Hey Reader, Zach here, With a fresh collection of news from the 3D world. Today I have a Sonic 3 movie trailer (in which our teammate Daniel was involved in), a tutorial/breakdown of a Blade Runner 2049 scene, a free 3D assets' library, a fun Blender add-on and a trailer of games-inspired animated series. Let dive in. Sonic 3 Trailer looks great I’m proud to say our team member Daniel Nees has contributed to the amazing look of this trailer (as he worked on the compositing for this movie)....
10 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With a fresh batch of news from the 3D world. We’ve got our new CG Boost tutorial about speeding up Cycles in Blender, a Blender Market Summer Sale, retro PlayStation 1 renders and a mind-blowing 3D environment breakdown. Let’s dive in! How to make Cycles render faster Frustrated with how long rendering in Cycles is taking? Our compositing wizard Daniel Nees is here to help you out with his 5 powerful efficiency tricks and techniques you probably haven’t heard of, that...
17 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With a fresh collection of news and resources from the 3D world. Starting with a tutorial on how to bring back Eevee Bloom in Blender 4.2, a 3D/2D anime version of Deadpool, a new add-on that simulates real studio lighting and more. Let’s dive in. Remaking the Eevee Bloom Menu in Blender 4.2 In Blender 4.2 the Eevee Bloom option was moved to the Compositor, and along with it, most of its individual settings are gone. However, Martin Klekner (our 3D environments master)...
24 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With another round of exciting news from the 3D world. Today we have a new Pwnisher 3D challenge, a Blender rigging tutorial, an anime horror "Alien" short, and there’s also a fun video messing with Blender’s UI. Let’s dive in. Kinetic Rush 3D Community Challenge A new 3D challenge from Clinton Jones (aka Pwnisher) is now running through the month of August. This time it’s parkour-themed with the title "Kinetic Rush", and the deadline is September 1st. There are 5...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, 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...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With another round of exciting news from the 3D world. Starting with a final reminder for our CG Boost Summer Sale, a large bunker 3D challenge, an epic sci-fi cinematic trailer, the official Blender 4.2 Showreel, and an insightful tutorial about compositing in Blender. Let’s dive in. Last chance to grab CG Boost courses 20% off Our Summer Sale ends today (at 11:59 PM CEST on July 26th, 2024). Don’t miss this last chance to grab one (or both) of our most popular courses...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
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...
about 2 months 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%...
about 2 months 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...
2 months ago • 2 min read