360 pages of 35 years of Industrial Light & Magic’s work – wow! Industrial Light & Magic: The Art of Innovation covers the early days (1975 to 1994) as well as the last 16 years of their ‘magic’. It includes explanations and challenges the studio had to face.
Link to Amazon.com
Does this ever get old? Since the late 70s Star Wars has been watched, treasured, criticised and more. (Off on a tangent - Lately, I discovered that my nephew is also a fan. He’s 13. That makes him 1 year old, when Episode 1 came out right?)
Have a look at these awesome Star Wars blueprints:
If you’ve built Star Wars scale [...]
You ever read CG Arena’s free magazine? The latest issue and backissues available to download. Here is the link
According to 3Dworld these are the 5 books 3D animators should read.
The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams
The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects by Isaac Kerlow
Ideas for the Animated Short: Finding and Building Stories by Karen Sullivan et al
Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right by Jason Osipa
How to Write for Animation [...]
Photo-editing tools play a large roll in 3D work – whether you’re doing that final touch-up of awesome or the fix up.
While browsing (and I do a lot of browsing), I came across this tutorial book for sale -
Photoshop for 3D Artists: Volume 1.
The book covers original design work, texturing and post production and effects.
A [...]
37Signals is a small company in the US of A that makes awesome online software (with 3 million+ users). They have a unique outlook on business and how to operate properly in the 21st century.
If you enjoy business, then you will love to hear what they have to say on their blog here: http://37signals.com/svn
They have [...]
If you still haven’t been to check out 3DATS.com’s books, then just have a look at this one. We received our copy of Ispirato not too long ago. It’s always great to have 3D inspiration around the office for those creatively drained days!
Have a preview look here.
We’ve ordered and recieved several books from 3DATS; they were quickly delivered and well-packed.
We recommend checking them out here: http://3dats.com/products.asp?ok=1#3_books
Focusing primarily on architectural visualisation, we’re lucky enough to be part of great designers’ even greater ideas. I’ve seen interior gardens, gardens on the roof and even integrated in low walls – but these living walls are something I want to see more of.
Whether you believe in the green revolution or not – this is [...]