We added 5 new lessons to chapter 5 "Cute Creature Retopology" of the Master 3D Sculpting in Blender course update, this chapter is now complete.

The new lessons will finish up the steb-by-step retopology process of the cute creature, and we will learn about some free and paid tools that help us to auto-retopologize a sculpting in a matter of seconds, with the downside of being less accurate.

The next chapter is planned to be released in May 2021. There we will finish up the cute creature sculpting, by adding high resolution details.

Here are the newlessons of chapter 5:

• 5.12 - Mouth and Eye Holes
• 5.13 - Multires Modifier Projection
• 5.14 - Auto-Retopology: QuadriFlow
• 5.15 - Auto-Retopology: Instant Meshes
• 5.16 - Auto-Retopology: Quad Remesher
• Chapter 5 Download Section

In our new YouTube video, Martin Klekner shares how to set up a starry night sky using a simple node-based setup in Blender. You can use the resulting sky dome in any of your night scenes.

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Rendering & Compositing Misty scene!

Rendering misty scenes can be a tricky business, but by using the few tricks and tips I provide in these new lessons of chapter 9, it shouldn't be a problem for you. Also, you will learn how to put your rendered layers together in Blender's Compositor, to achieve an even better result.

With that, chapter 9 focused on getting real-world landscape data using the GIS add-on is now complete. 😀 

Here are the new lessons of Chapter 9:

• 9.11 - Rendering the Scottish Lake Scene
• 9.12 - Compositing the Scottish Lake Scene

In this Resources email, Zach Reinhardt shares another round of useful and inspiring CG and Blender related resources.

This time let's have a look at what the Blender development is all about in 2021, a stunning Blender animation, a video game that can display armies with millions of soldiers on screen, a fun VFX trip to space and more.

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1 hour of new content!

Lots of new lessons have been added to the Master 3D Environments in Blender course lately. So, going more in-depth on previously mentioned topics, others tying up loose ends and breaking down the final scenes you could see in the course's teaser.

Chapters 6 and 10 are now officially finished, guiding you through the creation of a misty mountainscape and a night forest scenery, illuminated by an animated Aurora Borealis element.

Here are the NEW lessons of Chapter 6:

• 6.12 - Adding Background Planes, Fog and Clouds
• 6.13 - Rendering the Mountains scene
• 6.14 - Compositing the Mountains scene

Here are the newlessons of Chapter 10:

• 10.10 - Finishing the Treescape scene
• 10.11 - Compositing the Treescape scene

Here is the newlesson of Chapter 11:

• 11.11 - Breaking down the Ocean Scene from the Teaser

Here are the newlessons of Chapter 15:

• 15.03- Sand Storm particle simulation
• 15.04 - Sand Storm compositing

With these new lessons, the course now spans 9 hours of epic landscape creation training! 😀

We added 8 new lessons to chapter 5 "Cute Creature Retopology", of the Master 3D Sculpting in Blender course update.

The new lessons will guide you through a full steb-by-step retopology process of the cute creature.

Here are the newlessons of chapter 5:

• 5.4 - Topology and Quads
• 5.5 - Retopology: Head - Part 1
• 5.6 - Retopology: Head - Part 2
• 5.7 - Retopology: Head - Part 3
• 5.8 - Retopology: Body - Part 1
• 5.9 - Retopology: Body - Part 2
• 5.10 - Retopology: Limbs - Part 1
• 5.11 - Retopology: Limbs - Part 2

In this Resources email, Zach Reinhardt shares another round of useful and inspiring CG and Blender related resources.

This time let's have a look at our new Blender rigging tutorial, an epic mech battle animation, a realtime watercolor tutorial and more.

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In our new YouTube video, Juan Hernandez shares how to automate animations using a custom rig controller. Not only we will take a look on how to set this up, but also showcase some situations where this can be very useful, like a robot arm or a bird and dragon wing.

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We added the first 3 lessons to the new chapter 5 "Cute Creature Retopology", of the Master 3D Sculpting in Blender course update.

This new chapter will cover all important basics about retopology in Blender. First we prepare the retopology setup and tools, and then going through a steb-by-step retopology process of the cute creature.

After that, we will learn about some free and paid tools that can generate automatic but less accurate retopology mesh, to speed things up.

Here are the newlessons of chapter 5:

• 5.1 - Chapter Introduction
• 5.2 - Retopology Setup
• 5.3 - Retopology Tools

We are happy to announce our 25th CG Boost Art Challenge with the topic “Futuristic Transport”!

This art challenge is for all 3D artists wanting to improve their skills and get the chance to win great prizes!

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Artwork by Hamish Frater