Lamp Model
A hotel room table lamp modeled while waiting for a night shift to start. Available on CGTrader.
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Texture Painting
Blender texture painting not working and every search answer is for beginners? Check Local View. Toggling it off with the slash key fixed it instantly.
Blender Tip: Mesh to curve
Turn a string of mesh vertices into a Bezier curve with handles in Blender 2.81: Convert To Curve, Set Spline Type to Bezier, then set the handles to Aligned.
13 Practical 3D Prints Around the House
Thirteen 3D prints in daily use around the house: a dog bottle strap, screwdriver inserts, a door bracket, a grill hinge repair, a light-switch servo and more.
Soccer Goal
A soccer goal whose net has realistic slack from Blender's cloth simulator, with corner brackets and net clips most goal models leave out. On CGTrader.
Blender Quick Tip – Photogrammetry Lighting
Photogrammetry scans carry their own lighting. Set the Blender viewport to Solid, Flat lighting and Texture color for a natural look and a faster viewport.
Blender Denoise Node: 21x Faster Cycles Renders
Blender 2.81's compositor Denoise node with normal and albedo passes: a clean render at 5 samples in 7 seconds instead of 156 seconds at 150. Setup and results.
Blender Quick Tip – Auto Merge
Where Auto Merge lives in Blender 2.80 (Active Tool, Options) and 3.1 (Tool Settings toggle) so dragging one vertex onto another joins them automatically.
Photo Real Renders vs Photos
Why renders and photos are hard to tell apart: rendering got better, but retouched photos also trained everyone to expect surfaces without scratches or dust.
CG Models
Why the free CGTrader models became paid ones: giving work away undercuts other sellers, and the prices are a token anyway. A mix of free and cheap since.