Book characters are not always what they look like. We have got used to the pretty and amusing images from the children’s books, but they can look a little bit different. Traditionally they are depicted in a cute and lovely way with some memorable and bright details. Being so popular, they awake the interest of a number of artists and inspire them for creating some amazing twists and brilliant variations. Some of the artists’ versions are turned out to be so good, that become even more successful that their well-known prototypes. Alice in Wonderland, for example, is a vast ground for imagination of CG artists and each mature artist tries to depict the famous characters from this book in his special and appealing way. Not all attempts are worth your attention, but some of them are undoubtedly striking. Twisted Alice has become a popular theme among the fans of this novel and creating such kind of images is considered to be a common practice.
This post brings the most interesting of such art pieces in the focus of your attention and I hope that this collection will be completed with your works in the recent time. Well, let’s start and browse variations on the “Twisted Alice” theme .
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Title: Alice Beyond Wonderland
Author: engelnicht
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Title: Bigger or Smaller
Author: Bakanekonei
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“Alice in Wonderland” is not just the common book for children, it is a novel with the inner sense that makes it interesting both for children and grown-ups. We dive in this Wonderland from the first page and admire the spectacular way the author plays with the logic and reality. Lewis Carroll creates in his book the mystic world hat is full of unusual creatures and unreal phenomena, but still it resembles the real one. Being a master of narration, this author catches our attention with the fascinating story about the adventures of the little girl. All the characters of this book are undoubtedly memorable and we come round to them over and over again. This time we have decided to continue the previous post dedicated to this captivating book and you are welcome to browse the wonderful CG illustrations of Alice and her friends.
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Title: Red Queen
Author: michaelkutsche
Software: Corel Painter X
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Title: Caterpillar
Author: michaelkutsche
Software:
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I’m sure that you know pretty much about 3D tools and you have seen a number of stunning 3D models, but today I will try to amaze you with some mind-bending 3D items. 3D models, of course when they are professionally done, feature the impressive visual clarity, highly realistic shapes and detailed execution. When the object is rendered in 3D style it is impossible to mix it up with anything else due the special depth of the image, precise rendering and excellent accents. Some truly stunning 3D men models are presented in the following post with the links to the authors’ portfolios where you can find more 3D stuff. They come in various forms and shapes and all are worthy of investigation. You can also notice that some of these 3D men models are created with the special attention to all the details and all of them are really cool.
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Title: Hillbilly
Author: balazs kiss
Software: Mudbox, Photoshop, Renderman, XSI
Portfolio here
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Title: Male Bust
Author: James Busby
Software: Lightwave 3D, Photoshop, ZBrush
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Today’s post is dedicated to the largest comic book and popular arts convention Comic-Con International that has started today in San Diego.
Most of the comic book heroes become the stars of the big screen after a while. A large number of them have hit the film production and got the huge popularity as the super characters of all times. This migration from the comic books to the box-office hits has become a regular thing and it speaks for their huge potential in the film making sphere. Not only super heroes become heavy hitters, villains from the same books also appear in the movies and video games. Their anti-hero features act as a powerful force in the cinematic reality, because in such a way they are considered as antipode to superheroes. Actually, without villains it would be impossible to present the huge power of heroes and their goodness in all its wideness. Good guys are good when there are evil geniuses somewhere near them waiting to be fought with.
So, you are welcome to browse this list of the top 25 comic book heroes and villains of all times.
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Title: Wonder Woman
Author: Kleber Darcio
Software: 3ds max, BodyPaint, mental ray, Photoshop, ZBrush
Portfolio here
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Title: Catwoman
Author: Marc Tan
3ds max, mental ray, Photoshop, ZBrush
Portfolio here
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Wish to learn how to skillfully create awesome three-dimensional environment, might you check out our today’s assemble that will provide you with 3D tutorials for various 3D programs like V-Ray, 3D Studio Max, Mudbox, Photoshop, Cinema4d, Rhino, and others. In this collection you will come upon 35 useful and informative lessons – a very quick to guide you through tips and tricks on crafting realistic-looking and gorgeous 3D outputs. Most importantly, these 3D tutorials might serve web enthusiasts as a great source of essential knowledge at creating unique 3D effects. So please, go ahead and find some interesting design solutions for your miscellaneous 3D questions.
by Dario Lanza
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by Marco A. Delgado
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This time we are going to list down a series of 33 excellent Photoshop tutorials for brilliant 3D outputs and some cool mind blowing 3D effects. Considering that Photoshop might not be the best software to design 3D elements, since it isn’t a 3D application, all tutorials are executed really well to allow web-masters design the 3D shapes realistically. Make sure, this training stuff will enable you to create the right depth of fields and thickness to the images and objects rendered in 3D style. Now, let’s get down to the Photoshop 3D lessons we’ve come across and compiled for you:
by Xeron3D
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by Vinod Shantaram
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Today you’ll encounter the list of helpful tutorials produced or visualized using LightWave 3D which is a complete modeling, rendering, and animation system. This range of training resources utilizes an easy to follow formats that bring a high degree of visual clarity to even the most complex renderings. LightWave tutorials step by step explain the process involved in 3D graphic creating, in highly detailed and easy to learn manner. So, you won’t have to spend hours searching the web yourself for the LightWave 3D lessons, these tutorials provide that essential learning base to improve your 3D skills in LightWave. Right now, please welcome extremely comprehensive LightWave tutorials form around the net.
by Rodny Mella
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by Kenji Gozum
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Would you like to get comprehensive tools for an awesome 3D production? If so, we are ready to help you with high-end 3D graphics and modeling, compiling the range of indispensable Maya 3D training tutorials. Maya is a highly extensible production platform which has great strength in providing lighting settings and texturing, rendering and compositing to help make the objects look more realistic. Playing an important role in the 3D visualization and animation industry, it is widely used for animation production, special effects, and the video game industry. This application, in fact, is always one to be considered for it is a top choice for many designers. Today you are able to learn the fundamentals of Maya and broaden your perspective of what it can be used for. Go ahead, pick up Maya 3D tutorials to design your awesome 3D graphics.
by Christopher Adajar
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by Zhang Yang
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Landscape painting captures the magical beauty of the nature and the moments when this beauty is at its ripest. It gives the depth view of the wonderful sceneries and reveals their magic. The masterpieces appear when the creator feels the mood of the place and pictures it in the saturated colors, sharpened details and subtle shades. The essential part in this process of creating the landscape art is the artistic interpretation of the nature and other objects that creator depicts in his works. Only the mature artists can uncover the beauty of the natural environments in all their diversity. In such a way they teach us how to disclose the secrets of nature and appreciate its wonders. The nature is full of miracles and it never stops surprising us. Every time we look at the examples of landscape art, we find something wonderful and it is its main secret.
This collection of landscape art is interpenetrated with the special beauty of the nature. Let’s enjoy them!
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Title: Hathaway
Author: Dom1
Software: Vue
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Title: Autumn Gateway
Author: Martin Hedenstroem
Software: Carrara, Photoshop
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ZBrush is a sophisticated digital sculpting and painting program that leaves technical hurdles and steep learning curves behind. This program, in fact, is different from other 3D and painting programs. ZBrush is something of a hybrid between 2D painting and 3D modeling software with good rendering capacities, and once you figure it out, you can use it to create 3D images fairly easily.
Now let us have a detailed look to the basic functions of ZBrush that are teaching you how to use ZBrush to creatively design, sculpt, model, and texture in 3D. In this post, we’ll showcase 25 astounding ZBrush tutorials from the greatest ZBrush users around. If you are new to ZBrush, this set of tutorials will especially come in handy to give you a strong foundation to use in more advanced lifelike and vivid ZBrush renders.
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by Antonio Juricic
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by Khalid Abdulla Al-Muharragi
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