In this tutorial by Blender Bros, Josh explains why shading breaks in Blender and how to fix it. You’ll learn the technical reasons behind shading issues and practical solutions to achieve clean, distortion-free results.
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TiFi Design shared this two-part tutorial series where you’ll learn how to make the Star Wars hyperspace effect! Before you jump in, download the free starter file here. Part 1 The cockpit view—learn how to make the effect seen from the X-wing pilot’s …
Ky Lewis won the Intaglio Award in Jackson’s Art Prize this year with her work Waiting For The Starman. In this interview, she discusses embracing the challenge of working with Tetra Pak, her visceral connection to trees, and keeping tabs on the resident spiders. Above image: Ky Lewis in front of her garden studio Josephine: Could you tell us about your artistic background? Ky: It is going to sound corny but I have always drawn, painted, printed… made things. Throughout primary and secondary school I had the best support ever from teachers who were really creative, and to be honest at the time, maths and science were an utter horror for me, so my world was art – in all its forms. I decided to do graphics initially – ‘It’s commercial art, you can make a living’ was the soundbite of the time. It was the early 80’s and so this is what I did, four years of it, but that foundation was incredible and Medway School of Art was an absolute joy with such a broad and intensive access to design, type, illustration, photography and really passionate tutors and excellent visiting lecturers. We were there everyday, all …
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In the newly released Fall issue of Pastel Journal, you’ll find a collection of artists whose work in portraiture offers a lively, contemporary expression.
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Learn how to create the illusion of speed using some simple techniques in Blender. Blendereverything walks us through the process and uses tricks like animated lights, particle systems, animated textures and of course motion blur!
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Contemporary artist Jo Rance discusses the vibrant, playful and pastel-rich palette she uses to depict the English countryside, and how her background in textiles lends texture to her tapestry-like paintings. Jo also provides insights into her processes, like how painting outside observationally connects her to the landscapes she loves, as well as her jig-saw like approach to composition. Artist Insights: Jo Rance Contents 0:00 “Anyone can paint.” 0:11 “The dialogue between land and sky” 0:36 “All I ever intend to do is to provoke joy” 0:57 Introduction 1:19 “I was always the kid who wanted to draw at the table” 1:55 “Who doesn’t want to learn how to weave?” 2:11 “I keep coming back to the word, intuitive” 2:53 “We would spend days in the dye lab, picking out our colour palettes, then hours threading these looms up” 4:06 “I have this immediacy, the more you practice with the paint that you use, the more you can use it in ways that make the paintings look like your paintings” 5:33 “I will go in with accents, pastel pinks, lilacs, I love a bright red” 6:44 “Sometimes I feel like I have rose-tinted glasses on when I am …
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Ivo van de Grift revisits his mechanical contraptions with this miniature wing-flapping machine. It doesn’t do too well. About two weeks ago I started a new Blender Pet Project; ‘The Fly’. I wanted to create a robot-like fly with lots of moving parts. …
Discover how to create powerful drawings from life by focusing on the “why” of a pose and simplifying it to its core.
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Let’s model, light and animate a detailed headphones product shot in Blender with Polygon Runway.
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