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101 issues of 3dcreative magazine

We celebrate 101 issues of 3dcreative magazine with a look back at the history of covers. All back issues are available to download so simply click on any of the below covers to find out more!

We celebrate 101 issues of 3dcreative magazine with a look back at the history of covers. All back issues are available to download so simply click on any of the below covers to find out more!

3dcreative magazine was launched in the mid-noughties for CG artists around the globe, whether working in 3D or just getting started. The concept of the magazine was to pack each issue with techniques, tutorials, interviews, articles, project overviews and galleries, providing a perfect platform from which to improve 3D skills, learn from industry professionals and get inspiration for new projects.

101 issues later and the magazine is still playing host to the world's biggest 3D artists and upcoming talents with projects and interviews that allow readers to get into the mindset of the pros to perfect their own game. We thought it would be fun to look back at all 101 issues of 3dcreative magazine so you can take a look at our journey so far. We cannot wait to see what the next 100 will bring!

For all those that have followed 3dcreative magazine throughout the years thank you! We couldn't have kept going without the support of those that buy the issues. We suffer greatly from piracy and shared copies of the magazines so we have great respect for those of you that spend the £2.99 per month or subscribe to help us keep going. THANK YOU :)

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To start us off, we have the latest cover for issue 101. Click here to check out whats included in the current issue!

3dcreative is an excellent magazine with really great in-depth tutorials of the highest standard. The galleries and interviews with artists are also better than most print magazines. I would recommend it wholeheartedly to any 3D artist

- Craig Foster, Midlands, UK


In keeping with our reputation for being up-to-date with current trends and styles, the theme for the covers of 2013 was not of this planet. By staying on top of the ZBrush trend for creating weird and wonderful beasts, we hosted a number of alien or creature concepts not-before-seen by human eyes,. We also featured some incredible characters, such as this stylish and striking Mangbetu Woman.

Buy all of 2013's issues here

The covers for 2012 featured a variety of eclectic pieces of art; everything from armored birds and beasts to expressive faces and quadrupeds with this curvaceous pin-up by Andrew Hickinbottom gracing our November issue.

Buy all of 2012's issues here

As a long-time reader of 3dcreative magazine, I can say that its interviews, galleries and tutorials have been a great source of inspiration and knowledge for my own work

- Jose Alves da Silva

2011 featured one of our most popular covers ever; the tequila-swigging armadillo for issue 73. Seems so long ago now! Issues 65 to 76 also featured a wide variety of other themes; cartoon scorpions, topologically correct sculpts, weapon-wielding characters and monsters from the deep.

Buy all of 2011's issues here

"I enjoy flipping through 3dcreative magazine. It is full of useful tutorials, features, artist interviews and inspiring artwork every month"

- Andrew Hickinbottom

Creatures and characters marched across our covers in 2010, a year which included our celebration of 5 years of Digital Art Masters with this cover by Rebeca Puebla. Somewhere between the monsters we also managed to squeeze in a couple of environment studies!

Buy all of 2010's issues here

The best 3D magazine!

- Antonio Padilla, Mexico

The year that chalked off 50 issues! 2009 also marked a change in style, with June's issue being the last to feature our old front-cover style. Is it a man? Or a beast? You had to read the issue to find out! We also had females on 4 of our covers... among the werewolves, aliens, monsters and robots.

Buy all of 2009's issues here

Indispensable (and cool!) information for those who just started and those who are already professionals

- Daniel Fonseca de Moura, Brazil

We're back in 2008 and you'd think you'd spot a decline in quality, some shortfall here and there from the software's limitations but none of it! There are some great faces featuring on these covers, as well as some incredible hard-surface models.

Buy all of 2008's issues here

It feels like we've come full circle since 2007 when Loïc 'e338' Zimmermann featured on the December cover and now we're publishing his book! We also had caped crusaders, pirates, spiderman and a sultry firefighter! Hot stuff!

Buy all of 2007's issues here

3dcreative is the best magazine about computer graphics that I read. I love the mix between professional works and tutorials. This is very challenging for a beginner like me. Usually, 1 month is not enough for me to try each tutorial and to study all the artists works and techniques. So, I use each magazine for a long, long time!!!

- Sebastien Doncker, Paris, France

2005 was such a short year the year all this began! that we've bundled them up with 2006. Check out our very first cover below. Nearly 10 years ago and the quality is still the same; nothing but exemplary work from our wonderful community of artists. 2006 also featured a myriad of different themes and styles on the covers, click here to take a look!

Buy the 2005/2006 issues here

I think the magazine is fantastic, no doubt about that. Most up-to-date information on what is happening in the 3D world. Articles are jam-packed with information and there are helpful tutorials that cover the latest and greatest 3D applications on the planet. I really like the interviews on artists and their work, their inspiration and how they got to where they are today. Even better is that you can view the mag in high-resolution, so you can really check out the details in the work that people have done"

- Dean Banfield, Hamilton, Australia

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