Jan van den Hemel

Part 4 of the Maximilian-inspired armor modeling in Blender. Longer video coming soon. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D #armour #hardsurface

Part 3 of the Maximilan-inspired armor process. How to add the flutings to the surface. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D #hardsurfacedesign #gamedev

Part 2 of the Maximilian-inspired armour modeling process. To be continued! I'll post a horizontal video on YouTube in the weekend. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

Making a Maximilian-inspired armour in Blender, part 1: The base shape. I'll post a horizontal video on YouTube in the weekend. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D #3dprint #gamedev

The fastest way to add a mirror modifier and delete half your mesh in Blender. #b3d #Blender #Blender3D

A quick tip about mirrored UV islands and UDIM tiles. #Blender #Blender3D #B3D #gamedev #gamedevelopment

A quick tip about pinning UV's when adjusting the size and placement of your UV islands before packing. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D #UVUnwrapping #gamedev

Ever had parts of your model merge during a voxel remesh? Here's a simple way to fix it. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

Compilation video for those of you who like horizontal videos - youtu.be/hnHqboUoxxs #B3D #Blender #B3D

How to get bevels that follow the shape in a nice smooth way in Blender #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

How to find (and get rid of) hidden geometry in Blender. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

When reducing the geometry on a mesh made with subdiv modeling, you can triangulate the flat areas with this method. #Blender #B3d #Blender3d

I made a video before about making a toon outline shader for both Cycles and Eevee, and I get a lot of questions about it, so I made it again with a bit more detail. Sorry if it's a bit long! #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

To build on yesterday's camera animation tip, here's how you can combine several camera animations into one. #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

Here's a simple, re-usable camera setup for animated camera moves in Blender. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

All Loop Tools are now native in Blender 5.3, so how do they work? #B3D #Blender3D #Blender Full YT video: youtu.be/a_Td8d-zHuo

How to model a square to round transition on a bent cylinder, in Blender. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

The free Edge Flow extension is really useful for adjusting the shape of geometry. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

Let's take the Blender survey! It only takes a few minutes. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

Let's have a look at the free auto-retopology add-on QRemeshify for Blender! On YouTube you can watch a longer video. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

Did you know you can use Grid Fill on N-gons to turn them into Quads? #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

Have you heard of the free Mio3 Flex add-on? It adds a Curve-like control of selected Edges in Blender. #Blender #B3d #Blender3D

How to create a capsule-shaped hole in a curved surface #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

Another quick Loop Tools Curve tip #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

The Curve Loop Tool is a really powerful tool for making smooth curvature. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

Another quick motion graphics tip: Blender has some really nice presets for bouncy animation. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

A useful trick for when you want to subdivide a mesh made with a boolean union, using the Triangulate modifier. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

Here's a quick Geometry Nodes setup for animated text reveal. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

One of those to classify under "how did I not know this in years of Blender use?" - Did you know you can choose a transformation axis merely by holding the middle mouse button? #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

Three quick ways to mark Edges as Sharp in Blender. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

Here's a couple of methods I use for cleaning up topology, after applying a boolean to a surface. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

Finished the first stage, the blockout, of a great Blender hard surface modeling tutorial from @blendersecrets.bsky.social. Next up seems to be retopology. Here's a playblast of a matcap, since no materials have been created yet. #blender3d #b3d #blender

Today's tip: How to make a diagonal cut through your mesh, without distorting it, with the Knife and Bisect tools. #Blender3D #B3D #Blender

Here's how you can use Kushiro's free Curve Face Color add-on together with Exoside's paid Quad Remesher add-on to quickly retopo hard surface meshes. Longer vid on YouTube. #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

I try to post a short Blender tip video every day, day 2 (so far so good...) How to prepare topology before boolean cutting using Shrinkwrap?? #Blender #B3D #Blender

Some methods for resolving surface pinching. #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

Seems that most people use HDRI's, and some only use them for reflections, using Area lights for everything else. Besides Gaffer, what other good add-ons for lighting would you recommend? I know that Light Wrangler is also great (makes light linking much easier for one). #Blender #Blender3D #B3D

For a long time I used HDRI's as a crutch for lighting, but recently I've been enjoying Area lights in Blender a lot. They're really fun for 'sculpting' the light. #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

Another 'smartphone camera' render, it's fun to make. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

Just a quick test with the "camera controller" add-on for Blender, which lets you control the Blender camera with your (Android) smartphone. It makes it look realistic! Render for my "pocket Blender device" course on 3dSecrets.com #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

A little render from my "pocket blender device" hard surface modeling course. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

I made a new video about how to use @Exoside3D's Quad Remesher as well as @kushirosea's add-on "Curve Face Colour" for a very easy and reliable boolean to subdivision topology workflow in #Blender. Watch it on YouTube: youtu.be/Ut9A1WiGFgw #b3D #Blender3D

About 14 hours left on the discount on my Blender e-book. A good time to get it! #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

I'm pretty sloppy when it comes to Blend file naming conventions and my hard drive is pure chaos. But I can find any file in seconds. How? Read more short blog post: www.3dsecrets.com/blog28082026 #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

Wrote a short blog post about struggles with Rigid Bodies in Blender. www.3dsecrets.com/blog27082026 #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

Get the Blender Secrets book now with a big discount, until midnight 31st of August. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

In this video we look at 11 methods for keeping corners of 3d models sharp in Blender, and we briefly go over how Normals work. youtu.be/Xi2TjaG3-14 #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

With this technique, it's easy to add details to the surface. No more tedious connecting of geometry. Just some modifiers. And you can apply the modifiers once you want to export the model. Get my hard surface modeling course now with a big discount on www.3dsecrets.com #Blender #Blender3D #B3D

It seems that the Box Carve tool (part of Bool Tool) was improved quite a bit in Blender 5.2, have you noticed? #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

Just discovered this: The free Booltron cutter add-on lets you work non-destructively on Curve and Text objects. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D