Author: BasiCubes
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Blender Essentials: Fundamentals of 3D Modeling
What are the Primitives in Blender The first object is obviously the cube. You’ve likely seen the memes about this six-faced shape, often deleted and then promptly re-added. Cubes serve various purposes, such as forming boxes, crates, or providing a starting base in architectural design. The second object is a plane, which is just a…
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How to Create Light Rays in Blender (Quick Tutorial For Beginners)
How to Create Light Rays with Shaders Procedures 1. Create a plane, this will be easiest to work with. Move, scale, and rotate to fit your window. 2. Extrude the face out and move it down. From there you can scale and rotate to your liking 3. In the shader editor, create a new material.…
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The Animator’s Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Keyframes, Bones, and Interpolation
How to Animate in Blender, the Basics Animation is moving or changing an object over time. In Blender, these objects can be animated in three main ways. The first way is by moving the whole object: changing the position, deforming the mesh, or by moving the object through inheritance. What do the different colors mean?…
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Exploring the Erosion of Unity: A Deeper Dive into Recent Developments
What Happened to Unity Recently, Unity has been making some questionable decisions that makes them the center of controversy. The most glaring decision has been the introduction of the new fee structure. However, recent development in events may have topped the change in fee structure. The recent resignation of John Riccitiello, the former CEO of…
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The Impact of Digital Art: Reshaping Industries in the Digital Age
The World of Digital Art From its humble beginnings in 1980, digital art has played a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of entertainment and marketing, completely changing the world we live in. Game development has changed from simple text-based games to intricate 3D multiplayer games. Beyond the entertainment sphere, digital art has become indispensable…
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Blender for Game Developers: Tips for Optimizing Your 3D Models for Game Development
How to Optimize Your 3D Models Blender is a powerful tool used by many 3D artists to create stunning visual art. Blender offers an array of tools, including modeling, shading, sculpting, and much, much more. These same tools can then be used in game development. Blender has been used by many indie game developers for…
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Maya, Blender, and ZBrush: Which Tool Is Right for You?
Should I use Blender, Maya, or ZBrush? Technology has changed the world of art. From the traditional forms of 2D and 3D art in the 1900s and early 2000s to the emergence of novel AI art, the craft has changed and evolved. Each form of art has had its share of software. Among the numerous…
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AI vs Human: AI’s Attempt to Replicate Human Emotion
“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” – Paul Cézanne Throughout history, art has been about human creativity, imagination, and expression. Artists have pushed and challenged the limits of what is thought to be possible. Today, artists are faced with the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence, which has expanded the…
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Understanding UV Texturing: Achieve Professional Results
How to Use UV Texturing in Blender UV texturing and mapping is a fundamental technique used in almost all 3d software. This core process of 3D art involves applying 2D textures onto 3D models, which results in better renders. It begins with creating a UV map, which is a 2D representation of the 3d model’s…
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Finding Your Rendering Style: The Impact Different Render Engines Have on Your 3D Art
What is the Difference between Eevee and Cycles Blender is a popular open-source software used for creating stunning 3D animations, models, and renders. Renders are made through the process of turning a 3D scene into a 2D image. Blender includes three render engines, each with their different strengths and weaknesses. Today, we will only focus…
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