COVER ART
BY PETER FENDRIK
CHARACTER MODELING FOR
"SPIDER-MAN"
THE CARTOON TV SERIES
This animated series weaves
a web of great characters.
BY STEVEN WENDLAND
PODS & TALENT
UNITE
An interview with lead artist Geoff McAuliffe of Brickyard VFX on bringing the
Volkswagen Beetle and Apple iPod together.
BY JOHN LAFAUCE JR.
MAYA 5 KILLER TIPS
Take a trip through the authors newest book and get the latest killer
tips on Maya.
BY ERIC HANSON
DNA
Working with macromolecular data in Maya.
BY ERIC KELLER

OCCLUSION IN SOFTIMAGE
XSI
Understanding occlusion passes and how they affect lighting. Setting up, rendering,
and compositing them using XSI.
ANDREAS BYSTROM WITH RITCHIE L.ROBERTS
CHARACTER DESIGN
- DETAIL MANAGEMENT - PART II
Part I in this series laid down the foundation of theory, while this part is
a more detailed, tutorial-style look at the workflow.
BY PAUL HOURMOUZIS
COLOR SUPPRESSION
MACRO
Building a simple color suppression macro in Shake.
BY MATT PLEC

GALLERY
Featuring the fabulous art submitted by
PARK WOO YOUNG, HEIKO TETZNER, RYAN CHURCH, PAVEL, SHINYA, AND SCOTT ROBERTSON