Black Orb - This site has great resources for 3D artists, with Maya and 3D Max tutorials, NURBS and Polygons and other useful links, with industry links. 3D Animation Workshop - 3D graphics and animation news and tutorials, with special focus on Web 3D. A Simple Bowl - Making a simple bowl with C4D XL, splines and NURBS. Smoke in C4D - Offers examples and tutorial information on how to use visible lights to make wispy, smoky smoke in C4D. How Stuff Works - Complete tutorial on how 3-D graphics and animations work, with additional links. ArtSavant - Basics for 3D rendered illustration presented with sound, animation, and javascript. Step by step Photoshop 3D effects also. Inspire Joy - Computer animation student Scott Tygett's casual tutorials for Inspire 3D, the student's Lightwave 3D, are thumbnailed and include a "tipathon." NURBS - Article about Nonuniform Rational B-Splines - NURBS a summary by Markus Altmann. CAD Drawing - Before beginning to do 3-D drawing, you must learn CAD fundamentals and computer aided drafting. What type of computer and software is needed to get started? Answers here. RetinaJoy - Links to tutorials plus a lightwave boxes tip. Realistic 3D Graphics - Website dedicated to the pursuit of photorealistic 3D graphics. The site focuses on getting photorealistic images into realtime applications such as games. Secondreality - Character modeling tutorials. CG Education - Tutorials about 3d modeling, texturing, and lighting. Design ReForm - Exploring parametric design through 3ds Max, Revit, Rhino. Rhino 3D Help - Tutorials and a discussion forum about Rhino 3D. Second Picture - Tutorials about 3D modeling, lighting, rendering and animation. Rhino/Max 3D House - Rhino3d working with 3dsMax. Tutorials, Workspaces, resources and gallery.