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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s a quick outline of my new favorite shading technique, picked up from the recent alien embryo project. A full breakdown is available on my YouTube channel.
#b3d #blender #blender3d

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 1d

While working on BY-GEN recently, we looked at ways of making nodes readable to show users *where* nodes can be linked/unlinked without needing extra parameters or unnecessary switch nodes.
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 1d

👽 Blender - Here are another couple of other renders from the alien embryo procedural shading style test.
#b3d #blender #3dart

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 2d

👽 Here’s a video breaking down my recent alien life style test in Blender. I learnt some really interesting shading techniques with this project.
youtu.be/8MTj9BrYGE4
#b3d #blender #blender3d

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 6d

🐛 Blender - Semi-transparent creature style test.
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 7d

🧬 Bender - A little 'exobiology' sculpt and visual style test from yesterday. I've learnt a lot of really cool shading tricks that I'll package up for my startup file.
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 8d

⬇️ Just a quick reminder: you can sign up to the patreon for free if you want to get monthly updates for new content and resources. It's a more accessible way of supporting.
Here's this month's roundup:
www.patreon.com/posts/conten...
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 10d

Blender - From a recent video talking about how we're implementing logic libraries in BY-GEN V10.
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 10d

💡 I updated Afterglow (my lighting tools for Blender) to version 2.1, adding new light shapes to act as lighting sources and reflections. Here's a demonstration video:
youtu.be/62j5fGlhOyk

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 16d

While doing work on the next version of the BY-GEN generative modeling addon for Blender, I've had to stop things from getting too gross (for now). 😆
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 16d

To help with getting back into sculpting, I decided to try a refurbishing exercise of cleaning up the recent statue photoscan to make it more appropriate for artwork. Here's a little before and after.
#3dart #blender #blender3d

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 18d

🧠 A quick short about my personal MRI visualizer file in Blender, available to silver-tier patrons.
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 18d

💡 Blender - More light shape work continued for Afterglow, with a combination of physical geometric and painted image planes, allowing for great variety (already available in version 2.1)
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 18d

💡 Blender - Working on light shapes for my Afterglow lighting pack, with contributions from the lovely Lara Stolk. These are good as both light sources and reflection shapes.
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 19d

🏛️ Since I'm keen on getting back into sculpting, I've taken some time to update my startup file with a new versatile lighting setup and materials, specifically for displaying sculpted objects and scans. Check it out:
youtu.be/4B3Bcei-WpM
#b3d #blender

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 22d

Superhive is running a 25% sale - this is an opportunity to pick up Afterglow, Hex Scatter, Modular Workspaces and more.
(Self-Referral Link) superhivemarket.com/creators/cur...
I have also set up a code on Gumroad (bcon25) to match the Superhive sale, in case you prefer to get things there.
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 23d

🧠 Blender - A quick look at my personal MRI visualization file, now available to patrons:
youtu.be/OptCUo1WYhI
#b3d #blender #blender3d

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 23d

Blender - A liminal interior lighting test.
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 24d

💡 Here’s a little update video on my recent Blender lighting exercise.
youtu.be/mhd0h_imn64
#b3d #blender

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · 25d

Blender - Snapshot form a recent file with my first attempt of a statue scan. Lit using Afterglow.
#blender #b3d

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · Sep 9

🧬 (Blender) I will soon be making my MRI visualizer and helper tool available to silver-tier patrons.
#b3d #blender #scivis

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · Sep 8

We've been making good progress on the Patreon, so I'm going to start giving little micro-grants to a few creators to see what they can come up with.
youtu.be/73Kd8Oro1ZA
#b3d #blender

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · Sep 5

Doing a modern meets futurist interior lighting exercise in Blender. 💡
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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · Sep 5

💡 Blender: Here’s a video of the first stage of the interior lighting exercise (there will be a follow up with showing the final scene soon). The file is also available for patrons.
youtu.be/psi45ZCMng8
#b3d #blender #blender3d

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Curtis Holt @curtisjamesholt.bsky.social · Sep 5

From the recent video talking about how I’m focusing more on Patreon than YouTube, discussing how unsubscribing can actually help in the long run.