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🚀 [Resources] Hard-Surface tips, Skyrim remaster in Blender, ToAnimate 20% off, and more…
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Zach here, With another round of exciting news from the 3D world. Starting with a new CG Boost hard-surface tips tutorial, ToAnimate’s 3rd-anniversary promo, a free texturing course and a Skyrim remaster in Blender. Let’s dive in. ​New Tutorial: Hard-Surface Modeling Tips​Our Robotic Planet course instructor, Louis du Mont, just released a new CG Boost tutorial packed with 6 useful hard-surface modeling tips for Blender, that will help you to create advanced shapes while saving a ton of time. It includes a new trick for Blender 4.2, as well as adding quick cables, pipes, and 3D decals to your models. ​Watch the tutorial here​ ​ToAnimate’s 3rd Birthday Sale (20% Discount)​Our friends from ToAnimate are celebrating their 3rd birthday by offering their Blender professional animation course 20% off. To claim the discount, use the following coupon code. 20% Off Coupon Code: TOANIMATE3 There are only 20 seats available, and the promotion lasts until August 10th. ​Learn more about the course here (affiliate link) ​Free PBR Texturing Introduction by Blender Guru​Andrew Price (aka Blender Guru) has just released a long and comprehensive YouTube tutorial explaining the ins and outs of PBR texturing in Blender 4.2. He goes step by step through the process of setting up a realistic brick wall material. Some fundamental concepts like bump mapping vs displacement are explained there in an easy-to-follow manner. The video will be invaluable for you if you’re just starting to learn Blender, but even if you think you know the basics, you might find something new. ​Watch the full free course here​ ​Remastering Skyrim in Blender​Our Urban Environments course author Cov Phillips ventured into a small village in Skyrim to make a high-quality remaster of the original game scene in Blender. What a quest! Cov shares his experience and a bunch of great techniques, workflows, and clever hacks to rebuild the exact Skyrim scene. You’ll learn a ton about world-building, texturing, and even photogrammetry from images taken inside a game. ​Watch the full video here​ That’s it from me for today. Have a great week and till next time! ~Zach |
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Hey Reader, Hair is one of those features that’s easy to overlook, but plays an important role in making a character feel truly real and alive. Character from Javier Benver “Wild Hair” By the time you reach character grooming, you’ve usually gone through sculpting, modeling, retopology, texturing & shading. Your initial energy and passion can start feeling low, and the temptation to rush your character's hair is real. But this is the very moment to slow down and lean in. Hair can be one of...
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Hey Reader, We are back with a fresh dose of news, inspiration, and resources from the 3D world. Today, we have a full 3D character creation process in Blender time-lapse, a funny animated series about bugs, and finally, a free workshop on painterly 3D creations in Blender. Let’s dive right in. Stylized 3D Character Creation in Blender (Time-lapse) As we’re full steam into 3D character creation after our latest texturing/grooming update to Jim Morren’s course, we wanted to give you some extra...