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Check out this impressively beautiful painterly animation by 3D Artist reramil. The artist painted the butterfly and flowers with real oil paint, giving the work its unique, authentic look – and yet it was created in Blender. It's hard to believe, and pieces like this show just how far genuine creativity can go.

Have a look at ushika's new piece. Making 3D artwork look like a 2D illustration has become a popular trend, but pulling it off convincingly is another story. 3D Artist ushika has done an amazing job with this sculpt of Jujutsu Kaisen's Megumi Fushiguro, dressed in a uniform inspired by the collaboration between Tokaido Shinkansen and the anime series.

Shiva Omidvar has a distinct style. Take a look at this cute Blender animation – a cool cat smoking a cigarette in an alley that looks like it was painted, but no, this is 3D magic by Shiva Omidvar. The "catnip dealer" is a serious kitty, wanted for who knows what (probably for turning nice domestic cats into crazy catnip seekers), demonstrating its truly orange-cat behavior in this sweet stop-motion-like scene.

#News#3D Art#Animation#Houdini Bogdan Lazar uses a proxy deformation workflow. If you have always wanted to delve into the intricate art of creating Gaussian Splats, check out this free tutorial that comes with the project files from 3D Artist Bogdan Lazar. In the learning video, the artist walks through rigging and animating Gaussian Splats in Houdini using a proxy deformation workflow. In the tutorial, Bogdan Lazar covers the entire pipeline for rigging and animating Gaussian Splats in Houdini.

The project is available for downloading. Sakira Rabbit, known for showcasing stunning 3D work, has shared a new project – a high-performance water effect demo built for Unity URP on mobile. The result is eye-catching, featuring detailed ripples and caustics, which might come in useful when visualizing water scenes, for example, featuring pools or lakes.

The creator of the mouth parallax setup showcased a new work. Do you remember the unusual mouth portal parallax setup by 3D Artist takkun? The creator continues experimenting with the Parallax Interior Map technique and has shared a new take on it, this time replacing the mouth portals with anime-style eyes. The artist revealed that the setup is built on a custom GLSL shader based on Parallax Interior Mapping.

However, Rockstar's official stock is not in short supply. GTA 6 pre-orders officially started several days ago, with prices of $79.99 for the standard edition and $99.99 for the Ultimate edition. However, some players are overpaying for pre-orders from eBay scalpers. There were several reports that players have been purchasing GTA 6 pre-order copies from eBay sellers at prices above retail.

#Interviews#Unreal Engine#Video Games#IndieDev We caught up with Crema to discuss Temtem: Pioneers' blend of creature collection, survival crafting, and real-time combat, its solo and co-op experience, and the biggest technical and creative challenges behind the development. Crema's story actually starts all the way back in high school, where our co-founders, Enrique and Guillermo, first met.

#Environment Art#Interviews#Unreal Engine#SpeedTree#Substance 3D Designer See how Morgane Muller created diversity in the 3D vegetation for a savannah on an alien island in this breakdown, where she talks about various plants and their texturing. Hi, I'm Morgane, an Environment Artist student from Bordeaux, France.

#Environment Art#News#Unreal Engine It's another amazing project by Daniel Novillo. This Elven Tower lighting scene was made by Lighting Artist Daniel Novillo, who used Nwiro to create the forest around the tower and the lighting setup with Lumen and a PBL workflow. The scene looks very immersive. I imagine the forest in cold weather, maybe on an autumn day. Daniel Novillo is a Lighting Artist who we have featured in the past. I feel like it has some mysticism and mystery in it.