Modifiers are a great way of modeling in Blender without making permanent changes to the object, as modifiers follow a procedural workflow. Sometimes when using modifiers some of them will have red icons. But why is this the case? When the icon of the modifier appears red, then the modifier is in a state where … Read more
Geometry is constructed using three types, which are the building blocks for all mesh-based models. These three types of geometry are vertices, edges, and faces. An issue that beginners may face is the fact that you can see all these individual pieces on your model, so it looks blocky and flat. When light bounces of … Read more
When modeling 3D objects and scenes you will find many tools available to you, all in different places and menus across the Blender interface. Each of these has a specific purpose and for some, it is easy to know that purpose just by reading the name of the tool. But other tools, like the mark … Read more
When using the normal subdivide tool we are able to add geometry across our model in a uniform manner without changing the shape of the model at all. However, when the subdivision surface modifier is in use our model deforms into a more spherical, curved shape, even in areas where the model needs to remain … Read more
When you start creating a material in the node editor, the default setup will give you the principled BSDF node as your primary shader. This shader has a lot of attributes associated with it, like the base color of the material. Some of these attributes are not used as often though, such as the clearcoat. … Read more
Most materials that you create in Blender will use the Principled BSDF shader as the base for that material tree, thanks to the many individual attributes that can be manipulated through this node. One of the lesser-used attributes is the sheen attribute. Sheen is a reflective property that controls how reflective the fresnel of the … Read more
