3D Inspiration & Showcase
Showcases, portfolios, and visual reference hubs.
- 3D Maths Cheat Sheet. Math cheatsheet by Anton Gerdelan, from his OpenGL book.
- 50 Watts. Illustration history archive.
- Alan Williams (Pinterest). Curated visual inspiration boards.
- Animated AI. Animations and instructional videos about neural networks.
- Art of Animation. Curated animation art blog.
- autodestruct.com. Concept art.
- Befores & Afters. Ian Failes. Shot breakdowns and artist Q&As across VFX features.
See also: VFX, Compositing & Virtual Production → Compositing Learning, Books & Industry - Ben Watts (Vimeo). Motion design.
- blender.daily. Daily Blender art and tips on Instagram.
- Character Design References. Shape language and character design studies.
- Chrome Experiments. Showcase of web experiments written by the creative coding community.
- cifraworld (Instagram). 3D motion art.
- Contemporist. Contemporary architecture.
- Cornelius Dammrich Paid. Sci-fi environments.
- Dash Slide Puzzle (Runner Up - Animation/Design). Dash Slide Puzzle (Runner Up - Animation/Design).
- Disney Research. Research publications.
- Foundation HTML5 Animation with JavaScript Paid. Everything you need to know to create animation using the HTML5 canvas.
- FX References. Visual effects reference library.
- Gene Kogan: Perlin Noise. Introduction to 2D and 3D perlin noise.
- GPT-3 Demo. Showcase of GPT-3 examples, demos, apps, and NLP use-cases.
- Graphics Programming Projects. Book about 3D computational graphics by Morgan McGuire.
- HUDs and GUIs. FUI/screen graphics reference for sci-fi 3D work.
- Introduction to Ray Tracing. A simple method for creating 3D images.
- Island Slide Puzzle (Third Place - Animation/Design). Island Slide Puzzle (Third Place - Animation/Design).
- Level Sets in Production (Sony). Spider-Man 3 VFX paper.
- Linkage Mechanisms. Mechanical animations.
- Mathematics of Animation. Slides about the mathematics of animation (repo).
- Maths & trigonometry cheat sheet for 2D & 3D games. Maths cheat-sheet for 2D and 3D game-makers.
- Modlar. Architecture inspiration.
- Neil Blevins Art Lessons. Composition types, tangents, visual hierarchy by a Pixar artist.
See also: Art, Design & Visual Storytelling → Composition & Visual Storytelling - Nick Taylor (MVSM). Project breakdowns.
- Physics for JavaScript Games, Animation, and Simulations Paid. How to incorporate real physics into HTML5 games, animations, and simulations.
- Retro Slide Puzzle (Winner - Animation/Design). Retro Slide Puzzle (Winner - Animation/Design).
- Sean Browning - Pixel Art Animation Reel 2018. Sean Browning's pixel animations, from simple scenes to recreations of shows like Steven's Universe and RWBY.
- Sliding Puzzle 3D (Honorable Mention). Sliding Puzzle 3D (Honorable Mention).
- Strange Attractors. Mathematical 3D forms.
- The Gaming Library. Game showcase channel highlighting the scale and detail of modern real-time scenes.
- The Pixel Factory. Talk about WebGL, GPUs and Math by Steven Wittens.
- Three.js Basics. Introduction to Three.js by Eric Haines.
- Toros Kose (Behance). 3D artist portfolio.
- Writing a small software renderer. Introduction to how basic software rendering works.