Virtual Bones with Direct Delta Mush .

Direct Delta Mush (DDM) is a high-quality, direct skinning method with a low setup cost. However, its storage and run-time computing cost are relatively high for two reasons: its skinning weights are 4 × 4 matrices instead of scalars like other direct skinning methods, and its computation requires one 3 × 3 Singular Value Decomposition per vertex. see this PDF.

see this video for SIGGRAPH 2021 Presentation: Direct Delta Mush Skinning Compression with Continuous Examples

SCANimate animatable avatar.

We present SCANimate, an end-to-end trainable framework that takes raw 3D scans of a clothed human and turns them into an animatable avatar. These avatars are driven by pose parameters and have realistic clothing that moves and deforms naturally. SCANimate does not rely on a customized mesh template or surface mesh registration...

The new 3D reconstructing with PIFuHD.

PIFuHD means Multi-Level Pixel-Aligned Implicit Function for High-Resolution 3D Human Digitization is a process of reconstructing high-quality 3D texture or geometry by making use of a texture map representation.

You can see the full project on this website.

Craftsmanspace - 3D resources.

The website is intended for artisans, students, hobbyists, enthusiasts, students, engineers, i.e., anyone interested in areas such as woodworking, metalworking, graphic design, decorating, 3D modeling, 3D printing, CNC manufacturing, etc. Craftsmanspace website is intended for all who want to create, decorate and learn; it is intended primarily for beginners, but also for professionals who will surely find useful information on our site. Initially, we had the idea to offer you only free projects for making all kinds of things, but it happened that some time later we started to draw various patterns that could serve to decorate the objects you made, as well as 3D models for those who wanted to make something on their CNC machines or 3D printers. We have also made collections of free software and collections of free books in various technical fields. In this way, Craftsmanspace website has become a meaningful whole – here, anyone who wants to create something in their workshop can come up with new ideas on what to do and how to do it.

You can find and use all of there resources on the official website.

News : Aaron Blaise new book.

Aaron Blaise is an American painter, animator, film director and art instructor. He is known for his work on Brother Bear, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film for the Brother Bear. see wikipedia.

Now, you can buy The Art of Aaron Blaise: Vol. 1 (Book) for a price of 45$ from this webpage.

The book is Hard Cover and comes with 200 Pages (or more) of High Quality Images.

News : Sketchfab August Challenge: Treasure Chest.

The challenge can be found on the official webpage.

This month we challenge you to create a treasure chest—but not just any treasure chest. Make it unique, make it interesting, make it tell a story. Consider what your treasure chest is made of, where it has been, what treasure it contains, and what the future has in store for it. Creativity is key.

Prizes First Place:

• $300
• 6 months of Sketchfab Pro
• Framed print of the winning entry

Second Place

• $200
• 3 months of Sketchfab Pro

Third Place

• $100
• 1 month of Sketchfab Pro

See the example bellow:

Spanish chest with Aztec's crystal skulls by Dobrosav.cg on Sketchfab