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Learn to design & build real projects with our new course, CRAFTSMAN 🛠️ Included in every CG Cookie membership 👇
https://cgcookie.com/courses/craftsman-precision-modeling-with-blender-for-real-world-application
https://cgcookie.com/courses/craftsman-precision-modeling-with-blender-for-real-world-application
New Blender course just dropped and it's a looker!
Make your characters truly alive 👀
- master eye tracking
- pupil dilation
- clamshell
- non-spherical eye rigs
Make your characters truly alive 👀
- master eye tracking
- pupil dilation
- clamshell
- non-spherical eye rigs
October 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New Blender course just dropped and it's a looker!
Make your characters truly alive 👀
- master eye tracking
- pupil dilation
- clamshell
- non-spherical eye rigs
Make your characters truly alive 👀
- master eye tracking
- pupil dilation
- clamshell
- non-spherical eye rigs
October 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Biblically accurate baking.
September 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Biblically accurate baking.
Ever scale a cube in Object Mode and wonder why the edges still say 2000mm in Edit Mode?
That’s because Blender keeps the original size and just multiplies it by the scale factor.
Quick fix: Ctrl + A → Apply Scale.
That’s because Blender keeps the original size and just multiplies it by the scale factor.
Quick fix: Ctrl + A → Apply Scale.
September 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Ever scale a cube in Object Mode and wonder why the edges still say 2000mm in Edit Mode?
That’s because Blender keeps the original size and just multiplies it by the scale factor.
Quick fix: Ctrl + A → Apply Scale.
That’s because Blender keeps the original size and just multiplies it by the scale factor.
Quick fix: Ctrl + A → Apply Scale.
✨ In games, boring > fancy.
A short, snappy animation feels responsive.
A flashy one looks cool… but slows the player down. 🎮⚡️
Good gameplay is about clarity + speed, not showing off.
A short, snappy animation feels responsive.
A flashy one looks cool… but slows the player down. 🎮⚡️
Good gameplay is about clarity + speed, not showing off.
September 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
✨ In games, boring > fancy.
A short, snappy animation feels responsive.
A flashy one looks cool… but slows the player down. 🎮⚡️
Good gameplay is about clarity + speed, not showing off.
A short, snappy animation feels responsive.
A flashy one looks cool… but slows the player down. 🎮⚡️
Good gameplay is about clarity + speed, not showing off.
Snapping in Blender doesn’t have to be guesswork. ⚡️
With G + Axis + B, you can snap to faces, edges, or vertices and align objects with millimeter precision. Perfect for clean modeling and faster workflows.
With G + Axis + B, you can snap to faces, edges, or vertices and align objects with millimeter precision. Perfect for clean modeling and faster workflows.
September 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Snapping in Blender doesn’t have to be guesswork. ⚡️
With G + Axis + B, you can snap to faces, edges, or vertices and align objects with millimeter precision. Perfect for clean modeling and faster workflows.
With G + Axis + B, you can snap to faces, edges, or vertices and align objects with millimeter precision. Perfect for clean modeling and faster workflows.
🏆 New staff pick: "Low Poly Room with Cats Final" made in Blender by our member Matthew Ullrey
September 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🏆 New staff pick: "Low Poly Room with Cats Final" made in Blender by our member Matthew Ullrey
🏆 New staff pick: "Green Lantern" made in Blender by our member Bennie Griffin 💚
September 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🏆 New staff pick: "Green Lantern" made in Blender by our member Bennie Griffin 💚
Blender 4.4+ adds a Filter Width slider to the bump node — drop it lower on detailed height maps and watch your bumps get way sharper. 👀 #Blender3D #BlenderTips
September 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Blender 4.4+ adds a Filter Width slider to the bump node — drop it lower on detailed height maps and watch your bumps get way sharper. 👀 #Blender3D #BlenderTips
🏆 New Staff Pick: "My Room" made in Blender by our member Allwin Fernandes 👏
September 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🏆 New Staff Pick: "My Room" made in Blender by our member Allwin Fernandes 👏
Blender Basics tip 💡 Turn a flat grid into terrain in seconds.
👉 Hit O for proportional editing → move 1 vertex, and the rest follow. Perfect for landscapes + organic shapes.
👉 Hit O for proportional editing → move 1 vertex, and the rest follow. Perfect for landscapes + organic shapes.
September 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Blender Basics tip 💡 Turn a flat grid into terrain in seconds.
👉 Hit O for proportional editing → move 1 vertex, and the rest follow. Perfect for landscapes + organic shapes.
👉 Hit O for proportional editing → move 1 vertex, and the rest follow. Perfect for landscapes + organic shapes.
💡 Did you know?
Blender’s input fields are calculators: type 5+2, hit Enter, get 7. They’ll even convert 3′7″ to metric—no more head math.
Blender’s input fields are calculators: type 5+2, hit Enter, get 7. They’ll even convert 3′7″ to metric—no more head math.
August 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
💡 Did you know?
Blender’s input fields are calculators: type 5+2, hit Enter, get 7. They’ll even convert 3′7″ to metric—no more head math.
Blender’s input fields are calculators: type 5+2, hit Enter, get 7. They’ll even convert 3′7″ to metric—no more head math.
Our member Aneeqa Younas won’t stop until every Pokémon is in Blender 👏🔥 Here’s the newest batch!
Check out her full gallery 👉 cgcookie.com/u/aneeqayoun...
Check out her full gallery 👉 cgcookie.com/u/aneeqayoun...
August 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Our member Aneeqa Younas won’t stop until every Pokémon is in Blender 👏🔥 Here’s the newest batch!
Check out her full gallery 👉 cgcookie.com/u/aneeqayoun...
Check out her full gallery 👉 cgcookie.com/u/aneeqayoun...
Ever wonder why your materials look off in the viewport? 👀 It’s all about the lighting!
Swapping in a custom HDRI makes your colors pop exactly as intended. 💡
#Blender3D #HDRI #3DRendering #CGI"
Swapping in a custom HDRI makes your colors pop exactly as intended. 💡
#Blender3D #HDRI #3DRendering #CGI"
August 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ever wonder why your materials look off in the viewport? 👀 It’s all about the lighting!
Swapping in a custom HDRI makes your colors pop exactly as intended. 💡
#Blender3D #HDRI #3DRendering #CGI"
Swapping in a custom HDRI makes your colors pop exactly as intended. 💡
#Blender3D #HDRI #3DRendering #CGI"
How to get perfectly snapped handles in seconds⚡
Duplicate + snap with precision. Alt+D + axis = handles perfectly aligned every time.
Duplicate + snap with precision. Alt+D + axis = handles perfectly aligned every time.
August 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
How to get perfectly snapped handles in seconds⚡
Duplicate + snap with precision. Alt+D + axis = handles perfectly aligned every time.
Duplicate + snap with precision. Alt+D + axis = handles perfectly aligned every time.
Blender Basics tip ✨ How to select hidden objects.
August 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Blender Basics tip ✨ How to select hidden objects.
Lower the opacity. Set real-world scale.
Suddenly your reference images in Blender actually work for you 👌
Part of our new CRAFTSMAN course → showing how Blender can be a precision tool for DIY + carpentry.
Suddenly your reference images in Blender actually work for you 👌
Part of our new CRAFTSMAN course → showing how Blender can be a precision tool for DIY + carpentry.
August 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Lower the opacity. Set real-world scale.
Suddenly your reference images in Blender actually work for you 👌
Part of our new CRAFTSMAN course → showing how Blender can be a precision tool for DIY + carpentry.
Suddenly your reference images in Blender actually work for you 👌
Part of our new CRAFTSMAN course → showing how Blender can be a precision tool for DIY + carpentry.
Ever thought about using blender to design real furniture?
not just renders — like, measure it, cut it, build it in your garage. 🪚
we just dropped CRAFTSMAN, a new CG Cookie course from a real-life carpenter who uses blender as his workshop.
not just renders — like, measure it, cut it, build it in your garage. 🪚
we just dropped CRAFTSMAN, a new CG Cookie course from a real-life carpenter who uses blender as his workshop.
August 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Ever thought about using blender to design real furniture?
not just renders — like, measure it, cut it, build it in your garage. 🪚
we just dropped CRAFTSMAN, a new CG Cookie course from a real-life carpenter who uses blender as his workshop.
not just renders — like, measure it, cut it, build it in your garage. 🪚
we just dropped CRAFTSMAN, a new CG Cookie course from a real-life carpenter who uses blender as his workshop.
Seeing ugly seams in your baked textures? 😬
That’s aliasing from baking UV islands right up to the edge of your mesh.
Here is how to fix it:
#b3d #BlenderTips #3Dmodeling #TextureBaking #GameDev
That’s aliasing from baking UV islands right up to the edge of your mesh.
Here is how to fix it:
#b3d #BlenderTips #3Dmodeling #TextureBaking #GameDev
August 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Seeing ugly seams in your baked textures? 😬
That’s aliasing from baking UV islands right up to the edge of your mesh.
Here is how to fix it:
#b3d #BlenderTips #3Dmodeling #TextureBaking #GameDev
That’s aliasing from baking UV islands right up to the edge of your mesh.
Here is how to fix it:
#b3d #BlenderTips #3Dmodeling #TextureBaking #GameDev
💡 Blender Tip: Rip + Fill Like a Pro
Want to cut open your mesh and instantly fill the gap with clean geometry?
Here’s the shortcut: Alt + V. 🪄
If you only ever used V for Rip, give Alt + V a try — it’s like Rip on steroids. 🦾
Want to cut open your mesh and instantly fill the gap with clean geometry?
Here’s the shortcut: Alt + V. 🪄
If you only ever used V for Rip, give Alt + V a try — it’s like Rip on steroids. 🦾
August 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
💡 Blender Tip: Rip + Fill Like a Pro
Want to cut open your mesh and instantly fill the gap with clean geometry?
Here’s the shortcut: Alt + V. 🪄
If you only ever used V for Rip, give Alt + V a try — it’s like Rip on steroids. 🦾
Want to cut open your mesh and instantly fill the gap with clean geometry?
Here’s the shortcut: Alt + V. 🪄
If you only ever used V for Rip, give Alt + V a try — it’s like Rip on steroids. 🦾
🚨 New Blender BASICS just dropped — and it’s our 7th version, now updated for Blender 4.5 LTS.
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This is the go-to course for total beginners.
Free to watch, always. 🧵👇
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This is the go-to course for total beginners.
Free to watch, always. 🧵👇
July 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🚨 New Blender BASICS just dropped — and it’s our 7th version, now updated for Blender 4.5 LTS.
⠀
This is the go-to course for total beginners.
Free to watch, always. 🧵👇
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This is the go-to course for total beginners.
Free to watch, always. 🧵👇
🐾 Meet Oddy the Cat – a stylized fur study in Blender by Rosario Rosato
Using Geometry + Material Nodes, Rosario crafted this fuzzy little guy from scratch, focusing on believable, appealing fur.
Nailed it! 👏 #b3d #3dart #3character
Using Geometry + Material Nodes, Rosario crafted this fuzzy little guy from scratch, focusing on believable, appealing fur.
Nailed it! 👏 #b3d #3dart #3character
July 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🐾 Meet Oddy the Cat – a stylized fur study in Blender by Rosario Rosato
Using Geometry + Material Nodes, Rosario crafted this fuzzy little guy from scratch, focusing on believable, appealing fur.
Nailed it! 👏 #b3d #3dart #3character
Using Geometry + Material Nodes, Rosario crafted this fuzzy little guy from scratch, focusing on believable, appealing fur.
Nailed it! 👏 #b3d #3dart #3character
🍯Too chubby to fly. Too proud to care.
"Cute Flof Bee" made in Blender by our member Suban Waseem 👏
"Cute Flof Bee" made in Blender by our member Suban Waseem 👏
July 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🍯Too chubby to fly. Too proud to care.
"Cute Flof Bee" made in Blender by our member Suban Waseem 👏
"Cute Flof Bee" made in Blender by our member Suban Waseem 👏