3D Modeling (171 Tutorials)

Boris Continuum Spinning 3D Snowflake #TBT
November 28, 2014
Class up your holiday graphics with a gorgeous 3D Spinning snowflake with glints of light reflecting off of it. Here’s a fairly popular tutorial from about 5 years ago that is just as relevant today. Although all the software used has been updated, the formula is the same.

Toggle Sub-Division Surface in CINEMA 4D
November 25, 2014
Happy Tutorial Tuesday once again. I’m Called Andy has a tutorial explaining how to toggle the Sub-Division Surface generator (hypernurbs) in CINEMA 4D. Note: This toggle technique will work between any parent generator.

CinemaPlugins DEM Earth Overview Tutorial #gettingstarted
November 20, 2014
DEM Earth allows users to easily generate dynamic Digital Elevation Models and geo-reference them in real-time to your world imagery. CinemaPlugins has released a new point update to this week that adds improves and adds new features and fixes a few issues. All owners of v2 are advised to update.
What’s New in AutoDesSys FormZ 8 Pro #gettingstarted
September 30, 2014
This video demonstrates the exciting new features of form•Z 8 Pro!
13 Cinema 4D Presentations From Siggraph 2014
September 23, 2014
If you weren’t able to make it out to SIGGRAPH 2014 this year well, you missed some good stuff. But never fear, Greyscalegorilla filmed their demonstrations and they are available to watch here!
Autodesk Maya Soccer ball and Basketball Modeling
September 9, 2014
Here’s a few tutorials on creating different sports balls in Maya.
News: See What’s New in MAXON CINEMA 4D R16
August 7, 2014
Cinema 4D Release 16 places a greater emphasis than ever before on visual effects and realism, with key features like Motion Tracking and multi-layered reflections. Here’s a wonderful collection of tutorials for all the great new features.
It’s Paper from Pingo van der Brinkloev with a Bonus Tutorial
June 24, 2014
Here’s some Midweek Motivation for you. Pingo creates amazing folded paper animation in CINEMA 4D.
Model A Microphone with A Wire Mesh Texture in Cinema 4D
June 3, 2014
In this Greyscalegorilla tutorial by Chris Schmidt, he will show you how to uses dynamics, modeling, and texturing to create a 3D microphone in Maxon Cinema 4D.
Import 3D OBJ Models into After Effects in 3 Steps
May 6, 2014
Alex over at Zaxwerks hosted a recent tutorial thats getting a lot of attention. In it he uses ProAnimator to move 3D OBJ models into Adobe After Effects in a few simple steps!

Stylish 3D Wooden Text Structure with CINEMA 4D
February 11, 2014
Our Tutorial Tuesday Extravaganza continues with a tutorial from Rory at Rate My Funeral, which is a stack of wooden numbers created for Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40.
Tutorial/Inspirations: Cutting Object into Fragments in CINEMA 4D
January 28, 2014
How about a little bit of CINEMA 4D on this Tutorial Tuesday? Philipp Pavlov explains some of the techniques he used in his vfx reel introduction, which is also really inspiring work!

Create a 3D Sci-Fi Panel in Adobe After Effects
January 13, 2014
Follow along as Tudor “Ted” Jelescu shows you how to use Adobe After Effects to create an out-of-this-world 3D Sci-Fi Panel!

Dynamic Worms in Maya
January 7, 2014
This is the last one for this tutorial Tuesday. Simulate a bunch of worms in Autodesk Maya from noorvfx.com.
FreeForm Pro – The Ultimate Guide by Chris Lavelle
December 24, 2013
Follow along with Chris Lavelle as he shows you the “In’s & Out’s” of Mette FreeForm Pro!