Hey Reader, We are back with a fresh dose of news, inspiration, and resources from the 3D world. Today, we have a video on how to stick to long-term projects, a free Blender 2D animation course, and a cute Kirby fan animation (with a breakdown). Let’s dive right in. Newsletter Switching to Bi-Weekly Schedule First, we want to explain why we’ve decided to test a new bi-weekly newsletter schedule (starting this May). With the world buzzing with news and so much information and content noise, we...
14 days ago • 2 min read
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...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Today I want to expand on the Master 3D Characters Part 3 update and specifically why we teach you to texture an entire character without leaving Blender. First, tools like Substance Painter are widely used for good reason, we are not agains it at all, it’s a industry standard powerful tool. But, it’s also valuable to stay in creative flow, inside one program like Blender. So you can move from sculpting, to modeling, to texturing, to lighting, without breaking your flow. That is...
16 days ago • 3 min read
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...
21 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, We are back with a fresh dose of news, inspiration, and resources from the 3D world. Today, we have ToAnimate’s Ultimate Rigging Course Kickstarter, a fun retro animation made in Blender, and finally, the news about The Free V-ray Community Edition for Blender users. Let’s dive right in. Master 3D Characters Course Update and Sale Before we begin, a quick reminder that yesterday we launched our Master 3D Character Course texturing, shading, and hair grooming update (read more...
28 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, This update has been a long time coming, and we're excited to share that we’ve just launched Part 3 of our Master 3D Characters Course. This update includes several new chapters of advanced texturing, shading, and hair grooming workflows, all inside Blender. 👉 Click here to check it out During the research of this course we realized that there are many good, and even great, character courses out there, but most of them get just one or two subjects right. For example, sculpting and...
29 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, We are back with a fresh dose of news, inspiration, and resources from the 3D world. Today, we have a free Blender motion graphics course, an epic sci-fi animation and an amazing stylized 3D/2D short about dinosaurs in Australia. Let’s dive right in. Real-Time Motion Graphics in Blender Course 100% Free Midge "Mantissa" Sinnaeve has just released his Real Time Motion Graphics Course for free on his YouTube Channel. Though the course is not brand-new (it’s not made with the latest...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, We are back with a fresh dose of news, inspiration, and resources from the 3D world. This time, learn to turn 2D drawings into 3D, watch a breakdown of KoalaOK's Challenge-winning animation, and pick up 3 quick Blender tips from CG Boost. Let’s dive right in. How to turn 2D Drawings into 3D Models in Blender (+ Free Add-on) Scribbling and sketching might be the most intuitive way to get ideas from your imagination onto a piece of paper (or a graphics tablet 😀). What if it could be...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, We are back with a fresh dose of news, inspiration, and resources from the 3D world. Please Note: Before we begin, we wanted to let you know we’ll be taking the next week a bit slower as we prepare for Easter and want to spend more time with our families (this may mean a bit slower support). Now back to the news. Today, we have a community game project from Poly Have (which you can join too), a free walk-cycle animation tutorial, a new ArchViz 3D challenge, and we'll end with an...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read