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The Beauty of Space Captured in 3D With Houdini & Nuke

Grab the project files and check out the tutorials to learn how to do something similar.

Theodore McKenzie

Oct 07, 2025

Breakdown: Witch & Her Spectral Cats Made with 3D Tools – Part 2

In Part 2, Fernando Aguilera Reyes told us about the shaders in his Morning Witch project, explained the lighting and rendering setups, and showed how to make glowing cats.

Fernando Aguilera Reyes

Sep 30, 2025

Watch How J Hill Made This Epic Spider-Man Animation From Scratch

A 50-hour process shown in 5 minutes.

Amber Rutherford

Sep 29, 2025

Learn to Create Fantasy Catfish Guard in 3D

Juliana Vidal explained how the adorable Catfish Guard was created, showed the sculpting process in ZBrush, and shared how the glossy look was made.

Juliana Vidal

Sep 26, 2025

Atmospheric Real-Time Environment Made With Photogrammetry & UE5

Julien Rollin has presented his first-ever Unreal-powered scene.

Theodore McKenzie

Sep 17, 2025

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Ford Raptor Destroys Mud Road in This Impressive Animation

Xavier Alvarado knows what he's doing.

Gloria Levine

Aug 01, 2025

Recreating 2D Frog Fighter Illustration In Hand-Painted 3D Style

Claudia Marcucci walked us through the Frog Fighter project, detailing how a 2D illustration was brought into 3D with a focus on achieving a stylized look using Substance 3D and V-Ray.

Claudia Marcucci

Jul 22, 2025

Vibrant Washing Machines Made in TMNT-Inspired Style with Substance 3D

Emma Siret showed us how she created stylized washing machines with a fish-eye effect and vibrant TMNT-inspired texturing using Blender and Substance 3D Painter.

Emma Siret

Jul 04, 2025

Recreating The Accolade in 3D: Merging Classical Art with Modern CG

Guanwen Wang shows how he recreated Edmund Blair Leighton’s painting The Accolade in 3D, explained how he made chainmail, and discussed texturing the Queen’s dress inside Arnold using node-based shader blending.

Guanwen Wang

Jun 09, 2025

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