3D World October 2022

3D World magazine is the world's biggest-selling monthly title for the 3D artist covering all aspects of the CG creation, inclduing animation, visual effects, vidoegames and architectural visualisation, and includes expert training in apps such as 3ds max, Maya, Cinema 4D, ZBrush, LightWave, Vue, Photoshop and After Effects. Every issue the magazine features an artist showcase, making of features and reviews of new products.

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WELCOME

COVER ARTIST Matt Bergasse SOFTWARE Dreams, Photoshop While the traditional methods of creating 3D are very much alive and kicking, there are new tools and workflows that are well worth exploring. Maybe not as replacements for your workstation, high-end GPU and top-shelf software, but in addition to them. With that in mind, we have our stunning cover art and an accompanying tutorial, showcasing Dreams, the PlayStation title that allows you to build scenes, add materials and lighting and so much more from the comfort of your living room. These are exciting times for artists, as it is now easy and accessible for people to use normal consumer goods to become content creators, so head to page 32 to discover how you can start your journey. Rob Redman, Editor rob.redman@futurenet.com…

1 min

ARTIST SHOWCASE

The Gallery

“ALPHA 3D BRUSHES WILL STORE A 3D SHAPE AND USE IT TO DEFORM YOUR TOPOLOGY” AMMUT, DEVOURER OF THE DEAD ARTIST Mike-Amir El Frangi SOFTWARE ZBrush, KeyShot, Photoshop ORIGINAL CONCEPT BY FRAN FDEZ (artstation.com/fran_fdez) “I was originally contacted by OnePageRules to work on this reinterpretation of the Egyptian god Ammut, as part of their Patreon July release. This project took me around four months to complete in my free time and it was made completely in ZBrush. One feature I mostly took advantage of was the Alpha 3D brushes that I used to create most of the scales on the Ammut and the hieroglyphs on the different armour parts. The same way regular 2D alphas work, Alpha 3D brushes will store a 3D shape and use it to deform your…

6 min

FEATURES

Enter Sandman

On a daily basis humans come in contact with the fantastical when they dream, which is something that author Neil Gaiman finds to be wondrous. “We wake up, live sensible lives, and then for six or seven or eight hours a night we go quietly stark scary mad. With Sandman, when I was writing the comic, I got to essentially take dreams and stories as my lens to look at and inspect the world.” The Lord of Dreams, Morpheus, attempts to restore his kingdom after being held captive by an occult in the Netflix adaptation developed by Gaiman, David Goyer and Allan Heinberg. “This isn’t the comics. This is television. There is an incredibly fine line between maintaining the heart of something and being precious about it.” It was important…

10 min

ARTIST SHOWCASE

Technique focus

Technique focus Character modelling CHARACTER MODELLING This Grookey fan art from Pokémon was a very interesting project to do and allowed me to improve on many points. The whole character was modelled in ZBrush and the environment in Maya. The fur was done in Yeti, it's a very good nodal tool that allows you to make hairs quickly. All the texturing and small details were created in Substance Painter and the rendering in Arnold. Alexandre Mougenot bit.ly/3zj2PE7 I am a 3D character artist at TAT Productions in France.…

1 min

THE PIPELINE

CREATING FAST CONCEPTS IN DREAMS

The Pipeline Practical tips and tutorials from pro artists to improve your CG skills DREAMS | PHOTOSHOP AUTHOR Matt Bergasse Matt is an artist from Toronto working at Media Molecule, the studio behind Dreams. He works with traditional and digital art, and is excited for the future of creating art in VR. matthewbergasse.com Since Dreams' release in 2020, it has become my main tool for creating fast and expressive 3D sketches. In this tutorial I'm going to share my usual workflow, the bulk of which is done with a PlayStation 4 and a gamepad. For me, Dreams is less a 'game' and more a digital 3D sketchbook where I can quickly sculpt and paint characters, environments and even add animations, all while hanging out on my couch. Sculpting in Dreams…

10 min

THE PIPELINE

HOW TO WORK WITH SEQUENCER

The Pipeline Unreal Sequencer tips UNREAL ENGINE As a hands-on director working in Unreal Engine, I spend most of my time in the Sequencer tool. Everything within the shots and scenes is created in Sequencer; it’s your timeline for events, enabling full control over every single element/ asset that makes up your shot. Any asset parameters, camera controls, lights, post-processing and FX controls can be keyframed in Sequencer. In other words, Sequencer is your orchestra, and you are the conductor! Working in Sequencer is specific to that shot and doesn’t affect other shots or the Level itself, which means you can have multiple artists working on tasks on different shots or Sequencer files, and the Level itself will not be affected by any of those changes in Sequencer (providing all…

4 min