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This is the second chapter in my course “Rig Anything with Rigify”. A course that will show you how to use Rigify in Blender to significantly speed up and simplify the character rigging process. The article and video for Chapter 1 are HERE. An overview of the whole course can be found HERE. In this […]
“Rig Anything with Rigify Chapter 2: The Rigify Workflow Read More »
Rigging in Blender is difficult. The basics are easy to grasp but when you start getting into advanced rigging, things get really complicated really fast. To master this craft you need a synergy of artistic and technical skills and those literally take years to develop. A lot of Blender artists need a good and versatile
Rig Anything with Rigify. Chapter 1: Rigging in Blender (basics) Read More »
Hi and welcome to my Rigify tutorial series. Rigify is an addon for Blender that greatly simplifies the character rigging process. If you tried and failed to create functional rigs in the past I think you’ll love the information presented here. I believe it will save you many hours of frustration (it did for me).
“Rig Anything with Rigify”: Tutorial Series Intro Read More »
This is the final part in my Whale Modeling, Sculpting and Texturing workflow videos. The other parts can be found here: part 1 || part 2 || part 3 Here I show the texturing portion. It’s done in Substance Painter. The process is presented as time-lapsed videos with annotations. Blender can also be used for
Humpback Whale Modeling in Blender (Part 4 Texturing in Substance Painter) Read More »
This is part 3 of my Whale Modeling, Sculpting and Texturing workflow videos. The other parts can be found here: part 1 || part 2 || part 4 In this video I detail the Whale model in Blender. I utilize Multi-res sculpting (which is broken in the current version 2.82… you should either use an
Humpback Whale Modeling in Blender (Part 3 Sculpting) Read More »
This is part 2 of my Whale Modeling, Sculpting and Texturing workflow videos. The other parts can be found here: part 1 || part 3 || part 4 In this part, I focus on UV Unwrapping in Blender. The process is presented as time-lapsed videos with annotations. UV Unwrapping can be tedious. So put on
Humpback Whale Modeling in Blender (Part 2 UV Unwrapping) Read More »
This is the the first part in my Whale Modeling, Sculpting and Texturing workflow videos. The other parts can be found here: part 2 || part 3 || part 4 Here I show the modelling portion. It’s done in Blender. The process is presented as time-lapsed videos with annotations. It is not quite a tutorial
Humpback Whale Modeling in Blender (Part 1) Read More »
Often we want to perform an action to many objects in Blender. The most common way is to select all objects of interest, then ask Blender to manipulate them in some way. In many cases Blender just does what we expect and that’s great. Other times there are simple (tho sometimes obscure) workflows built inside
Automation in Blender: 8 ways to simplify repetitive tasks. Read More »
I recently wrote a tutorial about the basics of command line rendering in Blender. If you haven’t read it, check it out here. There I explained why using the command line is a good idea. I also gave you the most basic command that you’ll likely use 80%+ of the time. c:\>blender -b file.blend -a
Rendering from the command line in Blender: Part 2 – down the rabbit hole Read More »
I recently converted to command-line-ism. In this article I’ll explain the benefits of rendering your final animation from the command line. (You know? That ancient looking Windows thing where you have to type commands by hand. ) It’s not as scary as it looks. I promise!!! And the benefits far outweigh the slight hassle it
Blender – improve render stability 100% by rendering from the command line Read More »