To celebrate 100 months of 3dcreative, we speak to 3D printing master, Joshua Harker and digital sculpting hero, Rafael Grassetti about their thoughts on the future of 3D art. And, as ever, we have our monthly crop of awesome tutorials, project overviews and ZBrush sketchbooks for you to devour...more

This month, the 3dcreative habitat is a hub of biodiversity populated by frogs, lizard monsters, goblins, mermaids and even a few humans. Character designers will be in their element, as we have plenty of advice to help you develop your own concepts - be they photoreal, cartoon or completely imaginary!...more

Don’t you just love the striking simplicity of Martin Nikolov’s Mangbetu Woman who graces this issue’s cover? He explains his workflow for creating this arresting image. As ever, we also have loads of awesome tutorials and project overviews from industry professionals who share their workflows and helpful advice so you can develop your own 3D masterpieces...more

At first glance, you’ll notice our usual top-notch artwork on the front cover and the usual references to the amazing content inside; but take a look beyond that familiar shell to where our tutorials usually reside, and you’ll encounter a brand new design: We’ve changed our layouts!...more

At first glance, you’ll notice our usual top-notch artwork on the front cover and the usual references to the amazing content inside; but take a look beyond that familiar shell to where our tutorials usually reside, and you’ll encounter a brand new design: We’ve changed our layouts!...more

Stuck on sculpting the perfect person? Confused by the intricate contours of the human form? You’ve come to the right place! Our character-packed July issue of 3DCreative is full of insider’s tips and techniques that will guide you through the process of creating your very own character...more

This issue we bring you introductions to character creation in both 3ds Max and Maya. To begin, Shareyko Dmitry Petrovich takes a 2D concept by Denis Zilber and shows you how to create reference planes and take it into the third dimension using 3ds Max.Meanwhile, Patrick Evrard gets you started in Maya with his helpful guide to creating stylized characters...more

Last month we saw the last of our ZBrush speed sculpting projects, so this month we start afresh with a brand new series on creating that perfect ZBrush alien. To start us off, Tudor Fat shows us how to create a wheeled alien figure in his in-depth and comprehensive tutorial entitled The Engineer...more

In our ZBrush Speed Sculpting tutorial, talented artist Mariano Steiner shares the interesting techniques he uses to create that perfect partial-zombie-corpse in his set of all-inclusive, how-to videos. And if that wasn't enough, we see the introduction of a brand new series on applying realistic textures and materials to objects, which is one of the most problematic areas in digital art...more

Our ZBrush Character Sculpting tutorial this month is brought to us by talented CG artist Nils Meyer. Here, Nils shares invaluable techniques on creating a realistic model and skin texture on his humanoid alien creature. don’t forget to check out our all-important gallery, which features some of the greatest 3D digital artwork from some of the most talented digital artists around today...more

Next in our series on Speed Sculpting with ZBrush is a fascinating one-off tutorial by CG artist Daniel Bystedt. Daniel’s tutorial gives us some handy hints on creating a realistic sculpt and divulges some of those universal sculpting tricks that can be used to create features on any humanoid model....more

This issue's awesome cover image is the creation of Pedro Conti, who created this character for the short animation One More Beer, which the talented 3D artist talked to us about when we caught up with him for this month’s interview. We also have a great Making Of by Adam Sacco, who talks us through how he created his image of X-Men villain Sabretooth...more