Before a 3D environment becomes detailed and polished, artists first establish its basic structure through blockout. Using simple shapes, they define scale, proportion, composition, and spatial relationships. This early stage provides a flexible foundation for experimentation, helping artists identify problems,…
Imagine you’re working on a scene in Unreal Engine 5 and you want certain objects to stand out. One way to achieve this is with a post-process outline shader. In this tutorial, we’ll build one from scratch using Unreal Engine…
In this tutorial, we’ll explore two essential techniques for creating animated procedural materials: building stylized water in Blender and panning textures in Unreal Engine 5. By combining procedural patterns, UV manipulation, distortion, color, and animation, you’ll learn how simple shader…
In this tutorial we’re going to build a simple squash-and-stretch rig in Unreal Engine 5. The goal is straightforward: we’ll take a sphere, give it a single bone, create two controls, and use a little bit of math to make…
In this tutorial, you’ll build a simple explosion in Niagara using a sprite sheet, a translucent material, and a few key particle settings. You’ll set up the system, apply the material, animate the frames, and fine-tune lifetime to create a…
When I first wanted to pull a single tile from a texture atlas in Unreal Engine 5, the idea seemed more complicated than it really was. A texture atlas is just one image divided into a grid, and UVs are…
This tutorial walks through creating a flexible fluted glass material in Unreal Engine 5 using normal maps to simulate light distortion. Instead of modeling grooves directly into the glass, you’ll use a normal map to refract light, producing realistic fluted,…
The Modular Control Rig system in Unreal Engine makes it easy to build animation controls for a skeletal character without creating an entire control rig from scratch In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a Modular Control Rig and…
This tutorial walks you through creating a simple squash-and-stretch rig for a ball in Blender 5. You’ll build a two-bone stretch system, add a master control, and create custom controller shapes to make animation easier. Step 1: Add an Armature…
Creating believable fabric materials is an important part of building realistic characters, clothing, furniture, and environmental props in Unreal Engine 5. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to: Add realistic fabric fuzz lighting Step 1: New Material 1. You will…