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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, Today we have an inspiring animated short, our CG Boost 3D Summer challenge + Summer Sale. August is also the time for another Pwnisher’s challenge, and we’re sharing a breakdown video from one of our students who previously made it to the top 100. Finally, we'll share a new video from Martin Klekner. Let’s dive straight in. CG Boost Summer Challenge + Summer Sale Let’s start with a short reminder of our Summer 3D Art Challenge we launched yesterday. It’s all about making a fun,...
Hey Reader, Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by having too many options to spend your free time on vacation? The bucket list of things you wish you had time to finish seems endless, but you don’t know where to start. We know that feeling. To help you out, we invite you to a fun Summer 3D Challenge (more details below). We’re also running a 20% off Summer Sale for some of our courses till August 21st. Let’s dive into the details. CG Boost Summer 3D Challenge 🏖️ Aaah…Summer! What better time...
Hey Reader, Before we start, we’d like to let you know that over the coming weeks we’ll be on vacation, so our support may be less responsive. We hope to recharge our batteries and come back to help you out in your learning journey with even more passion. Now on to the regular stuff. Today we’re starting with the release of Blender 5.2 LTS and sharing our favourite 5 new features along with our freshly updated Hotkey Sheet PDF. Next we’ll share the full "Dance Macabre" painterly animated...