Hey Reader, Zach here, With another round of exciting news from the 3D world. This time we have our updated Shortcut PDF for Blender 4.2, our Blender Sculpting Beginners course now on YouTube, a very impressive City Generator add-on, and a reminder of our CG Boost summer sale. Let’s go! Full Blender Sculpting Course now on YouTube I combined my whole Blender Sculpting for Beginners course into one (~3.5 hours long) video and published it on the CG Boost YouTube channel for you to enjoy. You...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, with another round of exciting 3D news from around the world. This time we have our CG Boost Summer Sale, a cataclysmic dragon animation from Polyfjord and an “old” but still amazing Pacific Rim VFX breakdown video. Let’s dive in. Get our two Most Popular Courses 20% Off The CG Boost’s Summer Sale is here (and will run for the next 2 weeks, till July 26th). You can get our two most popular courses now with a 20% discount. Simply use coupon code below at checkout. 20%...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, with another round of exciting 3D news from around the world. This time we have a new tutorial on making your 3D scenes look massive, a special discount for the incredible Geo-Scatter add-on, insights to Blender 4.2 and Eevee Next and more. Let’s dive in. New Tutorial: Make Your 3D Scenes Look Huge CG Boost’s own 3D environments wizard Martin Klekner has a new tutorial in which he shares his top 8 tips for adding epic scale to your 3D scenes. These tips have been well...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, with another round of exciting news from the 3D world. Including a Blender made Elden Ring chess set, a free professional 3D character rig for Blender and more. Let’s go. Elden Ring Chess Set made in Blender While waiting for the highly anticipated and newly released Elden Ring DLC, 3D artist and YouTube creator, Noggi, crafted a full 3D printable set of chess pieces from Elden Ring characters, in Blender. And he did a spectacular job. The sculpted chess pieces look...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, Today I'm excited to share our new free Lens Flares for Blender, a unique 25% OFF coupon for all Creative Shrimp courses, and a stunning Blender helicopter animation. Let’s go. Lens Flares in Blender made Easy Our CG Boost compositing genius Daniel Nees (who during his day job is a VFX artist on productions like Marvel and Star Wars) has created an easy-to-use lens flare system that works in Blender’s compositor. It comes with 8 beautiful presets (see examples above),...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, with a new round of exciting 3D news. Today I have a classic retro-styled Godzilla animation and a dangerously funny assassin in a box for you. There are also some cool freebies to collect, so stick with me. Original 1954 Godzilla VFX Godzilla (or Gojira) is a pop-culture phenomenon that keeps fascinating new generations all the time, but not all of us have seen the amazing original Japanese movie from 1954 (video above). But what if I told you it wasn’t actually a film...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, with a new round of exciting 3D news. This time, our Robotic Planet instructor Louis has a fresh CG Boost Blender tutorial for you, showing how to set up a realtime jet thruster shader. We also have a special deal for P2Design's fantastic Blender rigging course, along with a free video about exporting rigged characters to game engines. And, last but not least, we have one more thing that can help you with photorealistic renders, so stick with me for more details. New...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, with a new round of exciting 3D news. First, a friendly reminder that our 20% discount for the Master Urban Environments course is ending today. Next, we share a new render challenge by Fox Renderfarm (sponsored by CG Boost), a montage from our very own Urban Monsters challenge, and an intriguing video game to learn Blender. Last Day: Save 20% on Urban Environments Course Our 20% sale for the Master Urban Environments in Blender course, ends today, May 31st, 2024, at...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, with a new round of exciting 3D news. First, we have a new CG Boost texturing tutorial for you, along with a 20% discount for our Master Urban Environments in Blender course. Also, the Blender Market Spring sale is on, and there is an inspiring 3D talk by Kent Trammell from the Blender Conference in L.A. Let’s get into it. How to texture realistic buildings in Blender? You probably asked yourself this question if you ever tried creating a city scene or any kind of urban...
2 months ago • 1 min read