Should you model for quality or performance? The answer is a balance of both! Normal mapping is a texturing technique that allows us to fake high resolution…
This CG Cookie training course covers hard-surface modeling in Blender. Jonathan gives you a complete introduction to modeling hard-surface objects with subdivision surfaces, allowing you to create…
Creating a CG nature scene is notoriously tricky, but it doesn’t have to be. In this course, you’ll learn how to model, shade, and place 6 different…
This Blender course, or series of tutorials are for the motivated student that wants to begin perfecting their animation skills. With a beginner’s understanding of animation with…
This Blender course, or series of tutorials are for the motivated student that wants to begin perfecting their animation skills. With a beginner’s understanding of animation with…
Skin shading isn’t new to the Blender Cookie training catalogue. But it is new to the Cycles rendering engine! So that’s why we’re revisiting the topic again.…
Sculpting is fantastic for creating organic shapes, but it can also be used to create interestingly curved, hard surface forms thanks to dynamic topology. In this course…
Rigging vehicles is no easy task. It’s technical, it’s complex, and there’s nearly always more than one right answer to the same problem. In this course we’ll…
In this Citizen tutorial we’re going to look at some of the techniques that went into the rendering of this Goldfish image. The main focus of the…
This advanced modeling course covers how to build your own motorcycle using mechanical hardsurface modeling techniques. Because this course is targeted at more experienced users, we’re not…
This course is an extensive journey through the entire 3D animation process. You will learn how to model the avian “Piero” character, paint him, rig him, animate…
This short course focuses on generating a complex image with a streamlined workflow. A huge benefit of computer graphics is the ability to quickly and efficiently duplicate…