iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

A well-defined art style, whether realistic, stylized, or pixel-based, guides asset complexity, rendering performance, and development timelines. Shaping the Games Look & Feel Concept art acts as the visual blueprint for the games characters, environments, and props. Style guides to maintain artistic consistency.

Concepts 52

Concepts Art Texture Asset 52

CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Head of VFX Daniel Hourigan ( Aquaman , The Hunger Games: Mockingjay , Terminator: Dark Fate ) takes us through how he built his KitBash3D Mission to Minerva settlement in Houdini, detailing key steps from his recent informative livestreams, including a great workaround for creating a fast rendering volumetric glow.

Terrain 98

Terrain Animation Animation Render 98

CG Spectrum

JANUARY 26, 2023

3D lighting involves simulating the behavior of light in a real-world or fantasy situation, including shadows, reflections, highlights, and color, using specialized lighting software and rendering tools. Lighting helps integrate various 3D elements (effects, props, characters, etc.) The final 3D render of CG knives and glass.

Film 98

Film Render Animation Animation 98

CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

3D modelers apply many processes to improve the look and usability of their assets when creating the characters, props, and sets that feature in your favorite video games and films. Not only does LOD support faster rendering, it does so in a way that doesn't negatively impact the visual quality of an asset. What is 3D modeling?

Software 97

Software Polygon Baking Texture Mapping 97

Logic Simplified

MAY 7, 2024

Rigging was then done for connecting mesh to bones and creating a skeletal frame. The same animation can also be modified, by adding props or new images during or after the animation is done. At the very base of the skeleton is the root node, and all bones are parented to it, ultimately. Notice the hair of the character.

Animation 111

Animation Animation Mesh Software 111

The Knights of Unity

JULY 21, 2020

Players are able to create their own tracks using road parts, obstacles and props. We tried to solve this issue with Unity’s Line Renderer, but that tool doesn’t allow to do it properly. Adjusting mesh, rig and skinning needed a couple of iterations. Majority of props work on the same principles as the rest of assets.

Art 52

Art Prop Mesh Racing 52

CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

.” - Bryan Bentley, 3D Modeller (Rango, The Golden Compass, The Incredible Hulk) 3D modelers are world builders who help flesh out scenes in a film or game, digitally sculpting the environments, props, and characters of a production. Produces high-quality organic and hard surface CG models (photo-real, stylized, low-poly, high-poly, etc.)

Film 52

Film Animation Animation Concepts 52