General Announcements by the Admins

Remarks and general topics

Discussions on art techniques, theories, philosophies, art history, inspirations, influences relevant to computer graphics artists

cgTantra Meetups, Workshops, Seminars and other Events and Happenings

Sub-Forums: CGTExpo - India's Largest Animation, VFX & Gaming Expo, SIGGRAPH 2008, NVISION 2008

Q&A Sessions Forum. Current Artist: Vaibhav Kumaresh - Multiple Awards winner Animation Director & Film Designer

Discussions relating to education, training and career guidance for students and professionals

Catch the latest buzz in the industry and share the latest technology trends happening around the globe!

Poll for cgTantra

Sub-Forums: Vote for the Oscars

Animate & WIN Prizes at ABAIfest 08. Last Date:: August 30th

Win Playstations & Game DVD's. Challenge powered by AIGA. Last Date: 2nd Sep 08

Design a Mascot Character of CGTantra & win Prizes. Last Date: 2nd September 08

The Cuda Contest is a coding contest innovative, useful apps that make the best use of the GPU processing power using the NVIDIA CUDA environment

Animation Sessions and Challenges

Modeling Challenges

Sub-Forums: Challenge 16: Concept Sculpture, Modelin Challenge: 15 - "Merman", Modeling Session: 14 - Detailed Tree

Sub-Forums: Game Character Modeling Challenge [3D], Game Character Concept Challenge [2D], Modeling/Sculpting Challenge - Mahatma Gandhi, Superhero Challenge, Sword in the Stone Challenge, cgTantra 24 FPS Excellence Awards 2007, cgTantra Wallpaper Challenge

Generic References, Blueprints, Educational Resources

Collection of Tutorials and Links

Resource for learning art and anatomy

Resource for learning Traditional and Digital 2d Techniques

Showcase of the Best of the Artworks picked cgTantra Mods and Admins

Post your Finished Showreel Images & Videos

Submit/Critique Finished 2d Illustrations, Stills and Concept Arts

Submit/Critique finished 3D Stills

Submit/Critique Finished Animations

Submit/Critique Work in Progress 3D Still Renders

Submit/Critique 2D Stills, Illustrations and Concept Art

Submit/Critique Work in Progress Animation

Employers - Write to jobs@cgtantra.com for posting a new job. New jobs CANNOT be posted without that.

Companies looking for freelancers to get their job done can post their project details here

Looking for job ? Post your profile, link to your showreel here.

Discussions dedicated to the study of art and anatomy, drawing, painting and Sculpting

- powered by DUX Soft Pvt. Ltd. Discuss topics on Scene optimization, Rendering Management, Pipeline Management and IT Infrastructure and Studio Setup.

Sub-Forums: Render Management, Pipeline Management, Studio Setup and IT Infrastructure

Sub-Forums: General 3d Techniques, Software Queries, Modeling, Animation, Character Rigging, Light Camera Render, Camera Techniques

Sub-Forums: Tips and tricks, General 2D Techniques

Sub-Forums: General Editing and Compositing, Software and Hardware, Tips and tricks

Discussions on Autodesk Combustion, Flame, Flint and Inferno

Sub-Forums: Still Photography

Discuss Hardware related issues

Discussions on Development of plugins, tools and utilities as well as scripts and languages

Discussion on the art and technique of Clay Animation

Other topics about game development

Discussion on 3D Game art

Discussions on Gaming Industry