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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 3h

Ever had parts of your model merge during a voxel remesh? Here's a simple way to fix it. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Compilation video for those of you who like horizontal videos - youtu.be/hnHqboUoxxs #B3D #Blender #B3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

How to get bevels that follow the shape in a nice smooth way in Blender #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

How to find (and get rid of) hidden geometry in Blender. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

When reducing the geometry on a mesh made with subdiv modeling, you can triangulate the flat areas with this method. #Blender #B3d #Blender3d

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I made a video before about making a toon outline shader for both Cycles and Eevee, and I get a lot of questions about it, so I made it again with a bit more detail. Sorry if it's a bit long! #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

To build on yesterday's camera animation tip, here's how you can combine several camera animations into one. #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Here's a simple, re-usable camera setup for animated camera moves in Blender. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

All Loop Tools are now native in Blender 5.3, so how do they work? #B3D #Blender3D #Blender Full YT video: youtu.be/a_Td8d-zHuo

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How to model a square to round transition on a bent cylinder, in Blender. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The free Edge Flow extension is really useful for adjusting the shape of geometry. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Let's have a look at the free auto-retopology add-on QRemeshify for Blender! On YouTube you can watch a longer video. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Did you know you can use Grid Fill on N-gons to turn them into Quads? #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Have you heard of the free Mio3 Flex add-on? It adds a Curve-like control of selected Edges in Blender. #Blender #B3d #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How to create a capsule-shaped hole in a curved surface #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Curve Loop Tool is a really powerful tool for making smooth curvature. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Another quick motion graphics tip: Blender has some really nice presets for bouncy animation. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A useful trick for when you want to subdivide a mesh made with a boolean union, using the Triangulate modifier. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here's a quick Geometry Nodes setup for animated text reveal. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One of those to classify under "how did I not know this in years of Blender use?" - Did you know you can choose a transformation axis merely by holding the middle mouse button? #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Three quick ways to mark Edges as Sharp in Blender. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's a couple of methods I use for cleaning up topology, after applying a boolean to a surface. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today's tip: How to make a diagonal cut through your mesh, without distorting it, with the Knife and Bisect tools. #Blender3D #B3D #Blender

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here's how you can use Kushiro's free Curve Face Color add-on together with Exoside's paid Quad Remesher add-on to quickly retopo hard surface meshes. Longer vid on YouTube. #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I try to post a short Blender tip video every day, day 2 (so far so good...) How to prepare topology before boolean cutting using Shrinkwrap?? #Blender #B3D #Blender

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For a long time I used HDRI's as a crutch for lighting, but recently I've been enjoying Area lights in Blender a lot. They're really fun for 'sculpting' the light. #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Another 'smartphone camera' render, it's fun to make. #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just a quick test with the "camera controller" add-on for Blender, which lets you control the Blender camera with your (Android) smartphone. It makes it look realistic! Render for my "pocket Blender device" course on 3dSecrets.com #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A little render from my "pocket blender device" hard surface modeling course. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

About 14 hours left on the discount on my Blender e-book. A good time to get it! #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Get the Blender Secrets book now with a big discount, until midnight 31st of August. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

With this technique, it's easy to add details to the surface. No more tedious connecting of geometry. Just some modifiers. And you can apply the modifiers once you want to export the model. Get my hard surface modeling course now with a big discount on www.3dsecrets.com #Blender #Blender3D #B3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It seems that the Box Carve tool (part of Bool Tool) was improved quite a bit in Blender 5.2, have you noticed? #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Just discovered this: The free Booltron cutter add-on lets you work non-destructively on Curve and Text objects. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Here's a 1-minute how-to for the new Thin Wall feature, and which settings to adjust for maximum effect. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In this video we look at setting up the nodes for tearing cloth apart in Blender 5.2. Longer video on my YouTube channel. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

6 Tips for making Hard Surface details like Panel Cuts www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZFn... #B3D #Blender3D #Blender

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

2 methods for making panel cuts using modifiers in Blender #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Did you know you can paint panel cuts directly on your Normal map with UcuPaint? #blender3d #b3d

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Placing details on a surface is easy with the Instance on Elements modifier (and node) that was added in Blender 5.0. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Easy panel cuts with the Mesh Filter in Sculpt mode. Later we can bake it to a Normal map. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Timelapse of modeling, sculpting and baking a mech head #B3D #Blender #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Cloth Tearing is now easy with Blender 5.2 thanks to some Geometry Nodes-powered modifiers. #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Sculpting sharp corners perfectly can be tricky, but the Curve Stroke Method is the solution. If you'd like to learn more about Hard Surface sculpting, check out my course which has a 50% discount at the moment, until Sunday night: 3DSecrets.com #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

As a preview for my Hard Surface sculpting course, I just published a new lesson on YouTube. I'm currently running a sale for this course until Sunday evening. Watch it here: youtu.be/_6uBdIsvm7c #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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Jan van den Hemel @blendersecrets.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Have you ever wondered how you can extrude in Sculpt Mode? This can be useful for example for creating hard surface concepts. In this blog post, we look at doing just that, as well as how to use the Stroke Method for more accurate masks. www.3dsecrets.com/secrets/extr... #Blender #B3D #Blender3D

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