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Part 1 of a series on using Trim Sheets to create SCIFI

Hey folks, here's the first video of a series where I'm using FLEX to create some really cool sci-fi models The two images shown at the beginning of that video use the exact same material which inc...

A versatile dot material group

Hey folks, just thought I'd start out the new year by publishing a neat little procedural material that creates a Black and White dot pattern you can use as a bump or displacement map, a fac for mi...

My take on the Rabbit R1.

So, here's a take on some new tech that I doubt you'll see anywhere else. At CES this year, a new company introduced a product called the Rabbit R1. If you haven't heard about it you might try Goog...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

Hey folks, sorry I've been missing in action a bit lately but I've been busy getting the new Sci-Fi flex up and running. It's looking good and I have some things I'd like to share with all of you. ...

Fixing topology for proper beveling

Quick video showing how to properly fix topology for accurate bevelilng.

AI Image Generators: My Take in 3 min

Hey folks, been meeting to do something like this for a bit now and took the opportunity while I was away to consolidate some thoughts. It's very disturbing how DALL-E has become more and more the ...

New One Material to Rule (testing version)

Hey guys and gals,

Just wanted to share this material I've been working on. It's a new spin on the old One Material to Rule and it uses more texture maps. We all probably have more video memo...

What I've been up to lately...

Hey folks ,

Sorry I've been MIA recently, but I've been busy with some new products as well as updating old ones. When I have something to show you, you'll see it first.

One of the thin...

KIT OPS naming conventions

A user over on Discord asked me why the naming convention in Kit Ops duplicates the object name twice when creating an INSERT. And, I thought to myself I don't really know the answer. So I did a bi...

My modeling workflow for creating 3D prints

Hey folks,

I thought I'd share how I use DESIGN MAGIC and KIT OPS to create 3D printable designs. In particular you might  find some interesting way to accurately work inside of Blender....

Quick tip on creating clay rendered scenes

Hey folks, here's a quick video explaining how to create a material and a clay rendered scene. Note it's non-destructive, which means you can keep all your materials on your objects in your scene. ...

Early thoughts on the Bambu Lab A1 Mini

If you're not into 3D printing-- then this video (and printer) might be for you :-)

Using BATCH to create KPACK INSERTS from scene objects

A few questions came up from users on how to convert objects in a scene file to KIT OPS KPACKS using KIT OPS BATCH. 

Awhile back, we added a secret prefs mode to enable this feature, and...

The trick to using Booltools Slice when adding materials

Another quick tip from Discord where a user was having trouble.

This has nothing to do with our addon SLICE IT. It's part of the Booltools addon and it allows you to:

1. Add a differenc...

Fixing a shading issue for a user on Discord

I thought it might be nice to share a video showing my workflow around fixing a shading issue a user on Discord was having. 

The point is: NEVER use Harden Normal *unless* it is the very...

New version of SLICE IT with multi-axis slicing

Hey folks, Anthony and I just released the new version of SLICE IT, and it has some pretty cool new features-- not to mention several bug fixes. Plus, the price jumped as well to $9. But, you guys ...

Quick video on converting INSERTS with modifiers

A customer on Discord wanted to know how to do this, so I created this quick video.

Some of the earlier cutters were created with tons of modifiers and were never realized as at the time it w...

Why I switched to Google Sites

(sorry about the quality of the video. I'm still working through the growing pains of a new Descript workflow)

I found myself paying way too much for static website content. In some instances...

50+ free sci-fi + KPACK

I've been working lately with Blender Market on creating some models for an AI experiment they're doing with another client, and I thought I'd also share these models with you guys. They are from s...

The power of INSERTS

So, this video is mostly just information to remind me how to use this thing down the road, but it does show using an INSERT to create a print in-place hinge for 3D printing. We need to add to KIT ...

Three new materials for you

Hey guys, this will give you an update on some of things I've been working on. Here are three new materials that you might find valuable and eventually they will appear in the different material li...

Really cool use of the SLICE IT addon

Hey folks, here's another cool use of the SLICE IT addon. It uses KIT OPS to create a single segment, convert to mesh and SLICE IT, then add an array and curve modifier and it's done. Be interestin...

SLICE IT- free addon for mesh slicing

Talked about this one for awhile, and finally got around to creating a video for it. You guys are getting a free copy-- see below.

Talked with Jerry (of Hard Ops and Boxcutter fame) awhile ba...

Speed tute on texturing and rendering

Thanks to Frank Maturi for his gun model. Spent 90 minutes working on this render and compressed the video into a much more digestable 20 minutes. Hope it's not too fast, but if so, I can answer qu...

Slice and Bend Objects

One of the stranger lack of features in Blender, is the inability to "slice" an object. By "slice" I mean to add evenly spaced cuts throughout the object in one dimension only. Funny how Lightwave ...

Great New Material--FREE to Patreons

Hey folks,

Had a request to create a new EEVEE+Cycles brushed metal material. A couple difficult sticking points has always been easily changing the direction of the brushed texture, and crea...

Ambient Occlusion Node Group

Here is the response I sent when asked why the hero shader doesn't show ambient occlusion from other objects. 

It has to do with a setting in the Ambient Occlusion node. This video expla...

Hour long materials discussion

Some of you may have seen I have a mentoring program here on Patreon. One of the guys I'm working with is named Christopher and he's a Marvel concept designer who wants to learn more about Blender ...

When objects show in viewport but not in render

Here's a very quick video showing what to do if your objects don't render, but are visible in the viewport. You probably duplicated a boolean cutter object to create a solid object.

SPOCK is alive! And for 1 day of the BM sale--it's 25% off

Just wanted you all to know you can grab SPOCK for 25% off for 1 day (Friday) of the Blender Market sale. I'll be uploading some new stuff here soon for SPOCK users as well.