Working in a Collaborative Group Environment
“As a professional designer for five years, I have learned a few things about the industry, but none are as important as the following: Understanding how to work within collaborative groups is absolutely essential to creating great work, and advancing your career. Group dynamics obviously depend on the type of place you work at. I have now tried both sides of the spectrum (in-house and agency) and while they are totally different, the concept of working within groups is still relevant. Today, I will be sharing a collaborative project that we have recently completed at my current place of employment, Huffy Bicycles.”
This week’s featured author is 3dRender, who is based in the UK.
Our current featured author here on 3DOcean is 3dRender who joined in November 2009, has a portfolio of 21 items for sale and has racked up 82 sales!
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“Created in Cinema 4D Kind regards, Remco van der Meer.”
The file of the day is High Armchair by Merrygo.
“Modelled with Autodesk 3ds max 2009 Vray Lighting and Shading Render Setup Vray 1.50.”
“With the release of ZBrush 4.0 looming in the not so distant future (August, 9, 2010 for those of you who didn’t already hear the big announcement), we thought we would give you a little taste of what you’ll be capable of creating with the new features. Check out the ZBrush Image Gallery; three pages of images made with ZBrush 4.0 have been added for your viewing pleasure. We hope you enjoy!”
Topology Overview: Male and Female Torso
“Arguably the single most important aspect to modeling is topology. This Blender 2.5 overview tutorial takes a look at the topology of both the male and female human torsos, examining each of the main edgeloops, poles, etc.”
Introduction to Smoke/Fire Simulation in Blender 2.5 – Day 3
“In this invaluable, in-depth series we’ll be taking a look at smoke and fire simulation techniques within Blender 2.5, and who better to take us through this process than the man behind the official documents himself, Gottfried Hofmann. In the 3rd part of the series we continue to prepare the hi-res setup, and we also look at tips on saving baking time and how to keep the simulation stable. Prepare to be amazed at just what Blender can do for free!”
The file of the day is Glass Material (4 pack) for C4D by BryceHowitson.
“Highly realistic glass material for Cinema 4D. Be sure to use Global Illumination and caustics for optimal effects.”
Freebie Friday
Our free file of the month for August is Tech Light by vibes35.
Highly Detailed Tech-Light model built to scale:
- Compatible with 3D StudioMax 9 or above
- Includes the .3ds and .obj files
- includes maps
Grab it while you can!
Architectural Visualization Challenge II, HOVER
Have you checked out the Hover Challenge on Ronen Bekerman’s blog? It’s cool stuff.
“HOVER is starting! I’ve added the information pages to the blog under the Challenges menu option in the navigation above. You can also visit the forum and register right now if you haven’t yet. The model kit for the Challenge is online, so please download and start exploring it as well as review all the information and ask me anything you like by commenting below… all the information gathered here will be edited and added to the FAQ page so that all participants can benefit from this.”
See the HOVER Challenge submission on his forum here.
