Welcome to Issue 23! WELCOME to our “Gateway to Space” issue, a small tribute to the vision of the British science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Clarke was one of the best science popularisers and futurists of the 20th century, a true ‘gateway’ visionary for many,…
3DAD 044 : Interview on Terragen 4.1 with Oshyan Greene Latest news on Terragen and the Siggraph experience
In this session of the 3D Art Direct podcast, we’re talking to Oshyan Greene, the business manager of Planetside Software, which produces the well-regarded Terragen 4, a great solution for rendering and animating realistic, natural environments. Terragen 4 is used in film, TV, commercials, as…
Read Issue 22 of Digital Art Live – Character Lighting The importance of lighting to establish and convey characters in your 3D portraiture
Welcome to Issue 22! In this issue we consider the importance of lighting to establish and convey character in your 3D portraiture. We talk with a variety of artists and content developers, all of whom also make science-fiction, fantasy and/or steampunk art. Joe Pingleton delights…
Read Issue 21 – Explore Striking Digital Art created with Mandelbulb 3D, VUE, Maya, DAZ Studio and Photoshop Eco-futures themed issue
Welcome to Issue 21! In Science Fiction, there’s a tendency to gravitate towards Dystopias rather than Utopias. A dystopian environment provides more grit, more angst and more interesting stories to write. There’s going to be an urban sprawl and the inhabitants are isolated from all…
Read Issue 20 of Digital Art Live Magazine : Digital Clothing Clothing content creation special and review on Marvelous Designer 6.5
Welcome to Issue 20 This issue we explore the design and creation of clothing content for 3D characters with three different artists. We’re also featuring a review on Marvelous Designer 6.5, software that is highly regarded as part of the workflow for creating clothing content.…
Read Issue 17 of Digital Art Live : Visual Effects – Interviews with Industry Leaders Greg Teegarden (Digital Domain), Tobias Richter (The Light Works) and Phil Dragash (fan fiction work)
Welcome to Issue 17 Visual effects can be hailed as the first inspiration for quite a few science fiction/fantasy digital artists. It inspires them to take the first steps in setting up their own “studio” to create similarly stirring images. Years ago the bar for…
Read Issue 16 of Digital Art Live : Future Vehicles – Exclusive Syd Mead Interview Visions of the future with master sci-fi artist Syd Mead
Welcome to Issue 16 We are very pleased to talk to Syd Mead, THE visual futurist who has had a long-time love for automotive design. Besides his illustrations of cars, Mead has been recognised by the motion picture industry for his conceptual contributions to such…
Read Issue 15 of Digital Art Live : Immersive and Dream-Like Spectacular Art in this Issue Interview with Chuck Carter on his new graphically immersive game ZED
Welcome to Issue 15 This issue has a series of artists that were influenced by the classic adventure Myst game released back in 1993. It was originally designed by Rand and Robyn Miller and included key work by 3D artist and animator Chuck Carter who…
Read Issue 14 of Digital Art Live : Cybertronics wonders with Photoshop, DAZ Studio, Vue and 3DS Max Neon artwork, light bikes and circuitry suits
Welcome to Issue 14 Remember the 1982 Disney movie Tron? It was a watershed in movie history since it introduced the notion of computer graphics being used throughout a movie. It was directed by Steven Lisberger, starring Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn and Bruce Boxleitner…
Read Issue 13 of Digital Art Live : Inspiring Renders with ZBrush, Poser, Blender, Clipstudio, Sketchup, Vue and DAZ Studio Spaceship art and spacewrecks
Welcome to Issue 13 An early inspiration for spaceship art for me came from a collection of large illustrated science fiction books called the “Terran Trade Authority” (TTA) series. These were published in the late 1970s and written by Stewart Cowley. They described a future…