Best Training, Plugins, Software, Books for Designers

If there is something we designers and artist want, and need, is to keep up with the latest software and techniques on the market. I've found a new site called www.cgpeers.com where you can download torrents about almost everything you will need to learn to be proficient in any software you want. If a software works for your learning, download it! If you like it, buy it! Just sign in on the site and start downloading!, but there is...

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Creating Blend Shapes

I've been developing recently a new character, its a cute baby dragon :). I haven't been able to use blend shapes until now and i wanted to walk you guys through my process in doing so. For those who do not know what blend shapes are a way to store deformations on your character in a way of "attributes" where you can go back and forth between different expressions on your models. (Sad, Angry, Sleepy, etc.) Since I've...

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Double Happy Vehicle Design Competition

I wanted to share this design competition I participated in, it was a lot of fun and as always I learned a lot in the process. JUST IN CASE YOU DONT WANT TO READ ALL THIS AND JUST WANT TO  PARTICIPATE: THIS COMPETITION IS ALREADY OVER Heres the brief (from http://www.game-artist.net) THE BRIEF You need to design and present a Quagflier. It is up to you how much WIP you want to show along the way, flyarounds, mesh topology, textures,...

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