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Prepare for the Year of Awesomeness! DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 2 is in theaters May 2011.

The Blender Foundation and online developer community announced Blender 2.56 Beta. This release is the fourth official beta release of the Blender 2.5 series, representing the culmination of many years of redesign and development work.

See the list of changes here:
http://www.blender.org/development/release-logs/blender-256-beta/

Download here:


http://www.blender.org/download/get-256-beta/
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The Digital Art Masters: Volume 5 is the fifth of the series of books created by 3DTotal, which features 60 talented artist that are working in the CG industry today. Over the course of the next few months, Download FREE sample chapter from the book and see how 3d artist Marek Denko created his piece of artwork: Eldorado, in this six page give away.

Download here:


http://www.3dtotal.com/articles/damv5_promotion/marek_denko/Marek%20Denko.zip

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The Gnomon Workshop announces the final training DVD of 2010. The much anticipated title Introduction to Maxon BodyPaint 3D with Eric Miller is packed with over 8 hours of lecture material, guaranteed to get you up and running with one of the best 3D painting applications on the market today. With over five years of experience using and training others how to use the BodyPaint 3D toolset, Eric has tailored lectures for users of all experience levels, starting with the fundamental UI and navigation lectures, to the more advanced setup and paint processes.

DVD Description:
Maxon Bodypaint 3D has become the standard 3D painting tool used in the film and game texture pipelines. Renowned for its stability and performance, Bodypaint excels in the arena of integration with 3rd party 3D and 2D applications like Autodesk Maya and Adobe Photoshop. Bodypaint’s extensive toolset including a powerful projection painting engine has made it the tool of choice for painting textures on a 3D surface. Containing over 8 hours of lecture, this DVD covers everything you need to get started with Bodypaint. Beginning with the fundamentals of navigation, UI, and document setup, the topics progress to more advanced setup and workflow related lectures. The lectures will also address painting modes, like surface and projection painting, along with effective methods to create and utilize custom brushes in BodyPaint.









Instructor Bio:
Eric has worked as a freelance Texture Painter and Visual Effects artist for eight years, specializing in Look Development for studios such as Look Effects and Ironhorse Interactive. During that time, he also served as the Systems Administrator for the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. His unique technical and artistic knowledge then landed him the role of Director of Distance Education, helping develop much of the texturing curriculum. Eric has been an instructor at Gnomon for six years and is now the Managing Director of the Gnomon Workshop.


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VisualFreaks unveiled Finecut elements pack. In this pack you will find 25 unique 2480x3508 px PNG (300 DPI) files that you can use with any modern image editing software. Even though each file has the Visual Freaks logo stamped on it, you are not required to display it in your own work.

File Format PNG/ZIP
Resolution 2480 × 3508 px (300 DPI)
Items in Pack 25
Product Type Digital download
Download Size 137 MB
















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http://visualfreaks.com/packs/finecut.html
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By: Daniel Lieske

















more information :
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=133&t=945225
www.wormworldsaga.com

Check out the 2012 Los Angeles Limo / Before & After video from Marc Dominic Rienzo



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Concept Design Workshop Australia 2011, Australia’s 1st International Digital Art Workshop will be held on May 9-20, 2011 at the NEXUS Multicultural Arts Centre, Adelaide. South Australia. This is exclusive event is a two week intensive workshop featuring some of the industry's most prominent concept artists.

Industry professionals and students alike will have the opportunity to learn what its takes to become a successful concept designer and will hone and develop industry specific techniques that are used in a day to day professional environment.



This workshop covers the topics of character archetypes, establishing visual
design themes, costume, props and painting techniques. This workshop is
for anyone interesting in creating unique and believable characters. Kevin will show his process for creating thumbnails, silhouettes, B&W value studies, colour studies,texturing and final production painting.
Kevin Chen has worked for many of today's top entertainment companies as a lead and freelance concept artist. His past projects include Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, Guild Wars, Alien vs Predator, 9, Gatchaman, and the upcoming Zack Snyder film Sucker Punch. Kevin has been instructing classes and professional workshops for various schools and studios during the past 12 years. His clients include studios such as Blizzard, Disney Feature Animation and Valve, and schools such as Art Center College of Design and Gnomon School of Visual Effects. He is also the founder and director of Concept Design Academy located in Pasadena California.

with Carlo Arellano

In this workshop Carlo will cover the topics of creating visually interesting and believable creature designs for games. A strong emphasis will be placed on character archetypes, design and functionality. With a focus on drawing and design Carlo will show his process for creating thumbnails, silohettes, B&W value studies, colour studies, texturing and final production painting.
Carlo Arrelano a leading international concept designer, has worked on Hollywood movies such as Spiderman, Planet Of The Apes and Van Helsing. Carlo has also played a key role in concept development of ground breaking video games such as God of War: Chains of Olympus, Resistance: Fall Of Man, World of Warcraft and is now currently lead concept designer at Insomniac games in Los Angeles.

with Terry Lane

This workshop show how to develop a unique visual style for video games. Topics covered will include character, prop design environment design and staging. Terry will show his process for creating digital sketches and renderingsincluding thumbnails, value/lighting studies and storyboarding techniques.
Terry Lane is currently Art Director at Bluetongue Entertainment in Melbourne has worked on hit games DeBlob and DeBlob: The Underground.

with Nick Pill

Focus will be on the design principles of movies both live action and animated. How these theories should influence your choices as an Art Director or Concept Artist. Nick will demonstrate some of the choices an Artist should consider to support a Films visual structure. Showing his process for creating characters, environments, effects and how they are used and interpreted within a VFX studio.
Nick Pill is currently Art Director at Rising Sun Pictures in Adelaide and has contributed concept art and matte-paintings for many Hollywood blockbusters including the Harry Potter series, Wolverine and Terminator: Salvation.

with Simon Scales

This workshop will focus on the foundations of thumbnails, value/lighting, composition, digital painting techniques and architectural design skills used commonly in game and cinematic productions. This workshop is for anyone interesting in creating unique and moody environments. Simon will show his professional workflow creating thumbnails, B&W value studies, colour studies, texturing and matte painting techniques.
Simon Scales is currently represented by his agent Shannon Associates in New York , is a freelance videogame concept artist , matte-painter and children's book illustrator and has worked on the upcoming DeBlob: The Underground.

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more information here:
http://www.cdwa2011.com/
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