A core part of the 3D modeling process is the ability to create materials and textures to give your 3D models that actual character and appearance that she was searching for. Occasionally you may find that your material appears to be a purple, magenta-like color when viewing it in the 3D viewport. The main reason … Read more
The ability to create realistic materials using the Eevee render engine is a little more challenging than in the Cycles engine, considering Eevee is primarily built for speed. A very popular material to learn that is also a great exercise is to create a hologram material, which applies several key material attributes, like emission and … Read more
Textures can come in an unlimited number of forms, with 1000’s of image textures available to download off the internet and an infinite amount more that can be created procedurally, through either Blender or external software like substance designer. One popular type of texture used by artists is a decal image with transparency. The quickest … Read more
There are several ways in which you can create texture maps for 3D objects in Blender. Perhaps the most creative of which is to paint your own custom-made texture in the image editor or the texture paint workspace. But did you know that you can actually make parts of your model appear transparent using the … Read more