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
Rendering has the potential to be one of the most time-consuming stages of your project, and you are not even doing much aside from waiting for your computer to render your image or animation. There are many ways in which you can reduce the amount of time to render but the 1st point of call … Read more
One of the most important aspects to learn when becoming a 3D artist is how to create professional-looking renders of your objects and scenes. A rendered image is an image that is created using the data gathered from a 3D scene, from a specific viewport created by a camera object. So how can we manipulate … Read more
