I recently made this render of Tifa as a cute cat girl, but I sort of glossed over the cloth simulation aspect of it until I was asked in a private message how I made the draping of the oversized T-Shirt. So I thought I’d make a quick post with…
Something we all love is saving VRAM. One of the best methods is to reduce the number of textures, and what better way to do it than to pack multiple textures into 1. What is Channel Packing? Channel packing is a method of saving resources by ‘packing’ multiple textures into…
This is less a tutorial and more a small examination of how I’ve been using Blender’s cloth simulation feature to make my renders more realistic or just do most of the posing work for me so only sculpting or tweaking is left. Not Animations!These tips are probably not too helpful…
Did you enjoy ripping & tearing in Doom and want to do some in Blender too? Then look no further. I’m going to show you how you can put some ladders in your digital tights (Pantyhose?) or tear up a shirt using Alpha or Opacity textures. Why Rip & Tear…
It’s been quite a while. I know you probably all want to get on with the tutorial so I won’t bore you with life updates, but suffice to say my mental health (like everyone’s I’m sure) has taken a beating over the last year or so. I recently made a…
I recently wanted a PVC plastic material for a render and after looking around realised that the majority of materials are focused on hard plastic and not the soft flexible PVC you might make clothing or bags from. With that in mind why not come along on an adventure and…
So you need a simple tentacle? We’re talking simple in style, not overly detailed and easy to use. Look no further than this quick Blender tip. This guide was written using Blender version 3.0.1 but the technique used should work in most versions from 2.8 on-wards, if not earlier. Curves…
This tutorial is somewhat an expansion on my previous post about making a Spline IK rig for a banana. I recently helped a friend by applying a rig to a… Adult toy model they wanted to use. Since they don’t want to bug me to rig a model in this…
You have a strange idea involving tentacles, and you have a model, but it has a lot of bones (or maybe none) and you can’t stand the thought of posing all of those bones individually. Well look no further, I’ve got a great and simple way of rigging a tentacle…
So you want to know how to create that classic Pixar/Disney-esque sparkle effect for the magic spell your character is casting? Well look no further I’ve got the tutorial for you! Extra Objects Curves Add-on First up, if you want to have your sparkles go in a spiral the easiest…
