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Master the skills to model, render and 3D print amazing creatures

If you’ve ever wanted to create amazing creatures for film, games and illustration then this is the issue for you! Cover artist Ian Joyner, who helped design the dinosaurs of Jurassic World, reveals his techniques for sculpting dynamic monsters on page 54. In our training section you’ll discover how to craft textures for games in Substance Painter (page 66), create soft fur for animation in 3ds Max (page 74) and achieve photoreal textures for birds in Mari (page 60). You can bring it all together into a Zbrush 3D print too – and you can download the Zbrush model (right). If you want to take your training even further, turn to our feature on the ‘new wave’ of CG art training courses being offered worldwide by pro artists!