VFX and CG Artist Attila Kovacs presented this WIP artwork, showing a highly realistic animated portrait of an elderly man.The artist skillfully visualized complex skin texture, depicting realistic wrinkles, pores, and other subtle details. The character has distinct emotions, and his eyes look lively, which creates a vibrant image.As for the technical details, the artist leveraged an array of tools, including ZBrush for sculpting, Maya for rigging, Substance 3D Painter for texturing, and Houdini for grooming. The rendering was completed using Redshift. For mocap, the artist utilized Live Link Face, a tool on the App Store for enhanced facial animation in Unreal Engine. The creator explained that to successfully export a MetaHuman to Maya with the Blend Shapes, he imported the DNA file into Maya, transferred the skin Blend Shape in his custom model, and iteratively refined the skin weights through painting.Attila Kovacs showcased many other fantastic works. For example, for this scene, the creatoremployed ZBrush for modeling, Houdini for rigging, procedural details textures, vellum, and Redshift for rendering:A glass water sim test completed with Houdini and rendered with Redshift:A fascinating underwater scene made with ZBrush, Maya, Houdini, Redshift, and Nuke:Visit Attila Kovacss LinkedIn for more artwork anddont forget to join our 80 Level Talent platform and our new Discord server, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Telegram, TikTok, and Threads, where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post Check Out This WIP 3D Character with Realistic Wrinkles appeared first on CG SHARES.

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InterestingEmm GDC 2025:"Blender MCP" vs. "Generative 3D" The Showdown Side-by-side comparison of two generated buildings: The 1st one (left) was created using Blender MCP (powered by Claude 3.7). The 2nd one (right) was generated with a generative 3D model (direct 2D-to-3D).Check out

A Genshin Impact player has shared their stunning Capitano cosplay with the action RPG community, as parading around the grocery store as a Harbinger is something you dont come across every day. Genshin Impact boasts a rich universe with several colorful characters to bring into the real world through cosplay, with some favorites being Klee, Paimon, Jean, and Venti.

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Howdy, Helldivers! Have you ever wanted to be a space cowboy, enforcing the fair laws of Super Earth on the edges of our galaxy, protecting our most remote colonies from undemocratic threats? Then step up, pardner, and claim your sheriffs star with the new premium Warbond: Borderline Justice!Play VideoWere heading out to the Wild West with the weapons this time. First up, lets take a gander at the new R-6 Deadeye lever-action hunting rifle. You can look forward to killin time bullseying bugs and rounding up squids and looking cool while you do it.But a lawman is nothing without his trusty sidearm. And instead of individual shots, the LAS-58 Talon revolver secondary is energy-based, meaning a slow and steady hand can keep on shooting without overheating. But if you need to bring the kind of heat that cant be measured by degrees, the Talon can do it.Another classic cowboy loadout item is the TED-63 Dynamite that comes with a variable timer and leaves an explosion thats sure to straighten the curves, flatten the hills, and take down any roaming patrols among the willows.Do you ever get a hankering to rise up above the herd and get a birds eye on the action? Could be that the LIFT-860 Hover Pack is just what youre looking forwhen the joint starts jumping, you can rise and hover for a little while and still aim or use ADS.Helldivers are made out of muscle and blood and thats why we have to keep you armored up. The GS-17 Frontier Marshal is a regulation standard medium Helldiver set, but it still manages to conjure up the look of hard living on the galactic frontier, hunting Bile Titans for sport.But if you want to look less like a running gun and more like the sheriff of Vernen Wells, I might suggest the GS-66 Lawmaker heavy armor, complete with cowboy holster and bandolier. Both sets of armor look great with either the Reaper of Bounties cape or the Way of the Bandolier cape.No matter which look you choose, youll be mighty good with the Gunslinger armor passive, which gives your secondary increased reload speed, increased draw/holster speed, and reduced recoil.With Borderline Justice, youll also unlock a new player title, Super Sheriff, to let everyone know youre their huckleberrythe galactic border colonies can rest a little easier on your watch. Were also providing player cards that match each cape, and youll also get a brand new booster: Sample Extricator! When you put down a big enemy, theres a small chance itll drop a sample to toss in your saddlebags.Cowboy hats might be outlawed by the Helldiver uniform code, but you can still say your howdies and farewells with the Tip Hat emote.If all that doesnt light your fires, then I dont know what will. Put the hammer down, divers, and give em hell when Borderline Justice arrives on March 20!

PlayStation Store welcomes a new promotion: Ramadan Deals! For a limited time*, you can enjoy discounts across a variety of games on the storefront, including the likes of ENDER MAGNOLIA, Dynasty Warriors: Origins, EA SPORTS FC 25 and many, many more.Head to PlayStation Store now to see the full list and find out your regional discount.*PlayStation Stores Ramadan Deals runs from March 12 at 00:00 AM JST until March 26 at 11:59PM JST in Malaysia and Indonesia.

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All about the upcoming computer graphics and arts conference. Plus, how to get in early for tickets.befores & afters is proud to be a media partner for CGA Belgrade 2025. The conference is taking place on April 10th and 11th, 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia, and covers a wide area of creative industries topics: animation, games, visual effects, technology, AI and more. Sessions are presented in English.We have an exclusive look at the program for CGA Belgrade. Check it out below.MAIN STAGE: KNOW ALL This will consist of spotlights on new game, film and animation releases, and new tech presentations Companies presenting: Nebius (AI video content creation), Wonder Dynamics (movie: The Electric State), Untold Studios, Woodblock, V House Animation (animated series: Agent 023), Golaem (history of crowd systems), Archangel Studio (game: Bleak Faith:Forsaken), Onyx Studio (game: South of Midnight)MAIN STAGE: PANELS Changing industry paradigm in a wake of AI (Wonder Dynamics, Nebius, 3Lateral/Epic Games, Golaem) How to work with brands in delivering real value with CGI (Telekom, DAT, ika) Creative Moxie: The Rise of Young Digital CreatorsTECH STAGE: KNOW HOW This will consist of looks at new tools and workflows Maya to Unreal Engine USD Workflows (Autodesk) Modeling, rigging, animation and VFX in Bifrost (Autodesk) Procedural world building with Houdini and Unreal (Crater Studio) Get smart with Mari: How to create and reuse Smart Materials (Foundry) The Crowds of Game Of Thrones (Golaem/Autodesk) Gaussian splatting in video production (Yandex)MASTERCLASSES These will consist of 2 hr deep dives into specific industry topics Fortnite Ecosystem The Next Frontier of Global Branding Marketing Motion Capture on spot (Centroid) Art of Combat Design (Sperasoft) Interactive and Procedural Environmental Effects (EBB Software) How to properly negotiate for a raise, as an Artist (Steamroller Animation)CGA BOARDROOM TALKS These are 1.5 hr invitation-only discussions on different industry topics Open-source formats (USD) (Autodesk, SideFX) Houdini User Group Enhancing the role of producers in VFX (Crater Studio, Digitalkraft) Brand marketing in the Metaverse (ika) Legal & security challenges in AI (Moravevi Vojnovi i Partneri) DoPs in the VFX Framing the virtual landscapeLIST OF SPEAKERSDragana Stamenkovi (Lead Animator @ Steamroller Animation), Djordje Stojiljkovic (Freelancer/Director of Photography), Mirko Boovi (Senior Game Designer @ Sperasoft), Bojana Simi (People Operations manager @ Materriya Talent Development), Paul Ringue (VFX Content Creator & Producer @ Foundry), Nicolas Chaverou (Principal Technical Product Manager @ Autodesk), Damjan Mitrevski (CEO @ V House Animation), Branimir ugi (Founder and programme director @ Art 365 / CIM forum), Roland Reyer (Technical Sales Specialist @ Autodesk), Luka Budia (VFX Artist @ Ebb Software), Aleksandra Todorovi (Senior producer @ Woodblock), John Paul Giancarlo (Technical Sales Specialist @ Autodesk), Igor Kovaevi (Director @ Centroid Serbia), Timon Tomaevi (Motion Capture Technician @ Centroid Serbia), Ivica Milari (Academy of Arts, Novi Sad), Bogdan Amidi (Technical Director @ Crater Studio)HOW TO GET TICKETS TO CGA BELGRADE Regular tickets are 110 EUR until March 28th. A bundle of 5 tickets is 500 EUR until March 28th Last minute tickets are 150 EUR Head to the ticket website to grab your tickets now!The post An exclusive look at the sessions coming to CGA Belgrade 2025 appeared first on befores & afters.