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Christopher Adajar is the winner of the recent CGArena competition themed “Accident” in which he modeled an unfortunate biker crashing his Kawasaki at high-speed in what could only result in a wicked case of road rash.  He writes up his project for CGArena:

Maya 2008 was the primary software used for building the entire scene, Photoshop for painting textures, ZBrush for sculpting and After Effects for compositing. Since it is a common subject I did not have hard time finding good reference for modeling the motorcycle. Initially I started building curves to draw the initial base of my mesh then I used brail tools to patch up the meshes.

via Making of the Rider by Christopher Adajar.

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The latest issue of the CGArena magazine, for June/July 2009, is now online.  You can browse it tiny-like at their site, or download it.  Topics include:

• An interview with Fracisco A. Cortina
• Photoshop: Portrait of Nathan
• XSI: Making of Aramaki, Section 9
• 3ds Max: Making of Portrait of Martha
• Painter: Making of Naval Officer
• Gallery – Showcase of latest 3D inspiring art

As usual, a great collection of articles & fantastic artwork.

CGArena: Animation Magazine June – July 09 Issue.

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CGArena’s April/May `09 issue is now available for download, covering the following topics:

Apr – May 09 Issue Articles

• Interview with Heiko Wenczel & John Wyland
• Photoshop: Making of Journey Across the Desert
• ZBrush: Making of Meet You
• 3ds Max: Making of Hakara
• Gallery – Showcase of latest 3D inspiring art

via CGArena: Animation Magazine Apr – May 09 Issue.

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