Sculpting the Blender Way
This is the repository for Sculpting the Blender Way, published by Packt.
Explore Blender's 3D sculpting workflows and latest features, including Face Sets, Mesh Filters, and the Cloth brush
What is this book about?
Blender 3D is a free and open source program that can be used for every part of the 3D production pipeline. It has several robust feature sets for creating 3D art that have contributed to its rising popularity in the last few years. Sculpting is perhaps the most enjoyable and artistic method for creating 3D art as it relies less on technical knowledge and focuses on artistic brushes. The latest release of Blender makes the sculpting feature set more powerful than ever, so now is an excellent time to learn it! This book covers the expansive list of features in the Blender 2.93 LTS release, as well as the exciting all-new Blender 3.0 release. This book will be an excellent resource for professionals who need a production-ready long-term support release of the software, as well as hobbyists looking for a cutting-edge experience.
This book covers the following exciting features:
- Configure your graphics tablet for use in 3D sculpting
- Set up Blender’s user interface for sculpting
- Understand the core sculpting workflows
- Get the hang of using Blender’s basic sculpting brushes
- Customize brushes for more advanced workflows
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Following is what you need for this book: This book is for artists who want to get started with the exciting new sculpting features in Blender 3D. Whether you have experience using ZBrush or traditional sculpting, or are completely new to sculpting, this book will have something new for you to learn. Prior experience with Blender or other 3D software may be helpful but is not required. However, a graphics tablet from Wacom, XP-Pen, or Huion is highly recommended to be able to follow along the concepts and examples covered in the book.
With the following software and hardware list you can run all files present in the book (Chapter 1-10).
Software and Hardware List
| Chapter | Software required | OS required |
|---|---|---|
| 1-10 | Blender | Windows, Mac OS X |
We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.
Sculpting in Action
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Get to Know the Author
Xury Greer is a digital media generalist and educator in the Greater Seattle Area. He earned his bachelor's degree in game design from Lake Washington Institute of Technology. He specializes in 3D characters, and technical art, and loves to share his knowledge. Xury is an avid member and Co-Organizer of the Seattle Blender User Group, and aims to help others by teaching Blender, as well as other 3D content creation tools. He is always excited to get new users started on their digital media production journey.
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