with sculpted relief ;]

Awesome work Andrzej!

Check it out over at Polycount!

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows :: Production Focus

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CGSociety have posted a very nice production focus on the latest installment of the Harry Potter movie series: The Deathly Hallows, Part 1.

Autodesk XBR Webinars

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Autodesk are once again giving users a chance to view and participate in another webinar for the XBR project for Max.

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Join us for a special webcast where we’ll update you on Project Excalibur (XBR). XBR is a restructuring of 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design that is intended to occur over three phases. It addresses fundamental improvements in workflow, UI, and performance. This update will provide more detail about UI, dynamics and viewport changes. You’ll be able to post questions for the development team.

The Sounds Of Skyrim

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GameInformer have posted a great series of videos that explore the soundscape of Bethesdas forthcoming game TESV:Skyrim

The videos go over how Audio Director Mark Lampert created the vast array of different sound that are to be found in the next Elder Scrolls adventure.

The Digital Art Masters: Volume 5 Free Chapter!

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Our friends over at 3DTotal are giving away a free chapter of their stunning new book - The Digital Art Masters: Volume 5

Eat3d Challenge #2 And Challenge #3 Results Are In!

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Eat3ds second and third challenges: Head Sculpting and NextGen Small Scene are over and the results are in!

With a ton of really fantastic scenes and sculpts, we couldn't be more pleased with the high standard and turnout of the challenges and it was really tough to wade through all the great entries to pick the final winners Smiling

Age of Legends - Champions Announced!

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Results for the Comicon challenge Age of Legends have been announced!

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The results for Age of Legends is officially up. To view the results, visit: http://www.comiconchallenge.com/2010..._champions.php

Congrats to everyone who finished and to everyone who placed.
The community awards for this challenge will be given soon...

Getting Started with ZBrush Guide!

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Pixologic have released an awesome free 52 page "Getting Started" guide for ZBrush!

 

Dominance War V - Fred Is Back!

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The Dominance War V start date has been announced as the 28th February and Fred is back!

 

After the initial trouble and controversy surrounding Dominance War V late last year, Fred has made the following decisions regarding the future of the largest 3D challenge in the world.

 

Dark and Light, Portrait of Clint Eastwood

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ZBrush artist Qisheng Luo has created a fantastic portrait of Clint Eastwood in ZBrush and rendered it in Maya.

Polycount Civil War!

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Polycount superheros Spark, Gav, Hazardous and Slipgate have decided to pit themselves against each other in their own character challenge.

With a generous budget, it should be great to see what these beasts can come up with!

Eat3d Challenge #2 And Challenge #3 Finished!

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Eat3ds second and third challenges: Head Sculpting and NextGen Small Scene are over!

With a ton of really fantastic scenes and sculpts, we couldn't be more pleased with the high standard and turnout of the challenges Smiling

 

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Kevin Johnstone GOW2 Art

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Kevin Johnstone has updated his Gears2 Environment Art thread over at Polycount with new goodies!

The thread show a vast array of assets that Kevin created for the Epic's Gears of War 2 using Max and ZBrush.

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I've been working on my webpage, putting together some more Gears2 shots, thought I'd show a couple more here.

 

Shaojie's sketchbook2010

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ZBrush artist Shaojie has posted an awesome sculpt of the Spartan King Leonidas

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hi guys! This is first i post in ZBC.Now I decided to start a sketchbook and share my study with you guys from now on.

This sculpture has done in my free time over the last two months.It is based on the spartan king leonidas in the movie 300.
Hope you like it. Comments are always welcome!

Nice work! Laughing out loud

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