Creative Bloq on MSN

How simple 3D blockouts help build realistic fantasy art

Billy Christian shares his process for using 3D blockouts alongside expressive digital painting techniques.

Mastering the Art of 3D Lettering Hand-Painting the Thrasher Logo

Traditional sign painting requires a unique level of physical discipline. When you are working without the safety net of a ...

Typographers Have Spent a Thousand Years Trying—and Failing—to Render Arabic Properly

How do you justify Arabic text? It’s a simple question, but—as cataloged in a lengthy interactive post on the blog La Vita ...
IEEE

Instant3dit: Multiview Inpainting for Fast Editing of 3D Objects

Abstract: We propose a generative technique to edit 3D shapes, represented as meshes, NeRFs, or Gaussian Splats, in ≈ 3 seconds, without the need for running an SDS type of optimization. Our key ...

Microsoft removes 3D Viewer from the store, ending new installs

The long-announced retirement of Microsoft's 3D Viewer has reached its next phase, with the app no longer available to ...
PCMag

Windows 10 vs. Windows 11: How Much Has Microsoft Actually Improved It?

Even if you're perfectly content with Windows 10, you'll soon need to switch to Windows 11 for security reasons. We compare ...
The New York Times

Medical Cure or Designer Baby? A New Approach to Editing Embryos Ignites Debate.

Fertility specialists, biotech companies and ethicists are divided over whether progress in early gene editing would wipe out diseases or trigger a rush toward enhancement. By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn ...
C&EN

Base editing in human embryos fixes some mutations and creates others

A group of scientists led by Dieter Egli has demonstrated base editing in human embryos. Base editing was shown to precisely edit embryonic DNA but also resulted in off-target edits and mosaicism.