Hey Reader, Zach here, With a fresh collection of news from the 3D world. Today I have a Kickstarter launch for a promising Blender VFX course by InLightVFX, a Humble Bundle of the best add-ons from Blender Market, a pro character animator sharing his 25 years journey, a new Car Render Challenge and a cute animation teaser. Let’s dive in. "Master 3D VFX in Blender" by InLightVFX on Kickstarter Jacob from InLightVFX (who’s De-Lighting tutorial we recently shared) is preparing the Kickstarter...
9 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, With a fresh collection of news from the 3D world. Today we have the Pwnisher’s "Kinetic Rush" challenge top 100 montage, an award-winning animated movie trailer made in Blender, tips on making your short movie projects from SouthernShotty and a great deal from Blender Secrets. Let’s dive in. Top 100 KINETIC RUSH Challenge Montage It’s that time of the year again when the new awesome Pwnisher’s Challenge top 100 animation montage is out! It has already become a staple...
16 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, with a fresh collection of news and inspirations from the 3D world. Today we have a tutorial with an extraordinary technique for VFX shots, a spaceship greebles kitbashing pack, a fun robot video by Polyfjord, and an amazing Ping-Pong boy animation breakdown. Let’s dive in. Ian Hubert's amazing "de-lighting" technique for VFX shots If you love the amazing VFX that Ian Hubert does in Blender for his short movies like Dynamo Dream, you’re probably wondering: "How is that...
23 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Zach here, First, with some exciting news: We’re getting close to releasing a new CG Boost course, and I’m sharing a teaser of it today! Besides this, there is a new 3D challenge by Pixar, Creative Shrimp’s new Blender/DaVinci Resolve course (free), and another impressive episode of "Dynamo Dream" from Ian Hubert. Let’s dive in. Teaser for our upcoming 3D Character Course We’re preparing to release our new Blender course soon. 🥳 It is a complete 3D character creation course by Jim...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
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)....
about 1 month 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...
about 1 month 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)...
about 2 months 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 2 months 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...
2 months ago • 1 min read