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Curtis Holt
@curtisjamesholt.bsky.social
Blender Expert / YouTuber / Tool Developer / BioMed 🧬
http://youtube.com/CurtisHolt
🔧 I've been building a creative talent system to personally connect clients with freelancers. If you want to be added to the speculative list of freelancers then I've just put out a video with more information:
youtu.be/77LDBXyJ73w
#blender
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM
☣️ Talking about volume effects in the BY-GEN generative modeling addon for Blender. V10 is exclusive to patrons until the development time is paid for. Full video on my YouTube channel.
#blender
February 3, 2026 at 11:36 AM
☣️ Using the reaction diffusion effect in BY-GEN V10, creating a kind of gross effect on a pumpkin. V10 is temporarily exclusive to patrons.
#blender
February 1, 2026 at 1:51 PM
📝 Here's a quick update video about breaking up with Adobe, learning Plasticity, becoming a creative agent, university, and other things we're working on.
youtu.be/4Avqj9Qx8oI
#blender
January 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM
💡 Showing a lighting trick in Blender of using an emissive ring with a gradient in Cycles (from the Afterglow asset library).
#blender
January 23, 2026 at 11:55 AM
☣️ Talking about mesh effects in the BY-GEN generative modeling addon for Blender (pre-release for patrons). Full video on my YouTube channel.
#blender
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM
💡 Playing with the studio cage lighting assets in Blender (from the Afterglow asset library) and using them to light a prehistoric dolphin fossil.
#blender
January 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
☣️ Talking about surface effects and imported node trees in the BY-GEN generative modeling addon for Blender. Full video on my YouTube channel.
#blender
January 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Talking about Hex Scatter for Blender - What it is, and why we made it.
#blender
January 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM
☣️ BY-GEN V10 for Blender is now available for patrons! It will be in pre-release until the development overtime has been paid for, and then it will become free for everyone.
#blender
January 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
☣️ Finally! BY-GEN Version 10 is now available in pre-release. Here's a quick breakdown video. More to come in the future:
youtu.be/ZbvDazHPLOc
#blender
January 14, 2026 at 12:31 PM
💡 Playing with a double-border image as an environmental lighting source in Blender using Afterglow.
#blender
January 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
☣️ 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
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 PM
⭐ 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
January 8, 2026 at 12:37 PM
💡 Getting unique environmental lighting profiles with Afterglow in Blender.
#blender
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM
💡 Talking about using image inputs as environmental light sources in Afterglow for Blender.
#blender
January 5, 2026 at 1:38 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
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 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
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 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
January 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🦕 Today I’m putting my lighting tools to the test on a prehistoric dolphin fossil in Blender.
youtu.be/4lrWN0vLqhg
#b3d #blender #blender3d
January 1, 2026 at 12:42 PM
📂 Here’s a quick tip for optimizing your asset files in Blender.
#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
December 22, 2025 at 12:29 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
December 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
☁️ Talking about creative discoveries and playing with volumes. File on Patreon for silver-tier members.
#b3d #blender #blender3d
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 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
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM