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Build a Fairytale Castle Article in 3DArtist Magazine Issue 74

November 11, 2014by Ben Simonds 2 Comments

You can find one of my most recent tutorials in the current issue of 3DArtist magazine, which is out now. The article takes you through creating a fantasy castle built on a forest covered mountain in Blender.

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Links, Tutorials

Book Questions Answered

September 22, 2014by Ben Simonds 6 Comments

Answers to a couple of frequently asked questions about my book, Blender Master Class.

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Book, Tutorials

Webcast: Creating Cycles Node Materials

December 16, 2013by Ben Simonds Leave a comment

Last week I did a live webcast presentation for O’Reilly, where I talked about tips and tricks for creating cycles node materials. I covered different ways of working with node […]

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Tutorials

Controlling HDRI Lighting with Nodes

November 7, 2013by Ben Simonds 12 Comments

I’ve seen a couple of posts recently on getting more control over HDR based lighting setups, specifically in terms of getting crisper shadows. In particular Reyante Martinez and Greg Zaal […]

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Resources, Tutorials

3D Printing the Spider Bot

June 18, 2013by Ben Simonds 5 Comments

Previously I posted some pictures of the 3D printed version of the spider bot from my book, Blender Master Class. In my original post I promised I’d put together a […]

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Book, Tutorials

3D Artist Magazine Cover and Tutorial

May 23, 2013by Ben Simonds Leave a comment

This months 3D Artist magazine is a Blender special issue, featuring lots of blender related tutorials and articles. I had the pleasure of working on an image for the cover […]

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Gecko Animation, Links, Tutorials

Smarter Scrape Brush

May 1, 2013by Ben Simonds 4 Comments

(Apologies for the crappy audio.) A quick mini tutorial on a couple of sculpt brush settings I came up with. They work quite nicely for refining planes quickly when sculpting […]

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Resources, Tutorials

Halftone Shader

February 14, 2013by Ben Simonds 3 Comments

Just want the blend? Skip to the end. This is something I made for work recently and have since been playing around with. It’s pretty fun, so I thought I’d […]

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Resources, Technical, Tutorials

Guest Post: Character Animation Challenge Tutorial

January 7, 2013by Ben Simonds 1 Comment

We’ve been busy updating the Gecko Animation site at work lately, and we decided to get rid of some older content on there. Whilst this tutorial by @Laxy doesn’t really […]

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Tutorials

New Blender Cookie Tutorial: Modelling an Ancient Greek Temple

August 3, 2012by Ben Simonds Leave a comment

I’ve got a couple of new tutorials up on Blender Cookie, onĀ modellingĀ and rendering an ancient Greek temple. You can find them here. You’ll need to be a CG cookie member […]

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Links, Tutorials

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