After years of development and a massive Code Quest challenge, finally Blender 2.8 has been released in 2019. There is no doubt this is the most impress update with Blender to date. It’s packed with so many amazing new features including new interface, an overhaul of the layering system or so called Outliner, Grease Pencil, improved Cycles render and also an incredible super-fast render Eevee. A switch to a left mouse click instead of the right mouse click will lure newbies 3D artist jumping on-bard. A good move to make it easier to be more adaptable to learning Blender 2.8.
Blender has a great community with growing industry support. [...]
At Siggraph 2019 Autodesk announce a piloting trial of an Indie subscription for people starting out with Maya or 3DS Max. If you meet the criteria, instead of paying $2170 (AUD) you only will need to cash out $354.79 (AUD). At this stage, this price is at a trial. If it does become successful, Autodesk may expand the scheme to include other countries.
Who is eligible?
Your annual gross revenue from your work must be less than (USD) $100,000 / year.Only one license can be used per user or organisation.Offer is only eligible to those based in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK or the US.Note: To ensure you do not get charged the full license price the [...]
Making a purchase on design or reference books can be very expensive. Thankfully there is a site that could help you save time and money. I often use Booko.com.au as my source to find the cheapest books available online.
If you like a particular book, it could be any book or dvd, jump onto the site, type your title or ISBN into the search field and it goes hunting. Much like a directory listing of book prices are catered for the Australian market. It list the cost and delivery charges, price trends on new and use items. In the past I would jump on Amazon thinking it has the best prices but I was so [...]
Have you ever wanted to create your own Anime character? Well, today I have spotted an app that might spark your eyes to open even wider. VRoid Studio, created by Pixiv ピクシブ (A Japanese company built for the online artist community, it’s kind of like Deviant Art) is offering a free download app to the creative artist and anime fans. While at its beta stage, it still has amazing features without the complexity of learning a 3D package. The UI is simple to navigate through, majority of the menu is in English and if your not sure just guess. Currently there is a choice of 6 character templates (unfortunately at the moment they are all females) as a base for your avatar design. [...]
