Hey Reader, Alan here, We’re excited to share that CG Boost is looking to hire and collaborate with new course creators. Currently, we're focused on working with an Unreal Engine or Unity game developer to create a new high quality course, designed to help students create their first indie video game from start to finish. This opportunity is for you if you… Have a strong understanding of Unreal Engine or Unity and know how to bring an indie game (with a reasonable scope) to life, step by...
4 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With a fresh dose of inspiration and resources from the 3D world. First, a quick reminder that our biggest sale of the year ends today. Next, I’ll share a useful tutorial on optimizing render time in Cycles, followed by a great "Formula 1"-inspired watch animation and a cool looping stylized robot animation made in Blender. Let’s dive in. Our Birthday Sale Ends Today! Don’t miss it! The sale ends today, October 31st, 2025 (23:59 CET). It is the only time of the year, we...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With a fresh dose of inspiration and resources from the 3D world. Today I’ll share our new video about graphics tablets for sculpting, followed by a cool volumetric projector tutorial from Polyfjord. Finally, I’ll share a great solarpunk environment breakdown and a 30% October Sale by 3DSecrets (formerly BlenderSecrets). Let’s dive in. Do You Need a Graphics Tablet to Sculpt in Blender? Our 3D character sculpting master Jim Morren digs deep into the most common question...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Alan here, I help manage CG Boost. We recently made a video called: Is it Still Worth Learning 3D Art? It’s a topic that’s been on our minds for a while, so the whole CG Boost team sat down together to talk honestly about it, from our own experiences, fears, and hopes for the future. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can watch it here: It turned into a more open and emotional conversation. And as expected, it sparked some pretty strong and thought-provoking comments on YouTube. So...
16 days ago • 4 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With new inspiration and resources from the 3D world. Today, I’ll share a cool animated short movie with an incredible backstory of it being stolen from the creators, who managed to get it back in the end. Next, I’ll share an incredible sea-creature rig showcase in Blender. We’ll end with a friendly reminder about our ongoing sale and 3D challenge and a free animation mini-course from ToAnimate. Let’s dive in. "Butty" Blender Animation and an Art-theft Story with a...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With some fresh resources and inspiration from the 3D world. I’ll start with our new "Birthday Cake Madness" 3D challenge, a quick heads-up about our biggest sale of the year and a top-level mograph made in Blender by a 20-year-old artist. Let’s dive in. Bake your craziest 3D Cake - "Birthday Cake Madness" 3D Challenge Today we’re launching a special 3D challenge: Birthday Cake Madness, to celebrate my birthday (which was yesterday 🥳). The goal is to create the wildest...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, and today is my 36th Birthday! 🎂🥳 Like every year, we’re celebrating something special: our 6th CG Boost Birthday Sale! 🚀 CG Boost turned six this spring, and after working with this amazing team for so long, I still feel like a kid bursting with creativity. What began as me making Blender courses & tutorials has grown into a team of 8 passionate artists, working together to bring you our best Blender education and inspiration. This year I wanted to do something...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With a fresh dose of inspiration and resources from the 3D world. Today, I’ll share an interesting interview with the director of "Flow", followed by SouthernShotty’s topology tutorial, and three great short Blender tips from our CG Boost instructors. Let’s dive in. Gints Zilbalodis's Creative Flow "Flow" - the Oscar-winning animation made in Blender didn’t just come out of nowhere. In this interview, Gints Zabalodis (the creator of "Flow") shares his story and how his...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With fresh news and inspiration from the 3D world. Today I’ll share a great tutorial video on basic 3D concepts, Martin Klekner’s new Heroes of Bronze Teaser, and a fun animation about the Default Cube. Finally, I’ll share the latest addition to our CG Boost Hall of Fame. Let’s dive in. The ‘ABC’ of 3D Graphics - Tutorial 3D artists have a whole special vocabulary that is sometimes hard to understand if you’re just starting out. This great video by Digitalist explains...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read