Because of the careful display of the face and expression of the subject, the portrait is the most well-known character study, and a recurring theme across human art from every culture.  Portraits engage, mystify, and continually draw viewers into the world of the subject, or central character.  Used by artists in paintings, sculptures, and photographs, […]

Artists pull their inspiration from everywhere. Ideas that pop up during the day — a strangely-clad stranger, a vibrantly colored plant, or a faint smell that calls up distant memories instantly — often turn into artwork later on, especially if the artist makes sure to write down (or sketch out) the idea.  If it’s a […]

Even if Retrofuturism seems like a new term to you, you’ve definitely encountered it before. Technically, the Retrofuturist aesthetic has been around as long as people have made artwork that anticipates the future, but retrofuturism didn’t gain wide traction until the middle of the 20th century. It may sound confusing, but it makes some sense […]

Are you trying to get the Thunderball rolling on a new 3D spy scene? Tired of making renders that are For Your Eyes Only? Do you ever feel like your spy World Is Not Enough, or that you want to make renders that will knock The Living Daylights out of other spy scenes with a […]

Whether because of dragons, wizards, epic battle scenes or the idea of magic, Fantasy art has a rare power to capture human attention.     The Fantasy genre has a solid historical background — Roman and Greek myth, Asian dragon/magical imagery and European Renaissance art all contain ingredients that were combined to make modern-day Fantasy. […]