In issue 150, we share 150 top tips from artists from ILM, Pixar, Digital Domain, DreamWorks, Weta and a host of other studios. Plus: techniques for creating real-world movement in 3ds Max 2012
Also this issue: go behind the VFX of the new horror smash, The Thing, and sculpt your very own monster, and find out how to build a mechanical masterpiece in ZBrush.

Taught by Sean Devereaux, this new introductory course will expand upon the Foundry Nuke tutorials produced by fxphd. Nuke version 6.1 software will be available over the VPN to fxphd postgrads for non-commercial use (OSX, Linux, and Windows versions). Devereaux has pushed pixels on over 25 feature films and 50 commercials. He is currently a vfx supervisor at ZERO VFX in Boston. His feature credits include Transformers, The Proposal, Peter Pan and Vanilla Sky and he has worked with some of the best studios in the world including Pixar, Digital Domain and Industrial Light+Magic.

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We love spaceships! You could argue that CGI was invented to make spaceships, but whether you believe this or not there’s no denying that CG spacecraft have been the stars in many iconic productions, from battle sequences in Babylon5 to opening shots of Star Wars Episode 3 and more recently Avatar. For many CG artists, these epic scenes really get the blood racing. In this modo modeling tutorial, Andy Brown pays tribute to the CG spaceship and has some fun while creating a very special vehicle.

fxphd grew out of the fxguide website, which was originally formed as an online community for flame artists. So it should be no surprise that we’ll be the first with a new course covering the release in both smoke and flame. This is arguably the biggest release in years for flame and smoke, with a great number of creative and workflow improvements. Check out the new feature overview videos at fxguide.com — it’s over two hours of material. Our slate of profs has been involved in the beta program for the release, so they’re ready to hit the ground running.

This course is in the spirit of our most popular courses here at fxphd: doing some cool shots and providing the footage for you to work along on the shots yourself. Professor and Dean Mike Seymour will be compositing a bunch of shots and looking at a range of new features in the 2009 versions of Flint/Flame. In addition to compositing shots using Flame’s built-in tools, this course will also use the Foundry’s Furnace plugins to tackle the work.

In this DVD, Instructor Mike Jensen is back by popular demand to demonstrate even more hard surface techniques using ZBrush 4 R2. Mike starts off giving an overview of all the techniques and basics that will be covered in the creation of a full armor set. He then starts concepting the character armor and then building out the main shapes for the final.Mike then begins to detail the final armor and brings it all to portfolio quality sculpt. Finally he talks a little about how to pose your model and bring it into 3d Studio Max to render with VRay and then compositing the final in Photoshop.

We are very excited to announce our latest video: Creating Foliage for UDK! Learn to create amazing game-ready foliage with instructor Damian Lazarski. This is a phenominal video dedicated to everything you need to know about creating foliage. We’ll show you how to make realistic looking grass, branches, and a full blown tree from the ground up in 3ds Max 2012. Once we have created our foliage, we’ll take it into UDK and setup a master foliage shader with parameters that can be tweaked so you can easily get the look you want. We’ll also show you how to make your leaves and grass slighting sway in the wind!

Join Scout and his friends as they learn letter sounds with the help of some amazing animals! Scout, Violet, Eli and Penny long to learn about new animals. When their magical toy car, Axle, whisks them away to a farm, they discover a remarkable alphabet collection and ABC antics ensue! As the friends get in shape with an athletic alligator, console a sad seal, converse with a high-pitched horse and more, they make their way through the entire alphabet! This cartoon helps kids learn the alphabet and the English and animals that may live on the farm. At this time istroiya about puppy Scout and his friends. At this time we do not meet our friends frogs. Puppies Scout and Violet, a kitten and a hamster Eli Penny on a magic car by the name of Axel, go to the wonderful farm. A funny animals living there, which helps to learn the whole alphabet. Kids will talk, and a crocodile and an athlete with a sad seal, with poznakomyatsya elephants and horses. Very fun and spend time with benefits.

You don't have to venture far into the world of sci-fi art to find imagery inspired by the artists that worked on the Star Wars franchise - whether that's Ralph McQuarrie and his original concept art or Terryl Whitlatch and her creature designs for the prequel trilogy. And, in this very special Star Wars issue of ImagineFX, we feature some of the very best Star Wars art every created.
In this month’s Legends section we talk to Ralph about his work on the first three films, whilst looking at some of his most memorable pieces. We’ve also spoken to some of the concept artists behind the prequel films, including Warren Fu, Iain McCaig, Sang Jun Lee, Alex Jaeger, Aaron McBride and Stephan Martiniere, to get their insight into creating art for the films.

This video is the entry gate of cmi's Houdini training system. Aimed at new users and migrators from other animation packages, this training will give you the fundamentals you need to get started with this magical application. Learn this incredible piece of software which has received a Technical Achievement Award in 2002 for its revolutionary approach to 3D Animation. Discover how Houdini's data flow has become the natural language of 3d, reducing the distance between your ideas and reality.

In this colossal video series, instructor Justin Harrison breaks down the entire rigging process of a bipedal, humanoid creature from absolute start-to-finish. With what is among the more difficult and challenging tasks in the gaming and film industry, Justin guides you step by step through the entire process.

In this DVD, Carl Grace goes from basic to advanced techniques for how to use color in a tattoo. With over four hours of detailed footage and discussion, Carl explains his step-by-step process of applying color to the skin. He introduces warms and cools, different tones and values of color, and how to layer and blend to create a nice, clean piece, as well as how to create focus in your composition. Machine and needle set-up and stencil application are also discussed. Whether you are a seasoned professional looking for new ways to incorporate color, or a beginner wanting to challenge yourself with color layering and blending techniques, this DVD is the perfect tool to help you learn the correct methods to achieve a painterly, full-color tattoo.

This training is about creating a cartoon character, using a mix of 3D and 2D techniques, using Modo and Photoshop, that Warner used to produce the beautiful Shero character.

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