tutorials

This page is where all my tutorials, vectors, and bits of stuff you can use are all going to live. So far it’s getting a bit busy in the Blender tutorial department, which makes me very happy. There are also some old Maya ones that still hold up, yes, they do. I hope you find what you’re looking for here, so dive in!

Blender

How do I make a planet shader in blender – part 1
how do I make a planet shader in blender – part 2
Procedural tips and tricks in blender
ONE-BY-ONE: The Array Modifier in Blender
ONE BY ONE: Xmas Special – Decimate and reMESH
ONE BY ONE: The Bevel modifier
one by one: the build modifier
one by one: the mask modifier
TIPs and tricks: Texture painting and uv mapping in blender
ONE BY ONE…ish – Edgesplit
ONE BY ONE…ish – CONstraints: follow path
TUTORIAL – SPEEDTHRU: BUILding a hovercar
tutorial – fusion planar tracking in resolve
tutorial: compositing in blender
ONE by one: Multiresolution modifier
ONE by one: the screw modifier
ONE BY ONE: SKIN modifier
ONE BY ONE: Using the Lattice Modifier in Blender!
TUTORIAL: How to build a better Camera in Blender!
TUTORIAL – Animating Displacements
TUTORIAL – Studio lighting with Audio! Yes Fixed!
TUtorial: using cryptomattes in blender!
TIPS & TRICKS: Krita, Making planks half procedurally and adding IES lights to your renders!
ONE BY ONEish – How to Use Child Constraints in Blender!
TUTORIAL: Fspy and UVProject in Blender! – making photoreal scenes with little effort that look ace!
TUTORIAL – Baking out UVProject into a UVMap in Blender!
ONE BY ONE: Shading using the Geometry Input Node Random Per Island in Blender!
ONE BY ONE: The vertexWeightProximity Modifier! Unsurprisingly, it’s good. Really good!
SOME OF MY FAVOURITE TIPS AND SHORTCUTS IN BLENDER
EVERYTHINg YOU NEED To KNOW about the hook modifier
ONE BY ONE: The Shrinkwrap Modifier in Blender 2.93 for retopology or surface based geometry.
TUTORIAL – Ancient Hilltop – Part 1 – Blowing grass using Blender particle system!
TUTORIAL – Ancient Hilltop – Part 2 – Making quick standing stones that look pretty good!!
Tutorial: Ancient Hilltop Part 3 – Comping in DaVinci Resolve’s Fusion! Let’s make CGI look great!
ONE BY ONE: Secrets to making perfect displacement maps and using them in Eevee and in Cycles!
ONE BY ONE: Everything about quickly making Ripples in Blender with the Wave Deformer!
ONE BY ONE: Rigging like Pixar! Using the surface Deformer in Blender!
ONE BY ONE: Retopo like a Boss in Blender with the polybuild tool.
ONE BY ONE – Making animating oceans in Blender with the Ocean Modifier
TUTORIAL: How to make the Ocean Modifier loop in Blender!
Tutorial: Making a beautiful dynamic sky in Blender – Fully Explained!
ONE BY ONE: Blender’s Particle System made simple – Part 1
ONE BY ONE: Modifier Particle Systems – PART 2 Use “keyed” Particles for simple Particle morphing!
ONE BY ONE: Particle Systems – PART 3 Use Boid Particles for flocking! Plus a bit of BLENDER 3.0!
TUTORIAL: How To Easily Grow a Snowflake in Blender 3.0 using Geometry Nodes!
SHORT TUTORIAL: Creating Live Edits in Blender 3.0!
TUTORIAL: Who needs After Effects? Create a Simple Title Sequence in Blender 3.0
TUTORIAL: Quick stylistic texturing in Blender 3.0 with UVProject and Krita 5.0
TUTORIAL: Render Queue for Blender? Easy! How to render like a Boss!
ONE BY ONE: Three things you need to know about the Asset Browser!
TUTORIAL: Make Hair into a realistic Rug in Blender!
ONE BY ONE: Using Cloth in Blender to make a flag and support Ukraine!
ONE BY ONE: Substance style texture tools and Quick Water Sims? Use Blender’s Dynamic Paint
TUTORIAL: Blender 3.1 underwater scene made easily using Volumes, Particles and fancy compositing.
HOW TO: Make landscapes like a Boss in Blender 3.1Geometry Nodes!
TUTORIAL: Making 3D D&D Maps using Geometry Nodes in Blender 3.1!
ONE BY ONE: Apply These 6 Techniques To Improve Camera Tracking in Blender 3.1
ONE BY ONE: The last puzzle piece to improve your camera track in Blender 3.1!
ONE BY ONE: Use this simple way to master lightGroups in blender 3.2!
HOW TO: Boost your procedural shading skills in blender 3.2!
Guaranteed No Stress CG Sand in blender 3.2!
Modeling 101 – 8 Guidelines to making better polygon geometry in ANY 3D Software

Maya

How do I simulate a flock of Birds in Maya?
How to build an animating page turn in Maya?
How do I create planet shader in maya?
How do I create a pin matrix effect in maya?

After Effects

A better Camera for product shots and big moves in After effects