Blender Resources

Useful links for creating content in Blender.

Ray Foxyote

September 06, 2022 (updated December 31, 2023)

I take note of useful resources when I come across them and post them here to refer back to.

This page will not hold your hand, but some of the resources here may. Also, if you’re stuck, Google is your friend!

For projects only available on GitHub I post the link to the repository. The actual download should be under the “releases” tab.

Installing Blender

• Blender’s Website
• Steam

Tutorials/Cheat Sheets

• Ask Amber’s Blender Hotkey Cheat Sheet
• Donut Tutorial
• Quick Smooth Camera Movements
• Visemes Cheat Sheet
• Asset Browser Guide
• Weight Painting Guide
• Reducing Render Times
• Blender IK Guide

Addons

• Cats Blender Plugin
• BlenderKit
• Retopoflow
• Wiggle Bones
• Spring Bones
• Bonedynamics Pro ($15)
• Bone Manager
• Animation Layers ($28)
• Blender Source Tools
• Substance Painter Add-on
• Poliigon Material Converter
• Auto Rig Pro ($40) & ARP Quick Rig ($10)

Amimation Resources

• The Illusion of Life
• 12 principles of animation - Creative Bloq
• Pixar in a Box - Kahn Academy

Materials/Shaders & HDRIs

• sIBL Archive
• Poly Haven
• BlenderKit
• Poliigon
• ambientCG
• Free PBR
• Substance Share

Objects, Rigs & Scenes

• Sketchfab
• BlenderKit
• Poly Haven
• Poliigon
• Daz3D
• Open3DLab