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Indie Maya; a sci-fi woman sits in night street of neon lights

Maya Indie could save you hundreds of dollars, but is it worth it?

By Paul Hatton published

Maya Indie is the full version of Maya but it comes at a fraction of the cost

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A 3D model of an F1 car

How to make your models look real with colour

By Mike Griggs published

Here’s the right way to colour 3D objects.

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This free Unreal Engine 5 game looks like a haunted sketchbook come to life

By Joe Foley published

My Paper Forest shuns the 'Unreal Engine look' with its hand-drawn textures.

Video Game Design
Silent Road video game screens showing haunted forests

Why this indie horror dev turned to Unreal Engine 5 to build believable fear

By Alan Wen published

Using MetaHumans helped two-person indie studio bring Silent Road's J-horror to life.

Video Game Design
A 3D model of Singed from Arcane

How I made a 3D model of Singed from Arcane

By Yohan Houel published

Here's my process for translating Arcane's stylised shapes and painterly textures into a 3D model suitable for video game design.

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A scene from a film with fantasy pirates

Epic Games VFX head hits back at accusations Unreal Engine is to blame for "the state of VFX and CGI"

By Ian Dean published

VFX Supervisor Pat Tubach worked on Pirates of the Caribbean and defends UE5.

VFX & CGI

Tomb Raider's Lara Croft almost looked very different in Japan

By Joe Foley published

The game's publisher wanted an anime-style redesign, and it's freaking people out.

Video Game Design

Epic Fable concept art makes me even more excited about the reboot

By Joe Foley published

All should be revealed at Developer Direct 2026.

Video Game Design
An image of Davy Jones CGI from Pirates of the Caribbean with a beard full of tentacles

Gore Verbinski calls Unreal Engine a “slip backwards” for movie CGI

By Ian Dean published

The director of Pirates of the Caribbean and the new movie Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die knows why CGI no longer looks good.

VFX & CGI
An illustration of a house popping out of a sketchbook

This indie game turns watercolour art into playable puzzle spaces

By Ian Dean published

Crafting A Storied Life: Tabitha’s hand-drawn world.

Video Game Design
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