How to create realistic metallic models in Blender By Creative Bloq Staff published 5 January 15 Give your Blender work more realism by adding rust, roughness and specular highlights.
Tiny characters promote Coke's new mini bottles By Creative Bloq Staff published 11 September 13 Pitchi Poy Animation creates 3D mini-mes in new promotional campaign for Coca-Cola Israel's mini-bottle.
Control how objects shatter in Blender 2.6 By Creative Bloq Staff published 4 August 13 Indulge your inner demolition team with Rob Redman’s advice for destruction.
How to simulate fluids in Blender By Creative Bloq Staff published 12 February 13 Download the support files plus 17 minutes of video training. IMPORTANT: Do not open scene files in LightWave 10.0 or earlier. See step 6
The spectacular 'faux reliefs' of Grant Parsley By Creative Bloq Staff published 28 January 13 They look real - but they're made from pixels, not metal We can't believe these Wizard of Oz-themed metallic reliefs aren't solid objects but entirely made of pixels!
Stunning short film uses After Effects to the max By Creative Bloq Staff published 10 January 13 'November Növelet: Useless' is a brilliant use of some of the best-loved designer tools including After Effects and Blender.
Free gifts for 3D artists By Creative Bloq Staff published 4 December 12 This Santa model from Turbosquid is yours to use with a standard royalty-free licence
Create a realistic off-road scene By Creative Bloq Staff published 21 August 12 Not all cars drive on tarmac. Mike Griggs demonstrates how to create a realistically rough terrain for rallying.
Create a photo-real render with Cycles in Blender By Creative Bloq Staff published 1 February 12 These videos accompany a tutorial in 3D World issue 153, where you’ll find additional context and detail for this project. Download scene files for this Blender tutorial (14.4MB)
Distribute rocks across a plane in Blender By Creative Bloq Staff published 17 August 11 This video accompanies a tutorial in 3D World issue 147, where you’ll find additional context and detail for this project. Download scene files and screenshots for the Blender Q&A (51MB)
13 Blender tips from the pros By Creative Bloq Staff published 10 July 11 You can make Blender part of your professional pipeline with this set of workflow tips and tricks from five of its leading artists.
Animate a flame using materials in Blender By Creative Bloq Staff published 3 April 11 Bassam Kurdali shows how procedural materials and Blender’s compositing tools can create movement
Enhance a game level environment in Blender By Creative Bloq Staff published 4 February 11 Christopher Plush shows how to create low-overhead in-game effects that won’t tax your players’ machines.
Roll an object on its edge in Blender By Creative Bloq Staff published 28 January 11 Download scene files and video for this tutorial Ensure that the curves don’t have any overshoot in the flat parts by using vector handles
Animate a circular swipe in Blender By Creative Bloq Staff published 8 January 11 Bassam Kurdali’s video explains how to set up a clock face-style swiping action using the popular open-source 3D package.
Create a Tron-inspired light cycle effect in Blender By Creative Bloq Staff published 17 December 10 Tron: Legacy is out in the UK today! Learn how to create a light cycle effect similar to the effects in the new movie.