Issue 30 | International

A Branded World: As a designer, you’ve probably had many clients ask you to create logos for their businesses. But is a logo really enough anymore? Does the term “logo” even apply in today’s digital, socially driven world? Brand Identity Designer Andrew Sabatier explores these questions as he takes us on a journey of what a brand actually is, how people relate to brands, what makes a brand successful (or a failure), and how you should start talking to your clients about “brandmarks” and not “logos.”—Andrew Sabatier

Columns
20 Design Makeover — Jake Widman
26 Artistic Expressions — Bert Monroy
52 The Art of Type — James Felici

Departments
8 Letter from the Editor
12 Layers News
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Issue 131 | United Kingdom

In issue 131: work smarter and render faster by reading our expert tips, and find out how Framestore tackled the VFX on Prince of Persia. In addition, there are software and resources worth $476 on the CD

IN THE MAGAZINE
Optimise your renders
3D World reveals technical tips and tricks, and professional working practices that will speed up your renders without any loss of quality

Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia presented Framestore with a tricky problem: just how do you simulate millions of tonnes of sand in 3D? The answer, we discover, is some nifty particle work and a ground-breaking new file format

Create a concept creature sculpt
Part 1: ILM‘s Giovanni Nakpil takes you through his process fo...

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Issue 17 | International

Features and interviews
- Inside the movies – Behind the scenes on Robin Hood, Prince of Persia and V- the Visitors
- Free software for all – 3D needn’t cost the earth. We look at what you can get for nothing
- Olivier Ponsonnet interview – the legendary 3D artist reveals his workflow

Tutorials
How to create amazing pieces of artwork
- Open Road – Lightwave3D/Modo – Creating the textures for a Mad Max style car
- Demon and girl – CINEMA 4D/Zbrush/Photoshop – Creating an illustration look
- Spitfire part 2 – modo 401 – Concluding part brings the fighter to life

Workshop
Inside info and lots of tech-talk
- Masterclass: How to create cloth fabrics and outfits in Blender ...

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Issue 36 | International

Learn to paint with Jeremy Sutton
Post-printing techniques for creating masterpieces

How to draw eyes
Learn to use shape and colour to create accurate features

Build a cityscape
Construct the ultimate urban scene from free photos on the disc!

Digital Watercolors
Take control of these unique Painter brushes with our essential how-to guide

FREE disc includes
Tutorial files, stock photos and video tutorials

More info: http://www.paintermagazine.co.uk

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