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It's been a while since we've done a regular follow-along tutorial, so I thought it would be nice to fit one between other videos. This one is about creating a self-lit text artwork, how to use custom fonts, as well as...
2022-04-22 11:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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I've published a new roundup video sharing some interesting Blender projects and tutorials, including lighting tips, geometry nodes tutorials, Arcane-inspired effects, resource updates and more!
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Over the last week, I've been going back through my old material resource packages and making them ready for the Blender asset browser. Updates have been pushed to these packages, meaning you can take the blend files a...
2022-04-12 11:09:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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I've just released a video sharing some geometry and shader node tips I've picked up while working on some project experiments - some specific to the new features introduced in Blender 3.1. Hopefully you will find thes...
2022-03-22 12:43:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's that time again, a new version of Blender has been dropped into our open arms. As usual, I like to record a video where I scroll through the beautiful release page and talk about the new features.
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I've been working on a variety of projects over the past week that are not ready to make videos about yet, so for this week's entry I'm going to explain my customized startup file for Blender - which you can 2022-03-09 12:19:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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I've just put out a new video roundup of my favorite recent tutorials and Blender projects. Hopefully this gives you some exciting content and learning material to investigate while I keep working on new tools and art ...
2022-03-01 12:06:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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I had to go a bit off-schedule for this week's video since I'm now dealing with Covid.
In this one, I decided to give you a sneak-preview of the new studio space, and also share some more Blender-related community p...
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In this video, I show you some of the recent experiments I've been doing with voxel systems in Blender (using geometry nodes) and talk about the potential of how they can be used to make artwork. We also talk a bit abo...
2022-02-10 12:08:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this video, I talk about a new pack of procedural pattern node groups that I've put out on Gumroad and Blender Market, but to save the whole video from being just one big advertisement, I provide a demonstration of ...
2022-01-28 12:08:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this video, I'll be providing you with a breakdown of my recent microbial style experiments in Blender while also giving you a few geometry nodes tips, including how to paint semi-transparent microbes on a plane usi...
2022-01-17 13:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Yesterday I released a 40 minute crash course demonstrating some generative modeling techniques using geometry nodes in Blender. In this particular video, we'll be focusing heavily on displacement, voxel mesh generatio...
2022-01-09 11:42:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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I'm on holiday, but I managed to find some time to finally create the long-overdue release video for the new version of BY-GEN.
2021-12-23 14:31:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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Since Blender 3.0 has been released, I just wanted to quickly take a look through the main feature page - something I've done for previous versions of the software. I've tried to keep it condensed within ten minutes to...
2021-12-09 14:15:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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I'm intending to make version 9 of the BY-GEN addon available on the 10th December, provided that nothing else gets in the way. In this video, I talk a little bit about the date, share some feature updates and provide ...
2021-12-07 13:13:08 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons!
If you haven't already seen them, I've released a couple of videos over the last few days.
The first video is an opportunity for me to share a few things that I wasn't able to during the sponsored series - in par...
2021-11-30 12:13:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this video, I'll be showing you some of my favorite addons that come pre-packaged with Blender (in the preferences window). There is a lot of useful functionality in these addons that can help to speed up your creative workflows - in...
2021-11-26 13:00:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this video, I'll give you a preview of version 9 of the free BY-GEN addon for Blender. BY-GEN has traditionally been about parametric modeling, but this update expands the toolset to make use of geometry nodes while...
2021-11-17 12:01:58 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this video, I've put together 5 more of my favorite tips that have come from working with Blender. We talk about a couple of my favorite modifier stack combinations for modeling, randomizing values (such as light co...
2021-11-12 12:02:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this video, I'm going to be showing you how to create interesting surface effects over the top of a mesh using geometry nodes in Blender. We will also take a look at how to use vertex groups to paint the effect over...
2021-11-02 12:26:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here is the third video in the sponsored series - providing a breakdown of my Destiny 2 ghost companion project.
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I've just started working with NVIDIA and PCSpecialist on a series of videos, so over the coming weeks there's going to be a range of interesting Blender-related content including tips & tricks, art breakdowns and ...
2021-10-22 11:05:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this video, I'll be giving you a sneak peek of version 9 of the free BY-GEN generative modeling addon for Blender. This version will feature full geometry nodes integration allowing for a seemingly limitless number ...
2021-10-14 11:09:58 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this video, I share some advice for building an amazing portfolio. We talk about quality over quantity, showing independent thought, keeping things relevant, understanding the culture of where you're applying, the p...
2021-10-08 11:08:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Very sorry for the double post today, but it's time for the September content report!
I've decided to make our content reports available to everyone and the best way I can do that is to do it in a video format and m...
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In this video, I'll show you how I made this fantasy character artwork using Blender and 3D Coat. I'll run you through a variety of techniques and explain my thought process while also sharing a few tools that should h...
2021-09-30 11:30:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this video, I show you how I've started designing my future studio in Blender. At this point in time I am working through the blockout and concepting phase, so I'll give my reasons for the layout while sharing so...
Okay so this is a one-off special video. For some context, I made a promise to some other creator friends (and mentioned a few times on BlenderNest) that I would wear a specific unicorn gown in a video following the 100,000 subscriber milestone. So in t...
2021-09-18 11:29:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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I've just released a new video talking about how the new asset browser for Blender could enhance your creativity and speed up your workflow, taking a moment to consider how it could positively benefit the wider communi...
2021-09-12 11:16:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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Keeping up a humorous tone, I've made this quick video talking about the exciting Cycles X project. In this, we take a look at the performance improvements promised and also take a moment to discuss some of the problems t...