US artist Jeff Patton is kindly sharing 10 HDR images he captured recently. More at Jeff Patton's blog.

Celebrating over 1000 models in its inventory, Premium3DModels.com announced the ArchViz Mega Bundle. It includes 10 collections featured on Premium3Dmodels.com - courtyard, office, urban, bathroom, restaurant, ballroom, watercraft, kitchen, electronics and medical. All the models are correctly scaled and are accurate representations of real life objects. The level of detail is suitable for close-ups. More at Premium3DModels.

An interesting experimental short conceived after producing several car-related CG animations and commercials. Directed by Julien Vanhoenacker and created in collaboration with Alejandro García and Joaquim Montserrat, Cicle uses cars as elements to play with light, speed, colors, trails, and symmetry. Made with 3DS Max and ICube's MadCar plugin. Watch the short film on Vimeo.

A&G Tool Co. has released a collection of HDRs that comes with 25 high resolution (6000x3000) studio lighting EXR images. Each map also comes with skylight, background, and reflection versions, for full SIBL compatibility. More at A&G Tool Co.

Chaos Group's Konstantin Gaytandzhiev talks about V-Ray's 10th anniversary and discusses the latest in V-Ray as well as his favorite features, released over the past 10 years. Watch the video on YouTube.

RealtimeUK have posted online their latest showreel. Watch it on Vimeo.

A nice, particle-generous video that mixes low-poly with a painterly aesthetic, created at Gentbrugge-based Grid VFX for the opening credits of the film festival in the Belgian city of Ghent. Watch it on Vimeo.

Strike a pose. A funny video showing an overused device in filmmaking, including many CG films. Watch it on YouTube.

Digital Anarchy released Beauty Box Video 2.0, a new version of their plugin for compositing and editing applications designed for smoothing out skin and removing blemishes from footage. New features include: (more...)

Endless Reference have made available animation reference videos for male and female characters on their YouTube channel. Additional videos are available on their website. More on YouTube and EndlessReference.com.