Sculpting & Texturing the Armor of a Somber Character with Scars

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3D Take on Wolverine with a Toon Shader Made with Blender

3D artist Tian Jin created a comic book-style recreation of Marvel's Wolverine using a toon shader in Blender, collaborating with Vincent Ménier on the sculpt. The piece features distinct outlines and graphic contrast inspired by superhero comics. A process video is available showing how the effect was achieved. Additional toon shader resources for Blender, Godot, and Houdini are also linked.

Gorgeous Character Animation With Scaled Armor Suit

Clément Doranlo has shared a new preview of his upcoming short film Riverskin, featuring a character in a unique scaled armor called ChromaSuit One performing an aerial dance. The animation was fully modeled, rigged, and animated in Maya, with additional work in Procreate and After Effects, and is accompanied by vocals from Marion Bulot. Behind-the-scenes steps from the creation process are also shared, along with links to free Maya tools for animators.

Navigate Black-and-White World & Solve Puzzles with Sound Only

Coloratura is an upcoming narrative puzzle game from Nakama Game Studio where players navigate a black-and-white world using 3D audio as their only guide. Players take on the role of Alex, a musician who has lost her sight, using radar and memory systems to perceive the environment. The team worked with blind players during playtesting to refine spatial audio and movement. The game is coming to PC and PS5, with a demo available on Steam now.

Creating a Beautiful Tree Creature with a Gentle Appearance

3D artist Michelle Papadopoulos shares her creation process for the Livanthian, a tree-like quadruped creature from her decade-old world-building project. She covers the full pipeline: blocking and sculpting in Blender using clay strips and mask-inflate techniques for gnarled wood and moss, retopology with the Bsurfaces add-on, baking and hand-painted texturing in Substance 3D Painter for bark and leaves, rigging with Rigify, and final rendering in Marmoset Toolbag with a 3-point lighting setup. She also shares advice for beginners to focus on art fundamentals like composition, lighting, and color theory.

Testing Facial Expressions For Stylized 3D Characters

Florence Simon and a team of MoPA students share facial rig tests for two stylized characters, Noah and Jade, from their graduation short film Sans Contact. The rigs feature expressive blendshapes, with Jade's rig built by transferring and refining Noah's base blendshapes and skinning to match her unique facial features. The post also highlights related facial rig work from other artists and mentions Animo, a free animation toolkit for Maya.

Game Developer on Reviving the MOBA Game Heroes of Newerth: Reborn

Nick 'BreakyCPK' Caras, Director of Communications at Kongor Studios, discusses the revival of Heroes of Newerth as HoN Reborn. The team rebuilt the game with improved visuals, audio, and networking while preserving its competitive identity. Key challenges included modernizing game economy and role balance without alienating the hardcore playerbase. Community feedback during alpha and beta phases drove significant design changes, including adjustments to gold economy and the rewards system. Plans include ranked seasons and a $100K tournament to rebuild the competitive esports ecosystem.