Denoise - A Podcast about Blender

Oct 17 2024 15 ep. 51 mins 50

Denoise - A Podcast about Blender artwork

What's happening in the Blender world? Hosted by CG Cookie, this podcast cuts through the noise surrounding the leading open source 3d software. Some of the best-known Blender teachers and their prominent guests take a fresh look at current Blender discussions with expertise and humor.

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Worldbuilding with Ludicrous Energy ft. Ian Hubert

Oct 17 2024 56 mins

Ian Hubert is a legandary Blender VFX artist who is best known for directing the Blender open movie project, Tears of Steel, authoring the Lazy Tutorial series on YouTube, and creating the mesmerizing dystopian sci-fi short film series, Dynamo Dream. Lampel and Kent caught up with Ian at BCON LA to find out what it's been like to scale up his productions, where his inspiration come

Perfectionism and Standing Up for the Story ft. Sintel Director and Pixar Artist Colin Levy

Oct 03 2024 46 mins

In many ways, Colin Levy has lived the dream of many Blender artists. He directed the Blender open movie, Sintel, right out of college, landed a job at Pixar, and later quit the 9 to 5 to pursue his dream of creating a television series called Skywatch after his short film of the same title took off and attracted a lot of attention. In recent years though, the Skywatch project has

What's New with Blender Guru ft. Andrew Price

Sep 19 2024 62 mins

Andrew Price, a.k.a. Blender Guru, has been a notable member of the Blender community for many years and recently passed 3 million subscribers on YouTube. Kent and Jonathan caught up with him at BCON LA and learned more about how he got started, the real reason he switched from creating Blender courses to building Poliigon, what eventually happened with the donut NFT, moving to Ame

Working with Huge Assets in Blender to Promote Borderlands for Entertainment Weekly

Sep 06 2024 44 mins

Blender was used to produce a motion magazine cover for Entertainment Weekly as part of their promoting the new Borderlands movie. Guest host Jason van Gumster speaks with Wyatt Winborne from Studio Khimaira along with Nick Pitts and Ben Johnson from Wolverine VFX about how they made it happen. Denoise is a podcast about Blender, from the folks at CG Cookie. If you're interested in

The State of Blender YouTube ft. Ducky 3D, Bad Normals, and Riley Brown

Aug 22 2024 47 mins

Jonathan talks with YouTubers Nathan, Martin, and Riley at BCON LA about what their experience has been like teaching Blender online, how they make a living (certainly not adsense!), how the education landscape has changed over the last few years, and how far to go in order to please the algorithm. Denoise is a podcast about Blender, from the folks at CG Cookie. If you're intereste

From Maya Beta Tester to Creating a Feature Length Open Movie ft. Blender Bob

Aug 08 2024 61 mins

Kent is no stranger to community projects, after having directed three large collaborations in the CG Cookie community, and he was especially interested in talking with Blender Bob after hearing about Tiki - a feature length animated film created by the Blender community for the Blender community. Listen in as they talk about the current state of the project and how Bob's history i

How Hollywood VFX Studios Get Introduced to Blender ft. Chris Parks of Barnstorm

Jul 25 2024 76 mins

Kent Trammell sits down with Chris Parks of Barnstorm VFX at BCON LA to hear the unique story of how he found his way into the VFX industry and how he's used Blender on blockbuster films and award winning TV shows. Chris has worked on Avengers: Endgame and Infinity War, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Aquaman, The Man in the High Castle, Robot Chicken, and many more! Denoise is a p

Why Blender is Getting so Good at Animation ft. Brad Clark, Sir Wade, and Luciano

Jul 11 2024 64 mins

The animation system in Blender has been undergoing quite the overhaul recently, and the developers are turning one of the software's weaker areas into one of its strengths. In this episode, Jonathan sits down with Brad, Luciano, and Sir Wade at BCON LA to talk about their experiences animating in Blender, how the recent upgrades are changing the game, and how community feedback di

Blender vs. the VFX Industry ft. FlippedNormals

Oct 02 2023 75 mins

Blender’s recent surge in popularity has not shown any signs of slowing. As artists pick it up for the first time and discover how powerful it is, they often wonder whether it's capable of being used to create their favorite movies, games, and shows. In this episode, Kent Trammell and Jason van Gumster, two of our Blender experts here at CG Cookie, sit down with the visual effect

Fueling Artistic Creativity

Sep 18 2023 31 mins

Creativity is, at its essence, a type of problem-solving. It is fundamental to our work as 3D artists and needs to be cultivated over time. Not everyone goes about that the same way. In this episode, the CG Cookie instructors Wayne, Kent, and Jonathan talk about their journeys in creativity and how to get inspired.You can read more about this episode on our blog. Denoise is a podca