Have a look at how Hau Ming Li created this Cheese Platter using Autodesk Maya 8.5 and Adobe Photoshop.

New making of available, from artist Jason Gary.
Jason has been working with 3d graphics for over 12 years now with the last 9 of those spent mainly working in the game industry. His experience covers several videogame titles, in a wide range of art roles, on a variety of platforms, from consoles to handhelds. Over the past year, he has started his own company, Digital Jackson LLC, and now works freelance from his home in Driftwood, Texas.

Follow the link on the image to read the making of “Like a Bull” image, created by Manu Järvinen

New interview from CGArena, this time with Massimo Righi, former owner of a bookstore who discovered 3D in 1999; since then he works as a freelance artist from Italy.

Firstshowing.net has some concept art from AstroBoy, and a nice interview with its director Colin Brady. The movie is aiming for a 2009 release.

Take a look at this spot from Digipost, currently playing on TV in Australia.

You can watch it right here, clicking on “Continue reading” or click here to see the higher resolution version (.mov 64MB)

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Pixologic is now offering a 30 day trial version of its flagship digital sculpting and painting application, ZBrush 3.1. The trial version of ZBrush 3.1 (Windows) is a full-featured offering, and it can be downloaded from the Pixologic web site.

A new WALL-E poster has just appeared, check it out clicking the image above! You can also read what John Lasseter talks about the story here.

Via: Upcoming Pixar

Director Tim Burton has signed a two-picture deal with his longtime studio, Disney , that will see him direct and produce 3-D movies of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and a remake of his short Frankenweenie.

The Alice adaptation will be a combination of live-action and performance-capture animation, while Frankenweenie will be shot in stop-motion animation.

Via: CGTalk

“Learning and trial versions of 3D Animation software have always come with lots of limits such as annoying watermarks that blemish the artist’s work,” says Kim Davidson, President and co-founder Side Effects Software. “With Houdini Apprentice HD we have taken away the watermark and put our focus on giving artists, enthusiasts and students the perfect tool for developing personal art and animation on a shoestring budget.”

Houdini Apprentice HD will render still images at any resolution and animations at a maximum resolution of 1920×1080. The new Houdini Apprentice HD uses the same non-commercial file format as Houdini Apprentice and artists can share files between the two versions.