Time and time again, blogs in the CG community post a collection of free CG software to show what’s available on the freeware and opensource front. Unfortunately, the positive descriptions and legitimate-looking screenshots can lead people into believing that the workflow in the free CG world is identical or even better than that of payware [...]
Every day, while we check our e-mail, a lot of innocent souls are born… Every day, while we check our e-mail, a lot of very young children, too young, start working for food… Every day, while we check our e-mail, a lot of people starve to death and every day, at the same time, a [...]
Another month of thrilling photoshop contests has ended! We’ve collected the 50 highest scoring entries in the Pxleyes photoshop contests that were active during the month January 2010… This list is ranked by the final scores of the entries. The most spectacular pictures were submitted in the photo restoration, ship wheel, cactus, coconuts and candy [...]
If you are new to 3D computer graphics, you’ve come to the right place to get started. Maybe you know how to use 2D editing programs, such as Photoshop or GIMP, but you want to get closer to the real world. 3DS Max from Autodesk is the perfect software to get you started with that. [...]
From the East to the West, from North to the South, our planet is beautiful and surprising. Some of us get the opportunity of traveling more in a lifetime, of exploring and of enriching our visual memory; for the ones who don’t have this chance, we bring the world to you. Well, part of it, [...]
A lot of perennial attention is given to the use and evangelism of CSS frameworks. By “CSS framework,” we don’t mean Blueprint or 960, but rather SASS, xCSS, and Less. These are also referred to as CSS “metaframeworks,” but the distinction between them and Blueprint lies in the distinction between form and function. Frameworks like [...]
Nature as a whole is a wonder and a source of endless beauty. We sometimes don’t even realize what it is that makes it so spectacular. This post includes 50 outstanding images of majestic mountains and canyons which are not to be seen as a whole – each photography has to be examined, even if [...]
Space has been a total mystery for ages. Man used to look at the sky and imagine gods and wonder what sort of miracles stand behind those clouds, out in the blue.
Not very long ago in history, humans managed to make spectacular breakthroughs, land on the Moon and explore the outer space like no time [...]
Below are the 50 highest scoring entries in the Pxleyes photography contests during the month December (2009)… Congratulations to all the winners!
Fantasy environments are perhaps the most challenging of all types of CG environments. Traditional fantasy works combine realistic settings with surrealistic touches. Unlike sci-fi, where the primary driver is technological progress, fantasy focuses on the romantic side of existence, bending and shaping ancient objects into new forms or adding a hint of the unbelievable to [...]
