Monday, January 25, 2010

3D Inspiration: 20 Impressive 3D Graffiti Artworks

Growing up in the hip hop / club scene has given me an appreciation for graffiti art. Check these 3D graffiti pieces. I plan on doing some 3D Photoshop models of 3D graffiti.

Photoshop 3D Effect Tutorial: Credit Card

Great Photoshop tutorial on creating a realistic credit card. This will come in handy for creating a 3D image texture for my 3D Credit Card Model.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Real 3D Photoshop Tutorial: 3D Light Beams

Very, very cool technique by Corey Barker, Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com. Using the New Volume From Layers command you create 3D visible light beams.

Doing volumetric light beams in 3D can really be time consuming. This is a great real time solution.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Illustrator Tutorial: Texture Techniques

Although this tutorial is primarily Illustrator based, it brings up some good techniques which can be converted into repeating texture patterns for 3D texturing.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Strata 3D Tutorials: Mr Christopher's 3D Blog

Chris is a veteran 3D artist with amazing skills for producing Photoreal 3D images. You'll find many tutorials for Strata 3D software on this blog.

Monday, January 11, 2010

A Basic Guide To Photoshop's 3D Tools

Here's a great overview of Photoshop's 3D tools on PSDTUTS.