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Jan van den Hemel

@blendersecrets.bsky.social

Creator of 3D Secrets (Blender Secrets), www.3DSecrets.com

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Blender 5 adds Grease Pencil features essential to vector artists: a Pen tool and sharp corners. Check out the full step by step video on my YouTube channel. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

10.12.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blender 5 introduces a new and improved Sky Texture. This makes it easy to animate sunsets for example. By using the Sun Position extension that comes with Blender, we can more intuitively and realistically adjust the sun position. More tips, video courses and e-book on www.3DSecrets.com

22.11.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks! ๐Ÿ––

20.11.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blender 5 makes setting up a Lattice easier than ever. Select an object, or even multiple objects, and then from the Add menu choose Lattice Deform Selected. You can also use Lattices to add objects to the surface of another object, and to animate things. #blender #blender3d #b3d

20.11.2025 11:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The new Curve to Tube modifier in Blender 5 makes it easier to create tubes with rounded caps. For more tips go to www.3dsecrets.com #blender3d #b3d #Blender

17.11.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blender 5 gives us a new Array modifier and with it, the ability to easily place objects as instances along a Curve. Previously, it was done using a combination of Array and Curve modifiers, but it would deform the instances unless you used a workaround. #Blender #b3d #Blender3d

12.11.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The new Array modifier in Blender 5.0 finally gives us a simple solution for making Circular Arrays. #blender #B3D #Blender3D

11.11.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 111    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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In this video we have a quick look at solving a boolean hole for subdivision ready topology.
#Blender #B3D #Blender3D

07.11.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Adding holes to curved surfaces is one of the more challenging parts of 3D modeling. And getting the surface around the holes perfect can be really frustrating. That's where the Data Transfer modifier can be a great help. #b3D #blender3D #Blender

06.11.2025 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Adding details to curved surfaces can be difficult. But the free TexTools add-on makes this process easy with the UV Mesh feature. More tips, e-books, courses: www.3dsecrets.com #b3d #blender #blender3d

02.11.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to Straighten UV's so you can put textures on curved objects (Mio3 UV, UVTools, TexTools) #b3D #Blender #Blender3D

01.11.2025 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 89    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One easy way to create holes in 3D models, is by using a black and white texture. This is especially useful for cloth objects. However you can also turn it into geometry with thickness for 3D printing, with just a few modifiers. #Blender #b3d #Blender3D

28.10.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm working on a short E-book that should contain everything I know about making holes in Blender. Like a real braindump about a single topic. Do you have any holes-related questions? I probably have everything covered, but just in case. I'm curious! #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

22.10.2025 07:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In this new video, we do a beginner-friendly deep dive into the "double subdivision" method which is a very easy, fast and fun way of making 3D models. This is a longer version of a video I made about a year ago. Watch it here: youtu.be/YCd_tS_3BTU #blender #b3d #blender3d

10.10.2025 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Only 17 hours left on the early bird sale for my new course, so if you're planning to get it, now is a good time! #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

30.09.2025 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just a short reminder, that I still have a 30% early bird discount on my new anime girl course. Also, I finished the retopology lessons of my hard surface course, so that's a 17 hours course now. And more lessons planned. #b3d #Blender #blender3d

19.09.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Anime Girl character course overview - Blender Secrets
YouTube video by Blender Secrets Anime Girl character course overview - Blender Secrets

This YT video gives a detailed overview of the lessons you can expect from my new Anime Girl creation course. Video link: youtu.be/M-zUIL-DnRA #blender #b3d #blender3d

05.09.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A short teaser for my new course. Next week I'll release an in-depth video on YouTube. It's fun to make characters! #B3D #Blender3D #Blender3D

30.08.2025 03:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My latest course "Modeling and texturing an anime girl in Blender" is now available. It currently has an early bird discount. Find out more blender-secrets-school.teachable.com/p/anime-char... (or on www.3dsecrets.com) #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

28.08.2025 06:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just updated my free sample E-book. It has 30 pages of modeling tips. If you're interested, you can get it on www.3Dsecrets.com #Blender #b3D #Blender3D

09.08.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here's a short video about the new Grid Fill stuff.
Longer video: youtu.be/gS8MHAXKFQE
Get Blender 4.5 LTS here:
blender.org/download/rel...
#Blender #B3D #Blender3D

21.07.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 222    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Grid Fill update in Blender 4.5 LTS - Blender Secrets
YouTube video by Blender Secrets Grid Fill update in Blender 4.5 LTS - Blender Secrets

Check out this video on Grid Fill, including the Blender 4.5 LTS update. It was already a great tool, but now it's even better! youtu.be/gS8MHAXKFQE #Blender #b3d #Blender3d

18.07.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

It's the last day of sale of this mini (well, 5 hour) course - 50% off until tomorrow morning. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D Get it on 3dsecrets.com

10.07.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Blender Secrets - Short Daily Blender Tutorials โ€” 3D SECRETS (Blender Secrets)

Oh, I'm sorry - I shortened the blog URL to www.3dsecrets.com/blog so you can still find it all there. I didn't think about the fact that it would break all the old links.

05.07.2025 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, thanks Noiselund! Did you do the 3D animation in your latest RLM remix video yourself, in addition to the amazing track?

04.07.2025 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We all run into it at some point: We are zooming in on a small area of our model, but Blender doesn't want to go any further. Well, fortunately there's 5 easy solutions for this, as shown in this video.

#blender3d #blender #b3d

04.07.2025 09:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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How to price your work and dealing with revisions โ€” 3D SECRETS (Blender Secrets) Alright, letโ€™s talk cold, hard cash! No, but seriously - before I dive into this, I want to mention that itโ€™s perfectly fine if you want to do 3D as a hobby. If thatโ€™s you, you can read on and enjoy i...

Here's a slightly rambly (but tips-filled) blog article for freelancer 3d artists, about how to price your work, deal with scope creep and endless revisions. I hope it helps someone. #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

www.3dsecrets.com/secrets/how-...

02.07.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blender side hustle nr.713: cleaning up 3D print (or AI generated) models for clients. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

www.3dsecrets.com/secrets/blen...

01.07.2025 08:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Get the new short beginner video course for Blenders, on 3DSecrets.com.

#blender3d #b3d #blender

01.07.2025 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Pocket Blender Device mini-course!
YouTube video by Blender Secrets Pocket Blender Device mini-course!

"Pocket Blender device" Mini-course is now available on 3dsecrets.com! Watch a short video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcS-... #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

28.06.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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