Inspiration

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Get inspired by hearing from other Rookies, our alumni success stories, industry experts. Throw in a bunch of visual goodies to get the creative juices flowing and you are in the right place.

Realistic Vehicle Modeling and Texturing Using Unreal Engine 5

Romain Maistre-Bazin is a Vehicle Artist for Ubisoft Ivory Tower in Lyon, France. In this article he will show you his process of creating a realistic vehicle using Maya, Substance Painter and Unreal Engine 5.

News

Product Review: XP-PEN Artist 22 (2nd Generation) Pen Display Monitor

With so many options available, choosing a Graphics Tablet and Display is not easy. To help make things easier, we reached out to XP-Pen to review one of their most popular displays - XP-PEN Artist 22 (2nd Generation).

Careers

Career Advice - Working as a Previs Artist with Jiamin Wu

In this article, Jiamin Wu shares her journey and advice to aspiring artists looking for an exciting and challenging career like her own.

Learning

Look Development, Lighting and Compositing of a Photorealistic Still Life Scene

Thomas Eckstein is a Lighting/LookDev Artist at TRIXTER. In this article he shares his tips to creating a photorealistic still life scene fit for your lighting and compositing portfolio.

Careers

Career Advice - Working as a 3D Artist for a Video Game Publisher

Anson Ng Lee Ming, a graduate from 3D Sense Media School is a 3D Artist at Bandai Namco Studios (BNSS) in Singapore. He sits down with us to share his journey and advice to aspiring artists looking for an exciting and challenging career like his own.

Inspiration

How to Achieve Realism in Your 3D Portraits

Raphael Pfyffer, a 3D Modeler and Alumnus of Lucerne School of Art and Design, practices his craft by creating unbelievably realistic 3D characters. In this article Raphael shares with us how he created this digital portrait of Ellen Ripley, character and protagonist of the Alien film series.

Inspiration

Hanging Gardens: Creating a Semi-stylized Environment

Maria Martinez a graphic designer from Spain, explains how she created a Semi-stylized Environment in Substance Painter and Substance Designer

Inspiration

The Power of the Dell Precision 5750 Workstation for Remote Designers

Remote Designer Lauren Smith, used to think that she had to choose between a lightweight, portable laptop and a huge, powerful rendering computer. Turns out, you can have both with Dell Precision 5750 workstation.

Featured Members

Award Winners - Portfolio of the Week

Winners #13: With over 30,000 members using the portfolio tools on The Rookies, there is no shortage of amazing portfolios worth checking out. This week our team has picked another round of amazing portfolios that shows a great range of skills, a creative eye and solid technical skills.

Inspiration

The Environment Design Process: Translating 2D Concept Art to a 3D Render

A recent student at Think Tank Training Centre Online, Jonni Zhang transitioned from Game Design in to Character Design. In this article he shares his character and environment design process when translating 2D concepts into 3D Renders.

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Inspiration

Get inspired by hearing from other Rookies, our alumni success stories, industry experts. Throw in a bunch of visual goodies to get the creative juices flowing and you are in the right place.

Realistic Vehicle Modeling and Texturing Using Unreal Engine 5

Product Review: XP-PEN Artist 22 (2nd Generation) Pen Display Monitor

Career Advice - Working as a Previs Artist with Jiamin Wu

Look Development, Lighting and Compositing of a Photorealistic Still Life Scene

Career Advice - Working as a 3D Artist for a Video Game Publisher

How to Achieve Realism in Your 3D Portraits

Hanging Gardens: Creating a Semi-stylized Environment

The Power of the Dell Precision 5750 Workstation for Remote Designers

Award Winners - Portfolio of the Week

The Environment Design Process: Translating 2D Concept Art to a 3D Render

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