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  • Virtual vinyl

    The vinyl toy is now a truly iconic form of design, but it can be difficult and expensive to create a one-off original. Chris Weston shows you how to make a life-like design using Cinema 4D.

  • Perfect faces

    A new breed of 3D artist is taking digital portraiture beyond the real in search of a different kind of perfection. In this special showcase, Olivier Ponsonnet reveals the creative decisions that underpin his work.

  • Harmonic motion

    Keyframing oscillating objects, such as a swinging pendulum or a bobbing buoy, can be a laborious task, but as demonstrates, a brief and flexible script can create natural movement in one clean sweep.

  • Anatomical perfection

    3D World demonstrates how getting under the skin of an animal will help you to better express form and posture, and enable you to realise more accurate renders.

  • Improving on reality

    Cover artist Benedict Campbell explains how photographic principles lend conviction to his futuristic image.

  • Future horizons

    Photoshop is excellent at creating lovely verdant vistas, but as shows, its modelling and texture tools can also be put to use on projects that require a more constructed look, such as a futuristic sci-fi city.

  • Type: all sewn up

    Use to create a bespoke modular typeface and then transform it into handmade 3D letterforms...

  • Three-dimensional type

    Create this stunning composition by adding depth to your two-dimensional typography using Cinema 4D.

  • Gimme some skin!

    To skin a character so that its mesh deforms correctly when its skeleton moves is one of the least-documented aspects of 3D. In this beginner's guide, we set out three of the basic techniques used to do so.
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