This year, they will be back with new works and more new members!  As of this writing, they are hard at work for the upcoming exhibition which is tentatively scheduled to be in the month of November.

You can see their happenings and progresses on the Little Thoughts Group Blog.

CG Overdrive is a major Computer Graphics Show in Asia.

What is Blender 3D? It  is an open source and free alternative to high end commercial 3D modeling, rendering and animation software program.

The first workshop will be by Weelian Soh. He will take you through speed modelling using Blender 2.49.

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The other workshop will be by Sacha Goedegebure. He will talk about the new Blender 2.5.

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I myself being a member of the Blender User Group of Singapore, am excited about these two workshops as both Weelian and Sacha are very well-versed with what they do. If you are curious about Blender 3D, here’s a good opportunity to know what this powerful open source 3D application can do.

Boy, was I pleasantly surprised by the power of this 3D tool. Sculptris proved to be extremely intuitive to use ! I did not even bother reading up the manual. The interface is self-explanatory.

When you first start the application, you will be greeted by a sphere in the middle of the screen. Using the tools presented on the top left hand corner of the interface, you can proceed to craft the sphere into the desired shape.

Once you are satisfied with the shape, you can proceed to the Painting mode to add colours and bump attributes to the 3D form.

I managed to create a stylised alien within the first 2 hours of trying the program. It is as shown below. It would have taken me a longer time to create the 3d form and its corresponding textures, if another 3D program had being used.

For a free sculpting and painting program, Sculptris is incredibly impressive. For making geometric shapes, Sculptris will be a less-than-ideal choice. However, when it comes to organic freeform sculpting, this program will be in its elements.

Dear Reader, I highly recommend that you give this free 3D program a try.

Atmospherics has also improve with the inclusion of God Rays and Barn Doors. Of course, there are other areas of improvements.

Like previous versions of Carrara, this version retains tight integration with DAZ Studio and Hexagon.

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For a limited time period, DAZ is offering both Carrara Standard and the Pro edition at a greatly discounted price going at half the original cost. It is a great opportunity to get this easy-to-use 3D modelling, rendering and animation suite at a low cost.

The Interview appears on Issue Number 4 of the Magazine. It is about Carrara and Blender 3D working together, which was evident and demonstrated in the Uncommon Paradigm 3D Artbook Project.

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