It is perhaps one of the most daunting tasks for a 3D artist, creating materials using a node system. Certainly more technical of a workflow than it is artistic, but fortunately there is an addon that makes working with nodes so much easier, and that is the node wrangler. Below is a shortlist of 8 … Read more
Creating basic materials is really easy in Blender, but creating more complex materials takes a lot of time and work. It can take a lot more when your node setups are poorly organized, as you need to have a solid understanding of the role that each node has for your material. The following tools allow … Read more
You ever heard of the term normals in the 3D modeling space? It’s a term used to describe the direction your geometry is facing. If it’s facing the right way then you have nothing to worry about. But what if it was facing the wrong way? And how would you even be able to tell … Read more
If you want to set up very basic materials in Blender, then you only need to use the materials tab in the properties panel in order to create those simple materials. But if you want more control over your materials and how they are applied to your model, then you will need to learn how … Read more
Rendering an image in Blender involves creating a 3D scene, positioning the camera, and then using the camera data to produce a rendered picture of the scene from the camera’s perspective. Rendering an animation involves the same steps but there are a few added layers on top that we need to know about to render … Read more
There are several ways in which you can create texture maps for 3D objects in Blender. Perhaps the most creative of which is to paint your own custom-made texture in the image editor or the texture paint workspace. But did you know that you can actually make parts of your model appear transparent using the … Read more
