Curtis Holt
@curtisjamesholt.bsky.social
Blender Expert / YouTuber / Tool Developer / BioMed 🧬
http://youtube.com/CurtisHolt
http://youtube.com/CurtisHolt
🪨 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
#b3d #blender #blender3d
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
🪨 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
#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
youtu.be/DJQ7d7oNfeI
#b3d #blender #blender3d
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
📂 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
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
#b3d #blender #blender3d
January 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
✨ 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
#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
youtu.be/4lrWN0vLqhg
#b3d #blender #blender3d
January 1, 2026 at 12:42 PM
🦕 Today I’m putting my lighting tools to the test on a prehistoric dolphin fossil in Blender.
youtu.be/4lrWN0vLqhg
#b3d #blender #blender3d
youtu.be/4lrWN0vLqhg
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🧑💻 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
youtu.be/HfOGZi4aH8k
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🧑💻 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
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
youtu.be/5ASXL_n-CAs
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🖥️ 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
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
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
☁️ Talking about creative discoveries and playing with volumes. File on Patreon for silver-tier members.
#b3d #blender #blender3d
#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
youtu.be/y0A6NMl0khU
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📦 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
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
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
💡 Talking about finding new perspectives by dividing spaces into ‘lighting domains’, from the Afterglow display case update.
#b3d #blender #blender3d
#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
Full video on the Reference Board channel.
#3dart #environmentart #avatar
December 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🌿 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
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
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
💡 Talking about how I got a hexagonal glass roughness effect in Blender. File on Patreon for silver-tier members.
#b3d #blender #blender3d
#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
youtu.be/4pdn91XHMaQ
#3dart #avatar #3d
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🌍 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
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
youtu.be/v8v9WJu0auo
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
⭐ 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
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
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
December 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
💎 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
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
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
💡 A little lighting tip for using virtual display setups for highlighting different focus areas of objects.
#b3d #blender #blender3d
#b3d #blender #blender3d
📸 In today’s video, I’m giving an update on the blend stream website project.
youtu.be/9ZDbNeBBdVM
#b3d #blender #blender3d
youtu.be/9ZDbNeBBdVM
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📸 In today’s video, I’m giving an update on the blend stream website project.
youtu.be/9ZDbNeBBdVM
#b3d #blender #blender3d
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
youtu.be/GCyj2UteAsA
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🧬 Today, I’m giving myself a render challenge by infecting Blender with Covid.
youtu.be/GCyj2UteAsA
#b3d #blender #blender3d
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
youtu.be/9aRWCCQ-9pc
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🤔 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
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
youtu.be/3fHTbA9f_-U
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎃 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
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
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
💡 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
#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
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
💡 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
#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
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
💡 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
#b3d #blender #blender3d