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...
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 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...
10 days 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...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With new inspiration and resources from the 3D world. I’ll start with the Blender Conference 2025 and news about Ton Roosendaal stepping down from leading the Blender Foundation. Next, I’ll share info about the upcoming Blender Conference in Austin, Texas 2026, Top 100 "Rampage Rally" montage, and Interniq 2.0 - a huge asset library for 3D interiors. Let’s dive in. BCon 2025 - A new Chapter for Blender If you’ve ever attended one of the Blender Conferences in Amsterdam,...
24 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With a new dose of inspiration and resources from the 3D world. Today, I’ll share two breakdown videos from our course instructors. The first one is about stylized and the second one, about realistic animated shots in Blender. Finally, I’ll share a new PBR fabric material set from Poly Haven, and an update to Master Compositing in Blender and the free Blender Lens Flare System. Let’s dive in. How Martin Klekner Makes Stylized Shots in Blender Martin Klekner has recently...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With a new dose of inspiration and resources from the 3D world. Today, I’ll start with an animated Blender short film about our beautiful planet Earth (don't miss this one), followed by a stunning architectural Blender animation. I’ll also share news about our new "Magic Shop" 3D challenge and the September Sprint. Finally, I’ll share a new, powerful procedural Nature Generator add-on for Blender. Let’s dive in. "The Ballad of Pale Blue Dot" - Animated Blender Short...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, The other day, in a CG Boost team meeting, we were discussing how platforms are oversaturated with content and images, which can make it feel like, what’s the point of making more content? Then Masha who has been on our team since the very beginning of CG Boost said: The reason I create art is to give life to my imagination. I like the process of thinking about an idea and fully bringing it to life. That encouraged me. Like a breath of fresh air, it was a great reminder...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With 5 of our most popular quick-tip tutorials from August 2025. Check out how much Blender wizardry you can learn from CG Boost instructors in less than 60 seconds each. Let’s dive in. Tip 1: Make Your Blender Character Hold an Object Jim Morren shows a simple and powerful way to make your character hold a rifle (or any other object) in its hand or both hands using the Child Of Constraint. This allows us to animate the object and the character’s hands following its...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With fresh inspirations and resources from the 3D world. Today I’ll start with a new 3D challenge straight from Pixar, followed by a cool car animation breakdown and a new 3D character course from Blender Secrets. Let’s dive in. New Pixar RenderMan 3D Challenge "First Contact" 3D challenges are sprouting like mushrooms all around, but this one is pretty special. Pixar just announced its 12th annual 3D render challenge, this time named "First Contact". To participate,...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read