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Zhouli Tan shared an extensive breakdown of the sculpting workflow, recommended useful brushes that you can use in ZBrush, and talked about studying at Gnomon.

Michael Cox explains how the mysterious lonely treehouse on a cliff was designed, gives a detailed explanation of how materials and assets for the scene were created, and shares some great tips on designing environments in 3D.

Aleksey Svischev has talked about designing characters for a canceled game Voices, shared the workflow in ZBrush, and explained how to combine realistic and stylized looks.

Silke Van Der Smissen shared an extensive breakdown of the Stylized Medieval Village project, showed us the Unreal workflow, and explained how it is possible to create a good-looking environment on a time constraint.

Viktor Colpaert told us about creating the Sinking Temple environment inspired by the Legend of Zelda fanwork, talked about modeling the scene, and shared various useful tutorials.

Kay John Yim talks about how the magnificent Dolmabahçe Palace was sculpted in Rhinoceros and ZBrush, discusses the difficulties of choosing the best viewpoint and composition for an architectural piece, and explains what you should avoid doing if you don't want your software to crash during rendering.

Dmitry Radushinskyi tells us the twisted dark backstory of a hunter named Eldritch Gunslinger Grimwald who got nearly insane in his search for wisdom, shares some great tips on working with references like a pro, and explains why Unreal Engine is one of the best tools for cinematic rendering.

3D Artists Narcis Calin and Emil Rasmussen shared a breakdown of their Undead Asylum CGI Cinematic, showed us their workflow, and explained the rendering process in V-Ray.

Pouria Roshan talks about the challenges of reimagining popular cartoon characters, explains how the scanning for the true-to-life version of Buttercup was performed, and shares some tips on texturing the characters to make sure they look good after rendering in Unreal Engine.