Hey Reader, Zach here, I’m excited to announce our new Cubic Worlds Challenge! 🎉 There is something special about the Cubic Worlds course and style that keeps artists coming back. It simplifies the 3D process so that you can focus on storytelling fundamentals, mood, lighting and create far more ambitious ideas. Plus it’s a lot of fun. Whether you’re new to the course, already enrolled, or just curious about Cubic Worlds, this challenge is a great moment to jump in, explore the newly updated...
4 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With a fresh dose of inspiration and resources from the 3D world. Today, I’ll start with a tutorial on linking in Blender from P2Design, and our Cubic Worlds course update and discount. Next, I’ll share a "The Spice Frontier" behind-the-scenes documentary, followed by an anime girl messing around inside Blender. Finally, I’ll share a free, open-source material creation program, "Material Maker". Let’s dive in. Linking and Library Overrides in Blender Explained If you...
10 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, and I’m excited to share our new updated chapter for our Cubic Worlds course for Blender, which is already live and free for all existing course students. I also made a video where I walk you through the update and show you how the new workflows I teach come together. If you prefer to see the update in action, I recommend starting there: 👉 Watch the Cubic Worlds Update Video To celebrate this new update, the Cubic Worlds course for Blender is now 10$ off until Friday...
11 days ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With a new dose of inspiration and resources from the 3D world. Today, I’ll start with a realistic, animated Tiger made in Blender, followed by an epic Lego Pokémon battle. Next, I’ll share a funny animated short about the dangers of Bayblade and a cool Environment and Game Art tutorial pack. Let’s dive in. CGI Tiger made in Blender - Breakdown Making photorealistic animated animals is not an easy task, and I rarely see top-level work like this done with Blender. That...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With a bunch of fresh inspiration and resources from the 3D world. Today I’ll start with a great tutorial from P2Design about how movies are structured. Next, I’ll share an epic hand-drawn animation and a making-of video about "Forevergreen." Finally, I’ll share a 2D animated version of Gandalf comforting Frodo with his wise, encouraging words. Let’s dive in. Animated Film Structure Explained by Pierric Picaut If you have ever tried making an animated movie (even a...
24 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, Back with a fresh dose of inspiration and resources from the 3D world to kick off the new year! Today, I’ll start with the news of Ton Roosendal (Blender’s Dad) stepping down as Blender Foundation CEO. Next, I’ll share a funny Blender animation about the dangers of ordering coffee in a bus and our new 3D Challenge announcement, and finally, a "Big Book of Holes" from Jan van den Hemel. Let’s dive in. End of an Era - Ton Roosendaal stepped down as Blender’s CEO The start...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Alan here, I help manage CG Boost. Today I want to share a second, more personal newsletter with you. Last week, I wrote about making art for the sake of art, and about not automatically following the more deconstructive trends in 3D. If you missed that one, you can read it by clicking here. This time, I want to talk about something many of my 3D artist friends (myself included) ran into when a creative hobby slowly started turning into something more serious. My career started as...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader, Alan here, I help manage CG Boost. It's our Christmas/holiday break at CG Boost, I wanted to write you a thought piece. My goal with this email is to give you a bit of breathing room and maybe help you make a few wise choices on your creative artistic path. I want to start at the end by making two suggestions. Nothing too dramatic, but two clear ways, I invite you to be a bit of a rebel as a 3D artist. Rebellion Suggestion #1 Say no to hustle culture more often. When was the last...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With the last dose of fresh inspiration and resources from the 3D world before the Christmas Holidays. 🎅 Today, I’ll share a tutorial on texturing in Blender with the Ucupaint add-on, followed by two awesome short animations, a new Eevee course by Gleb Alexandrov, and finally, ToAnimate’s Christmas Sale. Let’s dive in. The Holidays are coming, and we’re taking things slower. Small & quick announcement from our team: As this very special time of the year draws near,...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read