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A Compact Desktop That Delivers on Performance: Dell's Precision 3650 Tower Workstation

Rookie Awards sponsor Dell, is giving away a Precision 3650 Tower Workstation with RTX A5000 GPU. Let's take a deeper look at how this compact desktop, packs a very big punch.

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Launch Your VFX Career With a Winning Showreel

With years of experience behind them, Outpost VFX's talented artists and recruiters have built up expert tips and tricks on creating a winning showreel to help launch your career in VFX.

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What Graphics Card Should a 3D Artist Choose?

There are so many things to consider as you embark on your career in the creative industries - sourcing knowledge, acquiring skills that recruiters need, and having the right hardware to power your creativity.

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Using Multifunctional Tools Like 3ds Max to Bring Your Creative Ideas to Life

From intricate details on 3D characters and props to jaw-dropping environments and worlds, 3ds Max® software is the tool of choice for creating immersive game experiences and visualizing complex designs.

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Creating a Realistic 3D Character from Photography

Nayoon Levitin is a Freelance Graphic Designer and Student at Think Tank Training Centre. In this article she shares how she approached the creation of a realistic 3D character from a photograph.

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ZBrush is Now Part of the Maxon Family

Cinema 4D has been powering Rookie Awards entries over the last few years, and now Maxon can also be proud of the entries that boast the use of ZBrush, with the official acquisition of the Academy Award-winning sculpting and painting software at the start of 2022.

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How Teradici is Securing the Hybrid Workplace and Learning Environment

Companies are turning away from VPN in favor of Zero Trust Architecture as hybrid workplaces and learning environments become the new norm.  To learn more about their findings, VMblog spoke with Teradici's distinguished technologist, Ian Main.

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26 Top Rated Vehicle projects for all you Revheads

Check out these sleek, fast, and original 3D vehicles that will be sure to make your heart jump a beat... or at least be inspired to build your own vehicle for your next digital project.

Learning

Real-time 3D Development Platform and Workflows: The Free Unity Student Plan

Access the real-time 3D development platform and workflows that professionals use to create immersive experiences across industries. Free for students.

Inspiration

Create a Character Turntable for Your 3D Portfolio to Impress Recruiters

3D Artist and Animator Marten Zander is guiding us through the process of creating his graduation project called "Tricky Turntable". From the initial idea over animation to the final rendering with Google and Blender, he covers the most important steps to complete the project.

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Using Unreal Engine 5 to Design and Create a 3D Environment

In this article, Think Tank Training Centre student Shakhzaman Kasteyev, describes how he created this stunning Rookie Awards entry using Unreal Engine 5.

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3D Environment Creation: Steampunk Videogame Level

Álvaro Garcia gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his final Master's Degree project: A Victorian Steampunk style Video Game level in Unreal Engine.

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15 Career Opportunities for Junior Digital Artists are up for grabs

Starting a career in creative industries is not easy. This is why The Rookies has pulled together 15 incredible opportunities designed to help you get the break that you deserve.

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Insider's Guide - ESMA

Whether you’re already at school, looking to find a new school or even considering moving overseas to study, nothing beats hearing from the students themselves! We speak to Lucas Ferrer about the ins and outs of studying at ESMA which has campuses in Montpellier, Toulouse, Lyon, Nantes and Montreal.

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Top Studios and Industry Experts join forces to create first Certification for Digital Artists

We are proud to announce the launch of Certified Digital Artist, the industry’s first certification for digital artists in animation, visual effects and games, grounded in its competency framework for entry-level positions for production environments.

Learning

Beginner's Guide to Character Creation Using Blender

Paulina Perez's focus is on 3D Modelling, with a passion for stylised characters and environments optimised for video games. In this article she shares her Beginner's Guide to using Blender to create your very own stylised 3D character.

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Ping Pong Girl: Creating a 3D stylized character with Zbrush, Substance Painter and Maya

Carlos Sanz is a 3D character artist who studied animation at U-tad and character creation at CICE, now is working on his portfolio to improve as an artist and to be part of the 3D animation industry. In this post we will see the process of creating his latest character.

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Career Advice: Working as 3D Animator and VFX Studio Founder with Mark Pullybank

Head of the 3D Animation Department at CG Spectrum, Mark Pullybank, sits down with us to share his journey and advice to aspiring artists looking for an exciting and challenging career like his own.

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Giving a Studio Ghibli Environment Art a New Look in 3D

Brenda Santos is an aspiring Materials Environment Artist, undertaking her Intermediate year at Think Tank Training Centre. In this article, we take a look at how she gave a Studio Ghibli style environment, a new look in 3D.

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Insider's Guide - Miami University

Whether you’re already at school, looking to find a new school or even considering moving overseas to study, nothing beats hearing from the students themselves! We speak to Payton Kunk about the ins and outs of studying at Miami University's campus in Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A

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Storytelling With 3D Environments: Creating Immersive Scenes

Lightbox Academy student, Laura Suonpera Lozano, shares how she created an immersive scene with 3D, with hopes to inspire you to tell your own story through CG Environment modeling and lighting.

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Have your mind blown by these Rookie Awards 2022 entries

We might be a little bit over-excited, but honestly, the work that is being submitted to Rookie Awards 2022 is truly amazing. Coming from all corners of the globe, these non-professional digital artists are making a big impression with our judging panel and members alike.