Interviews

You know how announcers on classic radio stations talk for a couple of minutes before playing that piece by Vivaldi, or how you get those booklets every time you go to the Opera? (You guys do go to the Opera, right?) These things are there because a great work of art deserves a story. Our Digital Design Awards brought the art and now we bring you the stories! As the winner of the Sci-Fi category...

Have you ever felt bored before starting a new project? Uninspired? Unmotivated? Idealess? Well, we might just help you out! See, we’ve talked to the winners of our CGTrader Awards 2017 and asked them to tell us their sources of inspiration. As the answers kept coming in, we realized we had a treasure chest of inspiring, interesting and just down right beautiful advice! We wanted to share these nuggets with you and hope you get...

At CGTrader we truly believe that feedback sharing and openess of our community are the things in moving it forward, helping to improve and become more successful. Therefore, we are extremely happy when experienced designers find time to share their insights with fellow community members. this time under the spotlight of CGTrader is 3D Horse, formerly known as Gandoza, who openly shares his strategies, tactics and ideas on making the most out of your 3D...

In times of hectic schedules and tight deadlines, render farms offer quick and efficient solutions both for freelancers and studios hard pressed for time and computing power. While as of today there are a multitude of providers of online rendering services for clients to choose from, RebusFarm managed to stand its grounds. Their innovative software solutions of online rendering have integrated seamlessly into the workflow of digital artists worldwide, streamlining a once cumbersome process into...

A couple of weeks ago we posted an interview on our blog that was focused on the members of CGTrader community, who have been registered users for quite some time already. Now we believe is time to hear some new voices! We want to introduce you two game assets creators beffio and Polybox, both of whom are relatively new to CGTrader community. CGTrader has interviewed them to hear their stories, learn more about their work,...

We talked with three members of CGTrader community that have been our members for quite some time now. 3DRTcom is a designer who specializes in cool low-poly 3D models for video games and other real-time applications, DesignConnected focuses on high-quality photo-realistic 3D models for interior design visualizations, while NoneCG creates amazing content for movies, advertising and video production. Take a look at what they had to say to learn their stories and experiences with CGTrader,...

There are 20 different categories of 3D models varying from food and interior to military and science on CGTrader. However, there are many 3D modeling related tools and things making 3D designer life easier that we simply cannot ignore those on our marketplace. We are happy to inform you that category Textures has been added to the growing list. Now you can browse through a library of beautifully-made materials and find the best suited, ready-to-use...

Catherine Vigil, a 19 year old girl from the biggest city in the state of New Mexico in the US, at this time, probably is ±2220 miles away from her home. And the reason for this is simple – Catherine is studying Biology and Systems Theory at Harvard University. Despite intense studies, she found time to write an essay worth the 1st place in CGTrader’s Annual Essay Competition. Catherine Vigil, 1st place winner It is...

Could you, please, briefly introduce yourself. My name’s Nicole, I’m a CG character animator with a background in music. I just finished working on Raising a Rukus, a VR film at The Third Floor, that was released March 27. I've also animated at Penrose VR, Nickelodeon, and did both Disney and Pixar’s summer animation internships while I was a student at Academy of Art University. In my spare time I’ve been working on my own...

“This island is revered by the tribes living on adjacent islands as a place where the heaven meets the earth - a forbidden ground. Some tribesmen are banished here for their crimes, some go here voluntarily to mine precious minerals and harvest rare plants. All must fight for their lives though as the island is populated by the dragons of the old times...” These are the lines you read in the description of a new...