Even the blockbuster movie 2012 used the Physic Engine Blender is using: Bullit. In this tutorial we will discover some basics of the Physics and Game Engine possibilities within Blender, and make a small game where we can demolish a brick tower. It’s pretty addictive to destroy this tower with a small ball, using the arrow keys on your keyboard.  This tutorial is made using blender 2.49 (32bit). Blender is an open source 3d-editor which can be downloaded from blender.org Level: Intermediate. Images will enlarge by clicking them.  Hotkeys are given in order, so (S, Z, 20) means that you […]

Medieval or medievally inspired environments are widely used in Game Design, Texturing and Digital Art. While I was in Antwerp, I shot countless images from Medieval or Renaissance buildings. From these pictures, I derived a couple of textures which can be freely downloaded. These textures can be freely used, even commercially, but redistribution is not allowed. You can also download all textures in a single package. Download Medieval Textures

In this article, I give an overview of 7 websites on which you can find free HDRI-Maps to use in any of your 3D projects. HDRI-Maps are said to be images containing the light information of it’s captured light, and are great for creating realistic lighting in 3D rendering. What are HDRI-Maps? Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, uses the following explanation for HDRI: “In image processing, computer graphics, and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of luminances between light and dark areas of a scene than normal […]

Love, it is ony of the most common themes of music, paintings and many forms of art. And today, we are going to bring some love to Adobe Photoshop. In this tutorial you are going to make this beautiful wallpaper, using Photoshop. The outcome will be more or less as the image you can see in the results of this tutorial. The render was made in a 3d application, but this tutorial will stick to the parts that were done in Adobe Photoshop. This tutorial will be done in the ‘underlaying-layers-method’, which means that the tutorial will start with the […]

Recently I received a great collection of old hymn books from my neighbours. These books were so beautiful and had such beautiful, old paper textures. That’s why I took some pictures of them and want to share these textures with you here. These textures are great to use in graphic design work, digital arts and graphics and even texturing. They can be used freely, even commercially, but redistribution is not allowed. You can also download a zip package below. Download Old Paper Textures

Leading and Tracking respectively determine the space between lines and letters, and how great effect on how your typography is perceived. This tutorial will teach you how to apply leading and tracking in Photoshop. We will use a CD Cover as a underlying case for understanding leading and tracking within Photoshop. Recently I read a magazine and saw a picture of a nice and simple CD-Cover from Israel Houghton. This tutorial is based upon the design of this cover.  In this short tutorial we’ll make a CD-Cover using Photoshop CS3+. After this tutorial you’ll know how to apply to color […]

In Adobe Illustrator, it is very easy to create dotted lines. But how do you create dotted lines easily in Adobe Photoshop? And what approach should you use for creating areas filled with dots? In this short tutorial I will give some tips for making dotted lines in Photoshop. Creating Dotted Lines with Brushes Creating Dotted Lines is fairly easy in Photoshop Brushes. There is not a single tool or option for it, but you just have to tweak some brush-settings and we have our dotted lines in seconds. Start by opening a new file (Ctr+N, or File > New), […]

What do you think of these old, worn surfaces you can find in older cities? While they are a sign of decay, they have some very attractive element. And that’s why I shot a couple of these textures while being on a city trip. These textures are great for aspiring artists, graphic designers, digital artists and designers working with 3d modelling software such as Blender and Maya. They can be used freely, also for commercial purposes. Redistribution, however, is not allowed. A zip package of all textures can be downloaded below. Download Rust & Wear Textures

Solidworks is a powerful application for modelling, but you might want to look to other applications for shading and rendering. In this tutorial I give a simple overview how to export a SolidWorks model to a format which can be accepted by Blender. By importing it in Blender, we can apply simulations, physical renderers and much more to the model. Solidworks is a powerful 3D cad drawing program, used by engineers and product designers and mainly works with surfaces and curves.. Blender is  one of the most popular and powerful open source 3D editors and mainly works with polygons. Using […]

This post is mainly for the blender users, using windows. Blender is an open-source 3d editor which can be downloaded from www.blender3d.org. Even for windows, there are 2 versions of Blender3D. The 32bit version, which comes as an installer and the 64 bit version, which comes as a zipped package. The 64bit is adapted to serve 64bit computers more, and most new systems now are 64bit. But does the 64bit version really have differences in rendering and baking performance? Please note that this test has been done with an older version of Blender. Meanwhile, performance might be drastically changed or […]