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We updated our Blender Hotkey Sheet PDF to reflect the changes in the new stable version of Blender 3.3. 🧾
You can sign up here for free to get it (email required), or just login to your CG Boost Academy account if you have signed up already, and download it.
We added the first full chapter of Part 3 "Scene Breakdowns" to our Cubic Worlds course, with 12 new video lessons and a running time of ~1:40 hours.
In this chapter, we have a look behind the scenes, on how the "Family Trip" animation was created.
We will have a general look at how the scene was assembled, how the car rig and animation was created, but we will also learn some new workflows on how to create uneven terrain, animated water, a flock of birds and more.
Here are the newlessons of chapter 10:
We also UPDATEDthe Download Section of the course, where the new chapter is now included:
We updated our Blender Hotkey Sheet PDF to reflect the changes in the new stable version of Blender 3.2. 🧾
You can sign up here for free to get it (email required), or just login to your CG Boost Academy account if you have signed up already, and download it.
We added the third full chapter of the "Epic Creature" sculpting exercise, with 21 new videos and a running time of ~3.5 hours, to our Master 3D Sculpting in Blender course.
In this new chapter, you will learn how to texture the creature. We will UV unwrap the model, bake different texture maps, texture paint the base color and add fine details to the skin in the shader editor.
Additionally, we will make use of UDIMs to increase the texture resolution and create semi-realistic eyes for the creature.
Here are the newlessons of chapter 10:
We also Updatedthe Download Section of the course, where the new chapter is now included:
Next we will work on the "Epic Creature Presentation" chapter, where you will learn how to add a simple rig to the creature, and create some nice renders. We don't have a release date yet, but it will be at some point in 2022. Stay tuned!
One of the most requested tutorial topics for the Master 3D Environments in Blender course was how to add lightning to your shots. In this free tutorial on our YouTube channel, we go deep into how to do just that!
You will learn how to use Grease Pencil to add animated lightning, light up your scene with it, and then composite it into your rendered footage.
Simultaneously, we added similar lessons to the course's Chapter 15 that focuses on weather effects:
Here are the 2 new lessons of chapter 15:
We added a new section about creating a stormy ocean to the Master 3D Environments in Blender course.
The first part of this section uses the Ocean modifier to simulate the stormy waves. Then we employ Dynamic Paint to capture proximity data and allow spray particles to be emitted only from the highest portions of the waves.
The last lesson breaks down the rendering and compositing process.
These new lessons added almost 30 minutes of new content to chapter 11!
Here are the 3 new lessons of chapter 11:
We added the second full chapter of the "Epic Creature" sculpting exercise, with 11 new videos and a running time of ~1.5 hours, to our Master 3D Sculpting in Blender course.
In this new chapter, you will learn how to add the fine details to the creature. Here we will use the default sculpting tools, masking techniques but also brush textures to add high resolution details like scales and skin.
Additionally, you will learn how to create your own custom brush textures from 3D data and 2D photos.
Check out the chapter introduction video to learn more.
Here are the NEW lessons of chapter 9:
We also UPDATED the Download Section of the course, where the new chapter is now included:
Next we will work on the "Epic Creature Shading" chapter, where you will learn how to color the creature. We don't have a release date yet, but it will be at some point in 2022. Stay tuned!
Time to finish up the new Geometry Nodes chapter of the Master 3D Environments in Blender course! In the last few videos, you will learn some extra Geometry Node techniques, including creating a dynamic fence, using proximity data to scale nearby objects and more. Rendering and compositing lesson is of course a must!
With that, Chapter 17 is now complete, featuring 1 hour of new content!
Here are the 3 new lessons of chapter 17:
We added 8 new lessons to chapter 9 "Character Animation" (1:20 h of new content) to the Cubic Worlds course for Blender. This chapter is now complete.
In these new lessons, we will create a full character animation from a video reference, and then combine it with the walk cycle created before, to form a final animation. Then we will bake the animation and add a stop-motion effect.
With this chapter being done, Part 2 of the course is now complete. Watch the video below to learn what Part 2 is all about.
Here are the newlessons of chapter 9:
We also updateDthe Download Section of the course, where the new chapter is now included:
Next we will work on the last Part 3 "Scene Breakdowns", where we will have a closer look at some other Cubic Worlds scenes. We don't have a release time frame just yet, but it is planned for 2022. Stay tuned!
We added the first 9 new lessons to chapter 9 "Character Animation" (~1 hour of new content) to the Cubic Worlds course for Blender.
In this new chapter, you will learn all important basics on how to animate low poly human characters in Blender. We will create looping animations, use video references, combine modular animations, bake animations and much more.
Here are the NEWlessons of chapter 9:
All in all, this chapter will have 17 videos with 2+ h of content. The missing lessons will be published early next week. Stay tuned!