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Paint and render a firefly in Photoshop

Paint and render a firefly in Photoshop
Model a hard-surface bike in Maya & ZBrush

Model a hard-surface bike in Maya & ZBrush
Create a 3D stylized “Killer Queen” in ZBrush & Maya

Create a 3D stylized “Killer Queen” in ZBrush & Maya

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Photoshop for 3D

Photoshop for 3D
759
Photoshop

Photoshop
612
Project Overview

Project Overview
1353
3ds Max

3ds Max
998
Modeling

Modeling
1038
Character design

Character design
950
Texturing

Texturing
731
ZBrush

ZBrush
682
Lighting

Lighting
524
Rendering

Rendering
509
Digital Painting

Digital Painting
430
Maya

Maya
448
V-Ray

V-Ray
265
Animation

Animation
111
Cartoon

Cartoon
111
mental ray

mental ray
104
Rigging

Rigging
89
LightWave

LightWave
69
Softimage

Softimage
60
Mudbox

Mudbox
59
Blender

Blender
94
Cinema 4D

Cinema 4D
52
Modo

Modo
39
After Effects

After Effects
39
Realism

Realism
43
Painter

Painter
35
KeyShot

KeyShot
37
Mari

Mari
43
Sketching

Sketching
35
Marmoset Toolbag

Marmoset Toolbag
32
Substance Painter

Substance Painter
68
Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine
29
Marvelous Designer

Marvelous Designer
39
Arch-viz

Arch-viz
29
Posing

Posing
27
Illustration

Illustration
49
Matte Painting

Matte Painting
22
Speed painting

Speed painting
19
Comic

Comic
19
Nuke

Nuke
19
Digital Sculpting

Digital Sculpting
17
Materials

Materials
16
Drawing and inking

Drawing and inking
22
Arnold

Arnold
25
Anatomy

Anatomy
18
VUE

VUE
13
Photorealism

Photorealism
12
iClone / Character Creator

iClone / Character Creator
10
PaintTool SAI

PaintTool SAI
10
Art theory

Art theory
23
HDRI

HDRI
9
Character Creator

Character Creator
7
Krita

Krita
9
SketchUp

SketchUp
6
3D-Coat

3D-Coat
11
Traditional painting

Traditional painting
6
Compositing

Compositing
6
GIMP

GIMP
5
ArtRage

ArtRage
4
Photobashing

Photobashing
4
Lightroom

Lightroom
4
Houdini / Mantra

Houdini / Mantra
3
Simulation

Simulation
4
NURBS

NURBS
3
Substance Designer

Substance Designer
4
SketchBook

SketchBook
2
Game development

Game development
4
Sculptris

Sculptris
3
OctaneRender

OctaneRender
4
ZSpheres

ZSpheres
2
Procreate

Procreate
15
Onion Skinning

Onion Skinning
2
Mantra

Mantra
1
HDR Light Studio

HDR Light Studio
1
AutoCAD

AutoCAD
1
Real-time rendering

Real-time rendering
3
Custom Brushes

Custom Brushes
1
Polypaint

Polypaint
1
UVs

UVs
7
3D Paintover

3D Paintover
3
Procedural generation

Procedural generation
1
Watercolors

Watercolors
1
PBR / Physically-based rendering

PBR / Physically-based rendering
1
VFX / Visual effects

VFX / Visual effects
6
Visual Development

Visual Development
8
Creature design

Creature design
319
Gravity Sketch

Gravity Sketch
1
Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality
1
Clip Studio Paint

Clip Studio Paint
1
Adobe Fresco

Adobe Fresco
1