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[Resources] 90's Anime in Blender
Hey Reader,
Zach here with another round of useful and inspiring CG and Blender related resources.
Before we get started, I wish you all a Happy New Year!
For us at CG Boost, we'll continue to keep working on improving our existing courses and adding new courses throughout 2022, besides working on new free YouTube content of course. We are working on some exciting projects, where we will share more info asap.
Here is a fantastic tutorial by "veryveig" on how to create the aesthetic of 90's anime in Blender, like Akira, Ghost in the Shell etc. I also like how he is analyzing what is so special about the "90's anime aesthetic".
Want to create a tornado in Blender, but you don't want to spend hours on simulating it using the smoke simulation? Bad Normals has the solution for you. He explains how to create an epic tornado, with the Shader Nodes.
Blender 3.0 "Blender Hotkey Sheet" PDF
We updated our Blender Hotkey Sheet PDF to reflect the changes in the new stable version of Blender 3.0.
You can download it directly on Google Drive or Dropbox, or sign up/login to our free resource section, here. There you will always find the latest version of it.
Blender Showreel by Paul Siedler
And as a little inspiration, here is a great Blender showreel of a good friend of mine (Paul Siedler), who is creating stunning animations in Blender (epic battle scene 🤯).
That's it for this week, now enjoy your weekend and stay creative!
~Zach
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