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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

And now, too: all my notes from over two years working with #Blender have gotten a huge glow-up and tune-up. From simple HTML exports to a modern Markdown-based system. Look at that TOC and Search field! etereaestudios.com/resources/bl...

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Now, my entire collection of Substance Designer nodes is available at an unbeatable price: COMPLETELY FREE! 🎉 And if you like them or find them useful, you can always leave a tip. ❤️ etereaestudios.com/resources/su...

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Substance 3D Tools

Over the last few years I have made a bunch of custom nodes to work with Substance Designer. Some of these have been created from scratch by me, and others have been derived from the snippets kindl…

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Until 2 or 3 years, making a small Blender add-on like this would have taken me several hours. Maybe days (I know some Python, but I'm NOT a programmer). Now just a few minutes — to write the PROMPT. And it works perfectly on the first try. I still can't get used to it…

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Finally! Geometry Nodes on Empties in Blender 5.2! Much more custom Empty shapes, extra functionality, and no more Meshes or Curves pretending to be Empties (look to Outliner)

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Do you know Attribute Manager for Blender? Yet another fantastic add-on by Yoshiaki Tazaki, former Modo developer. You can now edit any custom attribute. INSANELY POWERFUL CONTROL! tazaki.gumroad.com/l/wirsjp?lay...

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Attribute Manager for Blender

Spreadsheet-style attribute editing for Blender power users🚀 OverviewAttribute Manager is a powerful Blender add-on that lets you edit mesh and object attributes in a spreadsheet-style interface.Inste...

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Super simple yet incredibly useful tricks you keep learning in Blender, even after years of using it!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

IMPRESSIVE STUFF!!! (to watch full screen and 4K) www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8AY...

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YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Thank you so much to Fares Asem for this great tip to synchronize audio using Geometry Nodes!!! (enable audio) Original tip with nodes setup: x.com/Fares5136466...

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Luca Moroni @sfera314.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Just discovered Cristóbal Vila (@cristobalvila.bsky.social), an amazing 3D digital artist whose work blends geometry, design, and visual craft. Explore more of his animations here: etereaestudios.com/works/ — well worth a look (and no ads or pop-ups!).

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Works

Works As of December 2024 all my old animations are remastered in 4K Cristóbal Vila – Zaragoza, Aragón, SPAIN Modified date:

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Los vídeos cortos mostrando la colocación de piezas superiores de la Sagrada Familia son espectaculares. Short videos showing the installation of upper sections of the Sagrada Familia are spectacular. Piezas de la cruz | Pieces of the cross www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPA8... 1/4

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Peces de la creu | Piezas de la cruz | Pieces of the cross

YouTube video by Basílica de la Sagrada Família

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

The work of this guy feels like pure Black Magic! Everything in this scene is fully procedural, created using Blender’s Geometry Nodes. Check out the timelapse with voice-over — it’s mind-blowing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=whgs...

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Nodevember Day 11 - Hive

YouTube video by Erindale

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Coming from Substance Designer and the Pixel Processor workflow, I was considering building my own 2D SDF function library for Blender’s Shader Nodes… But then I discovered this incredible treasure by Celestialmaze @cmzw.bsky.social github.com/williamchang...

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Vincent Dérozier @vincentderozier.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Finally took the time to start my serie about art fundementals applied to Material creation. This part 1 is about Art Direction, let me know what you think of it. Cheers ! #Texturing #Art #theartoftexturing

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The Art of Texturing, Food for thoughts, Part 1 Art Direction

YouTube video by Vincent Dérozier

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Every time I drop by the @nodegroup.xyz Discord (and I do it at least once a day), I discover a fantastic Blender tip or trick — especially for Geometry Nodes. That place is an absolute treasure!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I love these small utility custom geometry nodes for Blender! It's so easy to create your own collection :-)

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Blender is the best thing that has ever happened to the 3D world. I’m incredibly grateful and happy to be able to use such a magnificent tool. But it’s up to all of us to make sure it can continue to be this way!!!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

What a fantastic small-great tip to Remove Global Transformations inside Geometry Nodes! 👉 All credits to @cartesiancaramel.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=HePi...

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A new small tip for Blender I just learned: we can Copy and Paste Drivers between UI and Geometry Nodes 😉

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

The correct way to Combine two Normal Maps in Blender (applicable to any other app, I suppose). Thank you so much to Quackers for the tip!!! The theory behind this: blog.selfshadow.com/publications...

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I just discovered that Unicode icons can be used in the Blender Outliner!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I just installed this little add-on for Blender and I love it! extensions.blender.org/add-ons/c3db/

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3D Cursors Briefcase

Store and manage multiple 3D Cursors

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

A small-great tip for #Blender I just discovered right now: To shade differently the active and inactive geometry in the viewport, go to 3D Viewport Overlays WHILE IN EDIT MODE and look for that Fade Inactive Geometry Checkbox and Opacity Slider.

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

To all of you former Modo users, this reflection environment I created back in 2008 might look familiar—it even became the default one. Well, now you can also use it in Blender. Whether you were a Modo user or not! 😀 etereaestudios.com/resources/bl...

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Blender Resources

In this section you will find a set of resources related with Blender. In 2024 I started my path to learning this program, after 17-18 years using Modo, Cinema 4D and ZBrush. My goal is completely …

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

After working with MODO for over 17 years, when I switched to Blender just over a year ago, what I missed most were its fantastic Falloffs... But thanks to the new add-on from the great Taz-San, that's no longer an issue: FALLOFFS AND MUCH MORE! tazaki.gumroad.com/l/gamki

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Simple Bend Ex is one of those Blender add-ons that, once you start using it, you can't live without. And like that one, there are many other add-ons from @kushiro.bsky.social, many of which are completely free. kushiro.gumroad.com/l/simple-ben...

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

The great Yoshiaki Tazaki, one of the original lead developers of MODO, has just released a great set of tools useful for Blender modeling workflow. It contains utilities that are mainly aimed at Modo users to make Blender easier to use. I LOVE THIS!!! tazaki.gumroad.com/l/gamki

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YT-Tools for Blender

🛠️ YT-Tools for BlenderA powerful modeling extension inspired by Modo workflows.(日本語の説明は下にあります)YT-Tools is a Blender add-on designed to enhance the modeling workflow, especially for users familiar wit...

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Tim Johannsen has shared a nice add-on for Blender, “Boundaries to Ngon”. It's a one-click solution to fill non-intersecting edge loops with a small set of ngons. It extends Blender's built-in Fill tool by correctly handling holes and nested polygons. timjohannsen.gumroad.com/l/bounds2ngons

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Blender Addon: Boundaries to Ngon

This tool provides a one-click solution to fill non-intersecting edge loops with a small set of ngons. It extends Blender's built-in Fill tool by correctly handling holes and nested polygons. Since th...

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Another little trick I hadn't discovered until now! We can control different levels of subdivision with the ‘Subdivision Surface’ NODE (within Geometry Nodes) in the same way as with Blender's MODIFIER!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I've been working with Blender for over a year now, and I hadn't discovered the Skin Modifier until now!!!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Step by step, my little collection of custom nodes keeps growing. I couldn't be happier with this software — I Love @blender3d.bsky.social!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

A little technique I just discovered for precisely controlling the orientation of our gizmos (moving, rotating, or scaling) using the 3D Cursor. I'm sure all of you who have been using Blender for many years already know about it. But for me, it was a happy discovery!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

The latest from Alberto Mielgo. A must-see on the big screen. The bigger, the better! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvbE...

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Marathon | Reveal Cinematic Short

YouTube video by Marathon

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Very happy with all the advanced techniques I am learning with @nodegroup.xyz masterclasses by Erindale. Here is the result of the first exercise: Medina Airport Columns. youtu.be/7rUmXd8j5C8 The course: www.nodegroup.xyz

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Medina Exercise

YouTube video by Cristóbal Vila / Etérea Estudios

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Os recuerdo que se acerca la fecha límite para inscribirse en el curso gratuito que daré sobre Blender Geometry Nodes en el CTA de Zaragoza: el 9 de MARZO Tenéis toda la info y el enlace para inscribiros en mi blog: etereaestudios.com/2025/02/07/c...

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Curso Geometry Nodes

Los próximos meses de marzo y abril voy a impartir un curso presencial y gratuito sobre modelado y animación procedural en el Centro de Tecnologías Avanzadas de Zaragoza (CTA). Serán 60 horas dedic…

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The great, the master, the wizard Marco Vitale has written a breakdown for his MV L-System Node, explaining how he applied Lindenmeyer's principles in Substance Designer to procedurally create organic shapes and intricate fractal patterns 80.lv/articles/bre...

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Implementing L-Systems In Substance 3D Designer

Marco Vitale, a two-time winner of the Substance 3D Insanity Awards, joined us to discuss how he applied Lindenmeyer's principles in Substance 3D Designer to procedurally create organic shapes and int...

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Working with procedural Bézier Curves in #Blender Geometry Nodes it's not possible to see the handles, right? NO PROBLEM: LET'S MADE A CUSTOM TOOL TO VISUALIZE THEM! Enjoying like a child with the FANTASTIC Medina Modelling Masterclass by @nodegroup.xyz youtu.be/Ve2mlODhPBo

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Visualize handles using procedural Bézier in Blender

YouTube video by Cristóbal Vila / Etérea Estudios

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Someone has asked for such a pattern in the Substance Designer Discord... And here is a simple way to obtain a “Pseudo Poisson Distribution”.

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

To group or not to group... that is the question! 😆 #GeometryNodes #CustomTools #Blender

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A final de marzo impartiré un curso presencial sobre modelado y animación procedural con #Blender en el CTA de Zaragoza. Serán 60 horas dedicadas a aprender todo lo que podamos sobre sus famosos Geometry Nodes. Y a un precio imbatible: ¡GRATIS! etereaestudios.com/2025/02/07/c...

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Curso Geometry Nodes

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Well, thanks to the great Quackers, I have just discovered that “The For-Each” isn't actually needed in this case! As he said: “As both Set Curve Radius and Trim Curve support field inputs you can plug values derived from Index directly” Thanks!!!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Thanks to some notes I kept since 2009, when I was working with Cinema4D on Nature by Numbers, I've now been able to recreate a setup to animate multiple splines using #Blender Geometry Nodes and the “For Each Element” feature. And I couldn't be happier!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I've updated my #Blender notes and took the opportunity to add an INDEX for each of them (above), because I was going crazy to find things myself! etereaestudios.com/resources/bl...

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

YEAH! Big thanks to M D SAI CHARAN (Just 3D Things) @saicharanmd.bsky.social (@sai_charan_md in X)

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Two questions for #GreasePencil experts (#Blender 4.3): 1. Once a Grease Pencil stroke is manually done, is it possible to change the hardness? 2. Combining Grease Pencil with Geometry Nodes, is it possible to paint with airbrush (soft) strokes along curves? THANKS!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Yeah! 'Merge and Separate Group Inputs'—a small custom add-on for #Blender Geometry Nodes to keep your Node Tree clean and organized. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-1W...

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Merge and Separate Group Inputs

YouTube video by Cristóbal Vila / Etérea Estudios

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

When using curves with Geometry Nodes, even though TILT and RADIUS data are read, the INTERPOLATION REMAINS LINEAR (see red example)—a #Blender limitation. Yet with GN, there's almost always a workaround! Many thanks to Shmuel The Noder for the invaluable help!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Metaballs flowing along curves, with control over their SIZE and AMOUNT across the path (including internal spline interpolation). Then, turn them into a smooth subdivision surface with QuadRemesher. I LOVE #BLENDER!!!

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Cristóbal Vila @cristobalvila.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I never really paid much attention to Metaballs before, but seeing how versatile they are in Blender has changed that. And with Quad Remesher, the final topology is just beautiful.

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