To push your creative talents and create the artwork of your dreams, you need to learn the tricks that make everything easier. 3D Art and Design Tips & Tricks provides just that, and with it, you’ll speed up your workflow and produce perfect art without a hitch. Whether it’s fantasy characters or realistic arch vis you want to create, you’ll discover the road to success within these pages. Featuring: 50 tips for a faster workflow - Benefit from the experience of professionals with these steps to adopting a more productive workflow. Master the elements - Learn from the experts with these tricks to designing realistic water, fire, wind and smoke effects. 24 fixes for better lighting - Improve your 3D designs by generating subtle and dynamic light sources and shadows. Develop stunning digital portraits - Practise your techniques for capturing character and personality in digital portraits.

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Model and texture a Roman centurion • The Centurion 2015

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Create a primal bloodsucking vampire • The Master 2014

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Design a ghostly phantom

Sculpt a female cyborg • Cybernetic Organism Artemis AA 3057 2014

Build a steampunk world in Blender • Station 45 2015

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Construct a zen garden • Zen Garden 2015

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Launch a space shuttle • Space Shuttle 2014

Shape a sci-fi soldier • Sci-fi Soldier 2014

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MASTER THE ELEMENTS • With Bifröst promising to revolutionise the industry, experts offer some tricks to creating awesome environmental effects in Maya

Tame Maya Fluids for fire • Timucin Ozger’s values for incredible fire effects

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Render a furry creature concept • The Wanderer 2015

Develop stunning digital portraits • Portrait of David Spriggs 2014

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Master hand-drawn animation

Grasp facial anatomy • Facial Anatomy Ecorche 2015

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Merge 3D with photography • Octopus in the freezer 2014

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Simulate turbulent water

Quickly block out 3D scenes

LET THERE BE LIGHT • Light is an elusive, powerful thing. Five experts reveal the techniques they use to master illumination

Design a high-tech racing machine • Axiom Feral Racer 2015

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Perfect facial scarring

Enhance cartoon characters with MODO deformers • blu-E 2015

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Clean up real-time hair texture and form • Hairstyle Tutorial 2014

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Pose a sculpt using joints

Texture a hotrod vehicle render

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