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O2 Commercial, Realise Studio (UK).
Hot sun on a cold horizon, flowers move on the screen while an army of ants, seen at the microscope, carry bubbles of blue gas.

This book is a tutorial to the free, open source Blender 3D graphics modeling and rendering software.
Link: Blender 3D: Noob to Pro - Wikibooks

CGTalk offers an interactive session with questions and answers on its forum with Victor Navone, Animator at Pixar Animation Studios.
Link: CGTalk - Meet the Artist: Victor Navone

A new complex that will house most of “Star Wars” creator George Lucas’ empire could be the entertainment industry’s most sophisticated digital arts and entertainment center - complete with a stone fountain of Jedi master Yoda at the front door.
‘Star Wars’ creator opens new headquarters

Animated News says:
The Independent Animation Channel will be going live on July 4, 2005. The site, which claims to be “the only animation channel that runs just like a real TV station, via the internet, will be streaming video 24 hours, 7 days a week”. Taking only original content to which the creators keep all [...]

If you like CG Explorer please link it on your Website, blog, forum or portal using the following codes:
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CG Explorer 2D 3D Computer Graphics, Animation and Visual Effects
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Please download and use this graphic banner, DO NOT link it from this server but save it on your computer and then upload it to your [...]

Webcomics entertain millions of people every day. But it is not widely recognized that they are also a medium of personal expression and experimental art. The easy access and wide distribution of the web has inspired an explosion of creativity, and digital art has opened the door to previously-impossible innovations in form. Indeed, we are [...]

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“Acrylic” is the codename for an innovative illustration, painting and graphics tool that provides exciting creative capabilities for designers working in print, web, video, and interactive media.
Microsoft Acrylic reviews:

The 3rd Dimension

muhHair - A new hair shader for XSI 4.0.
diffusion - A very versatile sub surface scattering shader.
deriver - A simple passthrough shader to enable anisotropic effects on polygon objects.
mix_8vectors - A simple and quick vector mixer node that allows to easily blend bump mapping vectors together.
diffraction - The diffraction shader is a refraction replacement for [...]