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Craft High-Quality Mechanical Hand with Blender & Substance 3D Painter

Haikal Shakyl, also known as LordCinn or Cinnamine3D, shared the work process behind the cool Mechanical Hand project modeled with Blender's built-in tools, showing how the translucent orange material was set up.

Haikal Shakyl

Apr 15, 2024

A Detailed Breakdown Of Making A Sci-Fi Ninja With ZBrush And Maya

Ida Faber has guided us through the creation process of the Stellar Rogue Project in a detailed manner. She also shared insightful tips on how to tailor models for use in different engines.

Ida Faber

Apr 12, 2024

See How to Create a Character Inspired by Love, Death & Robots in ZBrush

Franco Diego has told us more about the Virgilio XVll model inspired by Love, Death & Robots and explained in detail the modeling and texturing pipelines.

Franco Diego

Apr 10, 2024

Create Stylized 3D Characters With Afro Hairstyles Using This Asset

This ready-to-use and customizable asset created by Yelzkizi could take your character design to a new level of vividness.

Rita Hou

Apr 09, 2024

Learn How to Recreate Arcane's Ekko with Substance 3D & Blender

Jorge Martinez Garcia walked us through the Arcane's Ekko project and explained in detail how he recreated the character with the help of Substance 3D Painter and Blender.

Josh Martinez

Apr 03, 2024

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How to Combine AI & Manual Work to Create Beautiful Digital Portrait

Vick-Wen told us about the workflow behind the C-Loong project and explained how they integrated Stable Diffusion into the process.

Vick Wen

Mar 29, 2024

See How to Recreate Sean Connery with Unreal Engine's MataHuman

Elvis Morelli shared with us his latest project of recreating Sir Sean Connery and detailed how Unreal Engine's MetaHuman helped build a highly realistic digital model of the legendary Scottish actor.

Elvis Morelli

Mar 29, 2024

See How Corpse Bride's Victor Van Dort Was Recreated in Blender & Substance 3D

Krystsina Linkevich talked to us about the Victor Van Dort project and shared a brief breakdown of bringing Tim Burton's iconic character to the 3D world.

Krystsina Linkevich

Mar 26, 2024

How to Make 3D Model of Avatar's Zuko Look Like Painting

Mani Salguero explained how he made 3D Zuko from Avatar resemble a 2D picture using Maya and Substance 3D Painter and showed how he hand-painted the textures.

Mani Salguero

Mar 25, 2024

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