Last issue of 3D Creative is again full loaded of interesting tutorials. Amazing cover picture is created by Oleg Nikolov. Oleg explains how his design concept for Bagpiper was influenced by Bulgarian folklore, while also covering how he used ZBrush extensively to model and pose his mystical character.

In this issue continues the fascinating FX, Particles and Dynamics series where industry professionals talk us through how to animate leaves falling from the tree. Matt Chandler is our instructor in 3ds Max while Mike Zugsschwert leads the way in Maya.

Building Droids series is an invaluable source of tips and tricks, and this month is no exception as Fábio M. Silva shows us how he turned a cool concept of a pleasure droid into a cool 3D model using 3ds Max. Fabio kindly shares his step-by-step approach to modeling the droid and talks us through how to create each part using simple modeling tools and TurboSmooth.

The Foundry, has just released four reels that display commercial and non-commercial work created using software packages Nuke, Mari, Ocula and Katana. The Foundry produces a range of award-winning software solutions that facilitate ambitious visual effects across commercials, animation, episodic television and film. It is internationally renowned for its product design and its collaborative and open approach.

Now you can see two of them. Rest of these amazing showreels you can see on our Facebook.