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Gleb Alexandrov

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A 3d artist, tutorial maker & art director at Creative Shrimp; Loves coffee. Belarusian ⚬❤️⚬ Lives in Poland. Wanna do #gamedev. He. https://www.creativeshrimp.com/ - Blender tutorials. https://www.patreon.com/c/CreativeShrimp - Patreon #b3d #3d #3dartist

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hey! вітаначкі 🍰

I'm a 3d artist, making stuff in Blender with @aidyburrows3d.bsky.social at Creative Shrimp and also making #b3d tutorials about making stuff.

a photorealistic abandoned house 3d render

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 10h

Feel free - but only if you don't mind sharing your email with me - to download a free sample from our upcoming EEVEE Photoreal Lighting & Rendering course for Blender artists.

www.creativeshrimp.com

Thanks! the end of 🧵
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Creative Shrimp

High quality CG tutorials and Blender tutorials, digital art and lighting tutorials with Gleb and Aidy.

www.creativeshrimp.com

Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 10h

Anyway, what do you think of the current state of EEVEE rendering in Blender 5.0? Do you use Vulkan - and if yes, has it lead to a significant performance boost, in the viewport rendering specifically?

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 10h

We're working on a course about EEVEE for photoreal rendering, and I'm still constantly learning new things, after months (if not years) of experiments. The first 'realtime SSGI' stuff I've tried dates back to 2019-2020, and since then, many other things happened to EEVEE.
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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 10h

* optionally, not using Fast GI at all (or keeping its threshold really high, in the 0.85-0.92 range)
* Steps from 8 to 24 (in Fast GI)
* (optionally) mixing in some extra AO via compositor in realtime;

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 10h

That wouldn't matter much though, if EEVEE was looking much worse. These are the #EEVEE screen-tracing settings I use:
* denoising = off, especially its temporal accumulation component;
* setting Thickness higher;
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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 10h

A test of EEVEE vs Cycles with Nvidia RTX2080TI (my oldie). The conditions here are unfavorable to path-tracing engines: a lot of bounced diffuse light. In the rendering conditions *like these* EEVEE can be significantly faster. 🧵

#blender #b3d
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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 1d

Installed Blender 5.0, scatter on surface is now a built-in node ❤️

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 1d

Look at this image: what do you notice?
#b3d #eevee

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 1d

ISS Common Air Rack and Common Hatch, conversion to 3d via depth maps (DepthAnything model).
#b3d #blender

Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 2d

4 years ago vs 4 days ago
#eevee

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 3d

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Free Sample - Eevee Lighting and Rendering Video Course

Want a sneak peek at our Eevee Lighting and Rendering course that’s currently in production? Subscribe and get an email from us with a free sample!

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 3d

Hey everyone! If you’ve checked out the free sample from our upcoming #b3d EEVEE course, I’d love to hear what you think!

Did you like it? Any feedback or critique is super welcome. we want this to be the best #EEVEE lighting & rendering course out there!

reply below👇

free sample from our upcoming Eevee course

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 4d

Wishlist our course: www.creativeshrimp.com/free-sample-...

Free Sample - Eevee Lighting and Rendering Video Course

Want a sneak peek at our Eevee Lighting and Rendering course that’s currently in production? Subscribe and get an email from us with a free sample!

www.creativeshrimp.com

Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 4d

On turning on 'rendered mode' in Eevee you literally see the image on the left - a flat, grey canvas. Which can be frustrating, but it's also a metaphorical CANVAS for lighting experiments 🤭
So it's all good!
p.s. The img from the upcoming #eevee course for #blender.
#b3d

flat, grey lighting (Eevee defaults) vs the art-directed final result

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 4d

A spellbook grimoire opening animation I made at one of my jobs back in the day 💀
#3dsmax #3d #animation

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 5d

Crazy how far we’ve come. This is Blender’s viewport in 2025 and yep, that bottom-right window is EEVEE rendering in real time.
#blender #b3d #3d

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 5d

Niko just dropped a Blender course on mechanical rigging - perfect for building complex-looking mechanical setups and bringing your #hardsurface #b3d designs to life in no time! 🔥🤯

This isn’t an ad or anything btw, we’re just excited to share it :)

demnikoart.gumroad.com/l/riggingcou...

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 5d

A nice free font for your projects: Catamaran. It's elegant and versatile.
Designed by Pria Ravichandran.

Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 6d

HDRI photoscans are kind of fun - integrating 3d objects inside these environments is a breeze, for certain workflows.
#b3d #realityscan #photoscan #blender

Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 7d

Blender Viewport / Render
#b3d

Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 8d

Artists, show your hair & fur renders! 🧑🐻
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The render: Lost Creature - Close encounter by Pablo Munoz Gomez #b3d #blender

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 8d

Viewport vs viewport (Eevee)

viewport (solid) vs viewport (rendered, Eevee)

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Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 9d

Mostly BIG (and hence, soft) area lights, with the key-fill ratio being something like 3:1 (not super contrasty, obviously). A slightly different tint to all these area lights, to make sure it's not completely uniform in terms of color, and there's some separation still.

Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 9d

hahah :D

Gleb Alexandrov @glebalexandrov.bsky.social · 9d

Definitely!