Interview

Marina Nechaeva told us about the basics of character creation, shared the workflow in Blender, ZBrush, and Substance Painter, and talked about the idea behind the project.

David Eisenstadt talks about choosing the right art school that is going to be your starting point as a 3D Artist, explains how the spooky Curiosity House was created in Maya and Substance Painter, and shares some tips on working efficiently without wasting your time and effort overdoing things.

A Prop Artist Gianluigi Ferrantino talked about creating a leather crossbow and discussed texturing leather and metallic surfaces.

Anna Cavasos talks about creating an adorable cooking rat using ZBrush, Maya, Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer, and Nuke and discusses the importance of keeping the right balance between stylized and realistic elements.

Brandon Tieh talks about the challenges of setting up an environment full of both incredibly tiny and astoundingly huge details and explains how cold, wintery props were created in Unreal Engine, ZBrush, Substance Painter and Quixel Mixer.

Isabella Omohundro talked about making the Biker Baker project, discussed the workflow in Maya, and explained why it is important to try new techniques during production.

Fady Kadry talks about how an insanely unrealistic bet turned into more than a year of hard work using a home studio equipped with industry-standard software and explains how the Rivendell project went from a bunch of references to a stunning picturesque animation step by step.

Gleb Tagirov discussed the creation process of the off-road racing car, talked about working in Maya, and showed how to create rubber tires.

MS-1 General Manager Thaine Lyman talks about how drastically the COVID pandemic changed the company's life and discusses the advantages of having an international team with multiple offices across the globe.