Okta-studio: “Only time and budget are limits in 3D”
It is the second floor of a building in the industrial part of Vilnius in Lithuania. There is a bunch of people staring at the computers all day long. In the conference room a dozen of 3D glasses lays...
View ArticleThe Future Is Now: CGTrader Received Funding
All the poets like to highlight that having a dream is the first step towards it. So as some of you may have already read or heard, we are very excited to announce that we have just made the second big...
View ArticleGrab An Inspiration: 30 Most Photorealistic 3D Renderings
Some people like to highlight that all the glorious art has already been created. Those who say so perhaps forget to count in the endless possibilities of 3D design. Today movies can be filmed in a...
View Article‘Green Spring’: The Crusade For VFX
St. Patrick’s day and calendar spring have nothing to do with the green virus spreading on the internet. Facebook and Twitter icons, hashtags, blog posts and discussions on this topic, shots from...
View ArticleOur Round 10’000!
It has been a few weeks already since we hung a huge poster on the wall in the office. Just for the numbers. Almost consequently we started following a fast-growing number of uploaded 3D models on...
View ArticleBest 3D Models of February
The whole February new uploads from old and new members of our design community were flowing like a stirring stream in early spring. Two days ago we just hit a pulsing boundary of 10’000 models....
View ArticleWomen As Inspiration for 3D Art
“Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.” Joseph Conrad Firstly, I would like to point out that this blog post is balanced for women. Okay, okay....
View Article731 Days of Dream Catching
This morning has started with a cup of coffee and a huge piece of sweet cake in the office. Smells like a birthday. And it definitely is. Today CGTrader has a two year birthday anniversary. It means...
View ArticleA Good Look at The Real World by Marek Denko
Marek Denko is a 3D designer who attracted the whole computer graphics community with his artwork. The artist had no training in the field of 3D design. But he was always learning from his own mistakes...
View ArticleResults Are In: Winners of 3D Model Competition
For a few days already we have been receiving emails from you. The question was: “Sooo, who are the winners of a competition?”. We told to wait a bit. And we were answered that there are some of you,...
View ArticleStories Behind The Image by Tomas Kral
“Mostly I care about the story or thought that I put into the image to make it come to life” Tomas Kral Tomas Kral was still at school, when he realised that drawing is something he is really good at....
View ArticleCGTrader Goes eBay
There are several ways to go about implementing a vision. We have ours. For the last 4 months we had a single goal. It got us so addicted to what we do that it made our office our second home. It...
View ArticleSteampunk in 3D design: Travel Back “20’000 Leagues Under The Sea”
Whaaaat..? What is that ‘steampunk’? Definitely, most of you have had some dreams and fantasies in the childhood, where you were time travelling dressed as an astronaut with a steam-powered jet-set and...
View ArticleGnomon School: The Fast Track To VFX Industry
The development of 3D technology sees no boundaries. Nowadays the amount of 3D effects in movies easily breaks the limits of fantasy. The last animation “The Croods” made by “DreamWorks” required 80...
View ArticleBest 3D Models of March
Finally, the sky turned blue. And we keep moving forward. New Year-made promises are step by step being fulfilled within our team. The long-awaited new CGTrader’s system has been launched in the...
View ArticleAugmented Reality: Enhancing Our Perception
The colonisation of virtual world has already gained momentum. A variety of people these days move into their remote and small chambers of social networks and dive into the ocean of information with no...
View ArticleWhen Reality Fades Away: Surrealism Invades 3D Art
Watches. Heat. Melting. Awry forms. Devastated settings. Torsos of the dreams. It coalesces. Then it detaches. Surreal visual art reminds us of something. Actually, it awakens the most latent parts of...
View ArticleUsing Words To Sell 3D Models
Imagine that 3D model marketplace is like a huge supermarket with hundreds of showcases… I doubt if you would be attracted to buy any goods that are scattered all around. Let’s say you have walked...
View ArticleMake It Real: 3D Printing Competition
3D printing is not a fiction anymore. It’s everywhere now. 3D printed edible food is a reality: pasta is being served in Google office already. Some people have changed melted plastic into cookie...
View ArticleBest 3D Models of April
The past month was full of new experiences and challenges for all of us. While April was shocking with cardinal temperatural changes, popularity of “make offer” feature at CGTrader‘s marketplace has...
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