THE BIG ONE
Online Course: Cosmograms & Personal Worldbuilding with 3D Modeling - This summer, dive into a 10-week online class with Gray Area exploring personal worldbuilding using Blender. This course is perfect for beginners and those wanting to enhance their 3D modeling skills. It runs every Saturday from July 11 to September 12, 2026, and will provide hands-on experience that you can immediately apply in your projects. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to expand your creative horizons!
QUICK HITS
Hard Surface Sculpting Course Free Lesson - a free lesson is shared on creating tiling displacement maps, a must-know for anyone working on mech designs. This technique can significantly speed up detail generation. Check it out!
Goodbye BlenderKit, hello Blendkit! - The Blender Foundation has rebranded BlenderKit to Blendkit to avoid confusion about official endorsements. It’s a minor change but important for asset creators to note!
Easiest Modeling Technique? - this tutorial explores the Double Subdivision method, which combines subdivision modifiers to create efficient all-quads base meshes. This is particularly useful for anyone looking to optimize their workflows.
Procedural Picnic Blanket Fabric Material - Discover how to create a detailed procedural fabric material in Blender that can enhance your scene setups. This is a practical skill for those working in textiles or environmental design.
ONE THING TO TRY
Experiment with the free lesson on tiling displacement maps. It’s a quick way to add detailed textures to your models!
Happy rendering!