This Cooking 3D Setup Made in Blender Looks Like an Animated Film

Real-Time Texture Painting Sync Between CSP & Blender

TXTRCast is a free Blender add-on that enables real-time texture painting synchronization between Blender and external 2D painting software like Clip Studio Paint or Photoshop. Paint in your preferred 2D app and see brush strokes instantly reflected on the 3D model in Blender. It requires Blender 4.0+, currently supports Windows 10/11 only, and is noted as not fully stable. Available for free download with a step-by-step setup guide included.

Creating Hand-Painted Elf Portrait in 3D with Blender & Substance 3D

Arturo Galván Soler chia sẻ quy trình tạo bức chân dung elf 3D theo phong cách vẽ tay, từ sketch concept (Procreate, Photoshop), sculpting (Nomad Sculpt), retopology & hair cards (Blender), đến hand-painted PBR textures (Substance 3D Painter), cuối cùng là facial rig (blendshapes + bones) nhằm tối ưu cho game real-time trên Unity.

Là người muốn xây dựng pipeline game-ready từ khái niệm đến render, bạn sẽ tìm hiểu cách kết hợp kỹ thuật sculpting, retopology và texturing trong Blender và Substance 3D để tạo ra nhân vật 3D chi tiết và hiệu suất cao cho Unity.

Creating Stylized Cartoon Electric Guitar In Blender

A 3D artist breaks down the creation of a stylized cartoon electric guitar prop, covering the full pipeline from modeling in ZBrush and Maya, UV unwrapping with RizomUV, texturing in Substance 3D Painter, to rendering and compositing in Blender and Nuke. Key highlights include using Blender's Eevee renderer for the first time, creating a stylized liquid shader, adding outlines with Stroke and Line Art modifiers, and maintaining color consistency with an ACES workflow across tools.

New UV Visualization Tool For Houdini

SideFX Labs has released a new Copernicus node called UV Grid Texture COP for Houdini. It generates procedural textures to help artists test UV layouts, check texture orientation, texel density, and distortion. The texture can be customized with tile colors, markers, outlines, and text labels, and can be previewed directly on geometry using the UV Visualize SOP. SideFX Labs is a free, open-source toolset developed outside the main Houdini release cycle.

Blender Studio Takes Open-Source Filmmaking To Feature Length

Blender Studio has announced 'Overgrown', its first feature-length animated film, co-directed by Hjalti Hjálmarsson and Rik Schutte. Set in a post-human, robo-apocalyptic world reclaimed by nature, the project aims to build an open-source 'feature playbook' — a collection of tools and documentation for creating large-scale productions with Blender. The goal is to empower independent filmmakers and small teams without relying on cloud services or generative AI. To fund the project, Blender Studio needs to reach 7,000 subscribers by September to secure minimum financial support for taking the film to market.

Blender Artist Builds Typewriter Setup In Geometry Nodes

Jeong Heon has built a fully procedural typewriter setup in Blender's Geometry Nodes, with every key press animated without keyframes. The project is still a work in progress but plans to release it for free on Gumroad once complete. The post also links to beginner Geometry Nodes tutorials and other Geometry Nodes-driven projects for inspiration.

Elden Ring Glintstone Kris Shortsword Made in Maya & ZBrush

ShangYu Wang, a 3D environment artist, shares a detailed breakdown of recreating the Elden Ring Glintstone Kris Shortsword using Maya, ZBrush, Substance 3D Painter, and Marmoset Toolbag 5. The workflow covers Maya blockout for proportions, ZBrush high-poly sculpting with SnakeHook and Sculptris Pro for branch and crystal details, and texturing techniques including a two-layer mesh approach to simulate crystal light refraction. Render setup in Marmoset uses three-point lighting with warm-cold contrast, and the post includes composition analysis of the final cover image. Practical advice for beginners emphasizes completing simple, fully polished assets before tackling complex ones.