In this episode of CG Talks - the podcast where CG guys talk about CG, we are privileged to chat with Vaughan Ling - 3d artist, the teacher also known as Heavypoly. Vaughan, DJ, Marco, and Michał(aka Andrew) discuss Vaughan’s recent app development endeavor with Heavypaint.

An Interview with Vaughan could not go without mentioning his impressive input to Oscar-winning feature film animation “Into the Spiderverse” and other successful projects.

What open source tools like Godot Engine and Blender mean for his workflow?

Can one take an unorthodox path in UI design and succeed?

Is there life for an artist without undo?

Answers to these questions might just be found in this exciting but also laid-back podcast episode.

If you are into digital painting trying out Heavypaint is a must: https://www.heavypaint.app/

Here you can find and admire the scope of Vaughan’s impressive work: https://www.heavypoly.com/

Check his YT channel for tutorials and chilled Heavypaint livestreams:https://www.youtube.com/user/kakapoopie

some more links to stuff we mentioned:

• Into the Spider-Verse - How Animators Created the Spider-Verse | WIRED
• Love, Death & Robots - Love, Death & Robots
• Blender online class - https://www.heavypoly.com/blender-online-class
• Godot engine - https://godotengine.org/
• Jama Jurabaev - https://www.artstation.com/jama
• Hero – Blender Grease Pencil Showcase - HERO – Blender Grease Pencil Showcase
• Concept art - Concept art
• Pipeline Dreamworks animation - Penguins show us the Pipeline of Dreamworks Animation Studios (CC Español).
• Koenigsegg - Blender Car Project | 3D Model Breakdown - Koenigsegg - Blender Car Project | 3D Model Breakdown
• DreamWorksTV - This is DreamWorksTV!
• Alberto Mielgo - Alberto Mielgo
• Tron - Uprising - TRON- UPRISING Official Trailer | HD - English
• Craig Mullins - http://www.goodbrush.com/
• Peter Chan - http://peterchanconceptart.com/
• Annis Naeem - https://www.annisnaeem.com/designwork
• Gouache - Gouache
• Krita - https://krita.org/en/
• Alchemy open drawing project - http://al.chemy.org/
• Infinite Painter - https://www.infinitestudio.art/discover.php
• Impressionism - Impressionism
• Rebelle painter - https://www.escapemotions.com/products/rebelle/about
• Corel painter - https://www.painterartist.com/en/product/painter/

In the far reaches of the CG animation world, beyond the reach of mainstream pop culture, dwells some pretty incredible and sometimes batshit crazy content. Join us as we descend into the surreal landscapes of out-of-the-box creators, and reexamine our perception of Art and Creativity!

Resource links:

Beeple - https://www.instagram.com/beeple_crap/

Esteban Diacono - https://www.instagram.com/_estebandiacono/

Uncanny valley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

David lynch - https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch

Delirium - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delirium_tremens

Body horror inside out - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_horror

Japanese horror - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_horror

Outsider art - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider_art

Precolumbian art - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_art

Cool 3d world stuff - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNZlJzmjomyl00ewlxHqOA

Peter Jackson early movies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixJ6I2b6Spc&t=2s

Braindead - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braindead_(film)

Fauvism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauvism

Henri Matisse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse

Stan Procopenco - https://www.youtube.com/user/ProkoTV

Marschall Wandruff - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0MdSo4IwuFeAcvsltL43_A

Cyriak - https://www.youtube.com/user/cyriak

Oleg Vdovenko - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQwk8vjlBLizpmGKVbZNLQ

Ubik - https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubik

Michael Gondry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Gondry

Daft Punk ‘Around the world’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JPa3BNi6l4

Kung Fury - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P_LAqiVg

Crowdfunding - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding

Lion King the Remakeboot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi-Q73RSF_c

Beavis and butthead - https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_i_Butt-head

Adult Swim smalls - https://www.adultswim.com/videos/smalls

Tim and Eric Awesome Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYJ1dbyDcrI

In this episode, DJ, Marco and Andrew are discussing happenings which took place around January 2021 around our farm, 3d world, and not only! Take a seat, listen to our latest CG Talks and check the links in the description to find cool CG and art-related stuff.

Resource links:

New Adobe AI features – https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/202...​

AE Color space update – https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects...​

Open vdb steam smoke loops on Gumroad – https://gumroad.com/betweentwopines​

Importing OpenVDB to Blender - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlHDc...​

Turbosquid was acquired by Shutterstock - https://blog.turbosquid.com/2021/01/2...​

Turbosquid - https://www.turbosquid.com/​

Envato elements (3d assets) - https://elements.envato.com/3d​

Interview with Erindale (Erin Woodford) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snHH4...​

Nodevember - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhLVz...​

New Sketchup 2021 – parametric objects – Live Components - https://help.sketchup.com/en/sketchup...​

Andrew price video – How A.I will change the 3D industry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlgLx...​

Turbosquid CheckMate quality standard - https://www.turbosquid.com/CheckMate​

PixelSquid - https://www.pixelsquid.com/png​

AE 3d features - https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/a...​

Tilt Brush going opensource – https://www.tiltbrush.com/​

NVIDIA Holodeck - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-v...​

Second life virtual gallery - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TapCi...​

GAS – gear acquisition syndrome - https://www.slrlounge.com/the-cure-fo...​

Xesktop new servers - https://xesktop.com/features/​

Blender Render Farm Comparisons on BlenderArtists - https://blenderartists.org/t/blender-...​

Arnold 6.2 – Light Mixer Imager - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CNoh...​

Luxcore render – light mixer (light Grup) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsz9y...​

Chaotica - https://www.chaoticafractals.com/​

Artcore Reallusion – mocap library - https://actorcore.reallusion.com/​

Showreel Monica Eggert - https://vimeo.com/502330162​

Everything nodes project in Blender - https://developer.blender.org/T67088​

Blender mograph - https://www.mographmentor.com/industr...​

Blender new asset browser - Alpha state - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAoLx...​

Keymesh addon for Blender - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6CqP...​

Red and blue clay guys animation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=913yg...​

Clay Gumby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf7QZ...​

MTV Celebrity Deathmatch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX7gU...​

Green Jelly – Three Little Pigs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtffv...​

Among us clay modelling - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoqCI...​

Among us clay animation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExlMq...

In this episode, Andrew(aka Michal), Dj, and Marco look at some of the interesting developments of this new year, and what those developments could mean for CG artists, and the industry at large.

Resource links:

Boston dynamics video - Do you love me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw

Jimmy Kimmel - Donald Trump deepfake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKPQHrSnX3I

Trump’s speech deepfake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJJLqXVpVGY

Silicon Graphics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Graphics

HDRI - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range_imaging

Stalin’s edited photos - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_images_in_the_Soviet_Union

deep fake - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepfake

Blender 3.0 in 2021 - http://www.cgchannel.com/2020/03/check-out-the-blender-3-0-and-lts-product-roadmap/

Animcraft - https://www.animcraft.com/

Mixamo - https://www.mixamo.com/#/

Deep motion - https://deepmotion.com/

motion capture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_capture

Actor core - https://actorcore.reallusion.com/

Andrew Price 2021 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQzi-LYW8s

Artbreeder - https://www.artbreeder.com/

Photoshop AI – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ngWpspNLY

30 Vr games coming in 2021 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMRW5Z2GQ6w

Virtual reality real estate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l9qRDMVNRY

Redshift for blender - https://www.blendernation.com/2020/11/20/redshift-plugin-for-blender-released/

Arnold for blender - https://www.blendernation.com/2018/06/29/arnold-render-comes-to-blender/

Renderman for Blender - http://www.cgchannel.com/2020/09/blender-to-get-official-renderman-plugin/

Non-photorealistic rendering - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-photorealistic_rendering

Into the Spiderverse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg52up16eq0

Blender Grease Pencil - https://www.blender.org/features/grease-pencil/

Chaotica - https://www.chaoticafractals.com/art/general

Sculpt January 2021 - https://cgboost.com/sculptjanuary2021/

36 days of type - https://www.36daysoftype.com/

3d working with references - https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/film-games/four-tips-modeling-reference

Fractal - https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktal

Mitch "Mantissa" Sinnave - https://mantissa.xyz/

Fabio Pavelli Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fabiopalvelli/

Kodak 3200 grain - https://mare.photo/en/kodak-tmax-3200/

Houdini - https://www.sidefx.com/

In the latest episode in the 2nd season of CG talks, DJ, Marco, and Michał summarize all events in the CG industry in the past year 2020. Was it an important year for CG? What were its highlights? What is new at GarageFarm.NET and Xesktop.com? Check it yourself listening to the podcast but it looks like the year 2020 earned its round number!

Resources:

Pablo Dobarro - https://www.artstation.com/pablodp606

Blender sculpting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3XtAFUWNuk

Zbrush cloth brush - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyaMwGSsrb8

Ubisoft Mixer Blender add-on - https://github.com/ubisoft/mixer

Quixel mixer - https://quixel.com/mixer

Unreal Engine 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC5KtatMcUw

Facebook + epic vs Apple - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/facebook-takes-the-gloves-off-in-feud-with-apple.html

Blender conference – BCON 20 - https://conference.blender.org/2020/

Troll Bridge project case study - https://garagefarm.net/case-studies/troll-bridge-remote-collaboration-heres-how-they-did-it

Troll Bridge trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63wb2Jhvazw&t=3s

Sayan interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cas3MTOCNYo&t=1315s

Crypto art - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWpOUvFV__w

Beeple Insta - https://www.instagram.com/beeple_crap/

Artbreeder - https://www.artbreeder.com

Deep Motion - https://deepmotion.com

Xesktop - https://xesktop.com

Xesktop service overview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAYMWRQ3_Ys

GarageFarm.NET GPU cloud rendering – https://garagefarm.net/gpu

Cost calculator CPU\CGPU - https://garagefarm.net/cost-calculator

CPU vs Cloud GPU vs GPU servers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FUkaSjQZRI&t=1s

Garagefarm.NET software update: frames preview in Web Manager - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C15XKtdeIQA&t=149s

Garagefarm.NET software update: Auto submit render jobs to cloud render farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCEuNnUdUZA

3ds Max, Maya indie license - https://makeanything.autodesk.com/me-indie-faq-india

Chaos Vantage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq9MEa83rBw&feature=emb_logo

Project Lavina webinar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd7aSS0EkQM

CG Architect – 2020 Architectural Visualization Rendering Engine Survey Results https://www.cgarchitect.com/features/articles/a9976335-2020-architectural-visualization-rendering-engine-survey-results

Lumion - https://lumion.com/product.html

Substance tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLILWDkTQTM8_Xgo5kGTGjBR85feRFHJvS

Luxcore render- https://luxcorerender.org

In this episode, DJ, Andrew and Marco talk about shading - what it means for 3d artists, and a few key considerations to take when working!

Resources:

Shader - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shader

Albedo - https://marmoset.co/posts/physically-based-rendering-and-you-can-too/

Fresnel reflection and refraction - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_equations

Diffuse reflection - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_reflection

Textures and texturing definition - https://www.cgspectrum.com/blog/what-is-3d-texturing

Photorealism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorealism

VrayMtl - https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/VMAX/VRayMtl

Flag in photography - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_(lighting)

Magdalena Dadela - https://www.artstation.com/intervain

Quixel mixer - https://quixel.com/mixer

Quixel smart materials - https://quixel.com/blog/2020/6/22/quixel-mixer-2020-1-2-new-smart-materials-next-gen-texturing

Substance - https://www.substance3d.com/

Ambient occlusion - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_occlusion

Subsurface scattering - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsurface_scattering

3dbee.it - https://3dbee.it/

Barbara Witkowska - https://www.artstation.com/barbarawitkowska

3d bee food scan contest - https://3dbee.it/the-3dtastychallenge-lets-meet-the-winners/

Evermotion shaders - https://evermotion.org/shop/cat/399/materials_and_textures

Andrew Price on creating realistic materials - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3wghbZ-Vh4

Physically-based rendering - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physically_based_rendering

With this crazy year coming to an end, it was a real surprise to see so many mind-blowing releases and updates on the penultimate month of 2020. Tune in to learn about the new and improved versions of your favorite software and plugins, as well as what freebies have popped up. In this episode, DJ, Andrew, and Marco go through some hot developments that took place last November!

Resources:

Erin Woodford Youtube -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGMy...

Nodevember 2020 results video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhLVz...

Nodevember website - https://nodevember.io

Epic Games invested in SideFX - http://www.cgchannel.com/2020/11/epic...

Bafta award for What Remains of Edith Finch game - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-4...

Quixel mixer - https://quixel.com/mixer

Marvelous Designer 10 – autofitting feature - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-4...

Make human open-source human generator - http://www.makehumancommunity.org

Poser - https://www.posersoftware.com

Daz3D - https://www.daz3d.com

SID denoiser for Blender? - https://gumroad.com/l/superimagedenoiser

Blender 2.91 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_co...

Blender 2.91 cloth sculpting features – https://code.blender.org/2020/10/clot...

Blender volume to mesh, mesh to volume - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWqCb...

Facebook is joining Blender Development Fund - https://www.blendernation.com/2020/11...

PIFuHD - https://shunsukesaito.github.io/PIFuHD/

Aeon Flux 90’s - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111873/

Animatrix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94fPV...

Robot Boston Dynamics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkCQ...

C4D GarageFarm.NET strips tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQVqT...

In this episode of CG Talks, Marco, DJ and Michal sit down with Erin Woodford of Erindale fame. Erin is an artist, designer and entrepreneur specializing in creating procedural objects and surfaces in Blender. We learn about his discovery of procedural design and the experience he's had on the journey so far.

Erin also demystifies proceduralism and explains how despite the nuances in this workflow calling for a less intuitive or conventionally artistic mindset, it isn't something reserved for people with coding experience or mathematical thinkers.

If you've been curious but apprehensive about learning proceduralism, this episode is for you. Procedural workflows are certainly key for the future of CG so if you want to jump on the bandwagon, it's about time (and lots of fun anyway)! This might just be the thing that motivates you into participating in next year's Nodevember!

Resources:

Erin Woodford Youtube -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGMyyn2FdEFcDfP1wQRh5lQ

Erin Woodford - https://www.artstation.com/erindale

Prodesktop CAD tool - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro/DESKTOP

Nodevember 2020 results video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhLVzcCl1ug

Nodevember website - https://nodevember.io

CG Matter tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy1f4m64dwCwk8CBZ_vHfPg

Erin's Discord server - discord.gg/qEmdVC3

Gabe interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Kpv8M4MxM&feature=emb_logo

Future Systems architecture - https://www.dezeen.com/tag/future-systems/

Artlantis - https://artlantis.com/en/

Enscape - https://enscape3d.com

Eevee renderer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-9rYUwY47Y

Grasshopper - https://www.grasshopper3d.com

Houdini basics tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsv8UGqDibc

Bifrost Maya - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsv8UGqDibc

Sverchok addon for Blender - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UA_A-LLolw

Plant Factory - https://info.e-onsoftware.com/more-info-plantfactory

Mandelbulb 3D - https://www.mandelbulb.com

Erindale Art Deco video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m8LeMBMwAg

Simon Thommes - https://www.artstation.com/simonthommes

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com

blenderBinge Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrXMyWVRmiXdMTpxxCsPuCQ

Gabe CG Matter website - https://www.cgmatter.com

Scripting for Artists Sybren A. Stüvel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOS2ID1ZN3A

AI proceduralism Kate Compton presentation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WumyfLEa6bU

Blender Python scripting beginner tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyt0O7saU4Q

LSystems in Animation nodes Blender - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tsBZp5T2CU

HERO – Blender Grease Pencil Showcase - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKmSdY56VtY

Blender Tissue addon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoQtC9qnX1Y

Cell Fracturing Blender - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2nsntEzlAw

In this episode, DJ, Marco and Andrew are discussing about happenings which took place in October around our farm, 3d world, and not only! Take a seat and listen to our latest CG Talks!

Resources:

Inktober - https://inktober.com

Nodevember - https://nodevember.io

Nick Campbell - https://www.behance.net/NickVegas

Grease pen in Blender - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N-glGarYuM

Blender 2.91 new features overview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c65WvF8u4k

Arnold 6.1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLEymbGuX8Y

Houdini 18.5 Sneak Peak - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p_8eSaUfJM

Adobe Photoshop 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0qLMmdOg4

Deoldify - https://deoldify.ai

Jake Parker YT channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/jakeparker44

Alphonso Dunn YT channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoBapgfK_m6G7airg1rdn8w

Realistic paint - https://realisticpaint.com/index.html

Krita ACES -https://docs.krita.org/en/general_concepts/colors/color_space_size.html

This episode of CG talks - the podcast where CG artists talk about computer graphics is very special. We introduce an exclusive interview with Sayan Mondal - founder of blueinversion.com

Sayan is a Blender 3D artist with (despite young age) quite a long experience in on-line tutorials. He was formerly publishing his tutorials and procedural shaders under a different name - Boundless Blending. His new rebranded channel Blue Inversion has up till now got over 6K subscribers and his best-performing tutorials reached over 55K views, and the count is still rising. He also had experience with podcasting which made the conversation a real pleasure for us and him.

The interview includes Sayan's origin story and how he decided to pursue his own path as an artist and entrepreneur instead of continuing a regular education curriculum. What led him to dive deep into procedural shaders in Blender. We talk about constant learning and improvement as well as art and important inspirations and role models. The conversation develops into sharing thoughts about the modern CG industry, young and older CG artists, and their pros and cons. Along the way, we touch upon topics like A.I. Crypto Art, Inktober, November, and NPR rendering.

Here are some inspiring links about things mentioned in the interview:

Syan Mondal Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/iamsayan

Blue Inversion - https://blueinversion.com

Blue Inversion podcast - https://blueinversion.com/podcast/

Sayan Mondal \ Blue Inversion tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/SayanMondalBBlending

Blue Inversion on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blueinversionx/

Blue Inversion store - https://www.store.blueinversion.com

Andrew Price - https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewPPrice

Ian Hubert tutorials – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmxZRQk-X0p-TOxd6PEYJA

Gleb Alexandrov - https://www.creativeshrimp.com

Recording of Live Stream interview with Midge "Mantissa" Sinnaeve - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MbmIUzUAeA

Recording of Live stream interview with Simon Thommes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MbmIUzUAeA

Blender Nest - long vs short content - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdTJ0B9wezY&list=PLltL62OFtThLEuA7apIysjkPEMJr_H4uK&index=4

CG Matter - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy1f4m64dwCwk8CBZ_vHfPg

Curtis Holt - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzghqpGuEmk4YdVewxA79GA

Reynante Martinez – http://www.reynantemartinez.com

Inktober - https://inktober.com

Nodevember - https://nodevember.io

Blender grease pencil feature - https://www.blender.org/features/grease-pencil/

Gumroad - https://gumroad.com

Substance Designer - https://www.substance3d.com/products/substance-designer/

Artbreeder - https://www.artbreeder.com

Eevee vs Cycles render engines - https://cgcookie.com/articles/blender-cycles-vs-eevee-15-limitations-of-real-time-rendering

Blender freestyle rendering – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajIjebE6vko

Beer – Blender NPR rendering engine - https://blendernpr.org/beer/

Deoldify – https://deoldify.ai

Borderlands game look - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1nzZ8-FbI

Dead static drive game – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTfZzwydEWQ

Crypto art - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_art

Rarible - https://rarible.com

Super Rare - https://superrare.co

Known Origin - https://knownorigin.io/

Makers place - https://makersplace.com

Alpha go documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuK6gekU1Y

Fasten your seat belts and enjoy this inspiring ride with DJ, Michał and Sayan Mondal!