💡 Playing with a double-border image as an environmental lighting source in Blender using Afterglow. #blender

☣️ The new version of our generative modeling addon (BY-GEN) for Blender 5.0+ is almost ready, thanks to funding from my patrons. Here’s a little update video: youtu.be/5Z0mOP6VO40 #blender

⭐ We are currently working on Hex Scatter V2 for Blender! Infinite, semi-procedural materials from non-seamless texture sources. Triplanar / biplanar projection, hexagonal cell blending with PBR height maps, normal correction and more: youtu.be/FVJ8VAA-iNo #blender

💡 Getting unique environmental lighting profiles with Afterglow in Blender. #blender

💡 Talking about using image inputs as environmental light sources in Afterglow for Blender. #blender

🪨 Thanks to support from the patrons, version 5 of the free Community Material Pack is now in pre-release, which means once the overtime is paid for, all of these material will be available for everyone. #b3d #blender #blender3d

📂 I have updated my Blender startup file and theme to version 5.0.1, available on my Gumroad. Here’s a quick video: youtu.be/DJQ7d7oNfeI #b3d #blender #blender3d

✨ Thanks to support from the patrons, I have started working on a free sample for Afterglow which will one day be available for the Blender community. Join our patreon community to help out! #b3d #blender #blender3d

🦕 Today I’m putting my lighting tools to the test on a prehistoric dolphin fossil in Blender. youtu.be/4lrWN0vLqhg #b3d #blender #blender3d

📂 Here’s a quick tip for optimizing your asset files in Blender. #b3d #blender #blender3d

🧑‍💻 I finally built myself a private render farm in my studio using Flamenco and Python. Here’s a little chat about some of the issues I bumped into: youtu.be/HfOGZi4aH8k #b3d #blender #blender3d

🖥️ I’m working on some updates for my studio, including an audio-visual workspace for animated shorts and a network system for file sharing (and local render farm), along with a local project wiki system powered by PureRef. Here’s a quick chat about it: youtu.be/5ASXL_n-CAs #b3d #blender #blender3d

☁️ Talking about creative discoveries and playing with volumes. File on Patreon for silver-tier members. #b3d #blender #blender3d

📦 In today’s video, I’m making a test version of BY-GEN available to patrons, adding a whole load of materials to the community material pack, and working on a free sample version of Afterglow. youtu.be/y0A6NMl0khU #b3d #blender #blender3d

💡 Talking about finding new perspectives by dividing spaces into ‘lighting domains’, from the Afterglow display case update. #b3d #blender #blender3d

🌿 Talking about the principle of the distribution of detail in environment art while taking a look at screenshots from Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Full video on the Reference Board channel. #3dart #environmentart #avatar

💡 Talking about how I got a hexagonal glass roughness effect in Blender. File on Patreon for silver-tier members. #b3d #blender #blender3d

🌍 Over on the Reference Board channel, I took a quick look at the environment art of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and talking about how you might recreate bioluminescence: youtu.be/4pdn91XHMaQ #3dart #avatar #3d

⭐ Someone let me know about a new place where products were being pirated, so I’ve shared some thoughts. youtu.be/v8v9WJu0auo #b3d #blender #blender3d

💎 Free: Community Material Pack V4! My patrons have successfully managed to fund this update, meaning it is now available for everyone! (This was just a small update to test the free project wage system). See more here: youtu.be/v2k-gnMJSco #b3d #blender #blender3d

💡 A little lighting tip for using virtual display setups for highlighting different focus areas of objects. #b3d #blender #blender3d

📸 In today’s video, I’m giving an update on the blend stream website project. youtu.be/9ZDbNeBBdVM #b3d #blender #blender3d

🧬 Today, I’m giving myself a render challenge by infecting Blender with Covid. youtu.be/GCyj2UteAsA #b3d #blender #blender3d

🤔 Recently, I saw a thread on the Blender subreddit complaining about tutorials not explaining every action, so I wanted to talk about it. youtu.be/9aRWCCQ-9pc #b3d #blender #blender3d

🎃 Here’s just a fun little video talking about some of the Blender resources added to the Patreon last month. youtu.be/3fHTbA9f_-U #b3d #blender #blender3d

💡 Very quick and simple tip - often times I keep a wireframe view in the corner of the workspace for realtime previews of camera angles when I can't be bothered to keep swapping between viewport and render. #b3d #blender #blender3d

💡 Sharing a quick material tip of blending procedural materials with scan textures to make them more grounded. There are much more powerful ways to do this, but I've been using this method recently. #b3d #blender #blender3d

💡 Blender tip for putting text within glass, from a recent video where I tested a concept for display case lighting for Afterglow. #b3d #blender #blender3d

New to my Patreon is a procedural rusty metal material. Since I want to do an update for Modular Metals in the future, I asked Dee (a creator friend) to have a go at metal degradation so we could compare techniques. Available to silver-tier patrons. #b3d #blender #blender3d

🎉 We managed to raise a lot of money for Blender this month. Here’s a quick recap: youtu.be/TqpBcl4ws9M #b3d #blender #blender3d

💡 Talking about the new display cases update for Afterglow - my collection of lighting assets for Cycles in Blender. #b3d #blender #blender3d

✨ Since it's Black Friday, my products (Afterglow, Hex Scatter, Modular Workspaces, etc) are on sale on both Superhive and Gumroad. Now is a good chance to pick them up. youtu.be/f9pFeTXi2BM #b3d #blender #blender3d

New to my Patreon (Silver): Dee’s Scans - a collection of food and miscellaneous item scans as a Blender asset library, including higher and lower poly versions. #b3d #blender #blender3d

Having fun playing with lighting in Blender, using some character art from a recent video. #b3d #blender #blender3d

🗿 Demonstrating my geometry proximity shading method in Blender with a quick sculpted guide object. #b3d #blender #blender3d

💡 Afterglow Version 2.2 is now available for Blender, featuring a variety of display case assets, as well as the recent physical definition material. Check out the new video for information and tips: youtu.be/2-_zp3l7_cU #b3d #blender #blender3d

🎉 Blender 5.0 is here, so let’s chat about the new features: youtu.be/EUZX2_wRB8U #b3d #blender #blender3d

🔥 Blender needs our help! If every active user contributed $5 this month, Blender would be funded for the entire year of 2026. I’ve just released a video talking about why I donate to Blender and what it has done for me: youtu.be/ndJ7gnwO2rc #b3d #blender #blender3d

Talking about how I made the cloak for the recent reinterpretation of the Wanderer character art (a Blender demo by Daniel Bystedt). #b3d #blender #blender3d

Just a quick discussion video today, talking about some thing to be aware of when taking part in art challenges / competitions: youtu.be/sDsyCa1hVQ8 #b3d #blender

Another quick demonstration from a recent video using my 'physical definition' material for displaying sculpted objects (with optional geometry proximity effects), which is included in my startup file on Gumroad. #b3d #blender #blender3d

Recently, I decided to reimagine an original character by Daniel Bystedt, which gave me an opportunity to test out an idea for humanoid faces. #b3d #blender #blender3d

✍️ I recently posted the October roundup on my Patreon, which is free for anyone to read. Remember, if you sign up for free, I will send monthly updates to you inbox, keeping you up to date on what we're working on: www.patreon.com/posts/conten... #b3d #blender #blender3d

🤖 New video: Today I’m doing some character art by remixing a classic Blender demo by Daniel Bystedt, along with some lighting tests. youtu.be/xvE44C4xtow #b3d #blender #blender3d

💡 Talking about my preparation for a display case update for Afterglow, and the idea of 'lighting domains' in Blender. File on Patreon for silver-tier members. #b3d #blender #blender3d

I use the Wanderer character by Daniel Bystedt (2) in a lot of lighting demos for Blender, so yesterday I wanted to pay homage by doing a reinterpretation of the character that's a bit more in line with my personal style, but could also feasibly exist within the same universe (1) #b3d #blender

Talking about my geometry proximity material which I’ve shared in my startup file on Gumroad. #b3d #blender #blender3d

Talking about the viability of using geometry proximity for shading sculpted objects in Blender. The exobiology project files available on the Patreon. #b3d #blender #blender3d

Talking about the recent alien embryo style test in Blender. 👽 #b3d #blender #blender3d

Here is a cleaner workspace screenshot of the recent 'display case' render test, featuring the Wanderer character by Daniel Bystedt and Plant Library by bd3d. #b3d #blender #blender3d