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thmg-blender.bsky.social
If it is specifically in Blender, I provide tutoring, advice, and models for it and the program as a whole in general. #THMGtutor

NSFW and SFW animation is more or less the same "underneath". Just using different assets and focusing on a different theme. The skills are almost entirely transferable.
November 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
thmg-blender.bsky.social
#Blender #3D #WIP #THMGtutor
Browntown WIP collage 1.

Originally posted at www.furaffinity.net/view/60129518/ during March 2025.
September 6, 2026 at 9:13 AM
thmg-blender.bsky.social
#THMGtutor #Mud #Blender #3D

A quick example I made for someone of using a manually painted grayscale "mask" image texture to have a controllable gradient between a mud node setup and a dirt node setup.

I use something like this in nearly every project, it's that universally useful and simple.
A Blender screenshot showing a character half sunk into a plane. The view mode is "Solid" unrendered, and displays a grayscale texture on said plane. A Blender screenshot showing a character half sunk into a plane. The view mode is "Material Preview" rendered, and in reference to the previous image, shows mud on where the light painted areas were on the plane and shows dirt on where the dark painted areas were on the plane. A Blender screenshot showing a character half sunk into a plane. The view mode is "Render Preview", and in reference to the first image, shows mud on where the light painted areas were on the plane and shows dirt on where the dark painted areas were on the plane. A Blender screenshot showing a character half sunk into a plane. The view mode is "Solid" unrendered, and displays a grayscale texture on said plane. The lower two thirds of the image show the Material Node editor. The two mud and dirt node setups are plugged into a "Mix Shader" node's Shader inputs. An "Image Texture" node is plugged into the Mix Shader's Factor input, controlling which of the two shaders go where. The Mix Shader is then plugged into the Material Output's Surface node.
February 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
thmg-blender.bsky.social
#THMGtutor
I feel like I should have come up with this a lot earlier, but my streamlined #Blender template now has an audio sequencer built in. Sounds can now be directly loaded into a scene and organised/timed in parallel with making the animation. Until now, I've only added audio after rendering.
February 1, 2026 at 6:12 AM
thmg-blender.bsky.social
#THMGtutor
I am only now coming to terms that I can no longer provide tutoring for a long time. Having skills to create is one thing, but knowing how it was learned is entirely different.

Both of these are vital for teaching but I lost all of the latter due to the amnesia. I fear my dream is over.
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
thmg-blender.bsky.social
#Blender #3D #Dragon #Dragons #THMGtutor

Since GIFs now auto-convert to video now here, here's the three examples of the Dual Layer Easy Paint setup viewable directly.

It's still so satisfying to watch. I still haven't made Bad Apple play fully on it. Yet.
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 AM
thmg-blender.bsky.social
#THMGtutor #Blender #Tutorial

Basics of Vertex Modelling and Manual Remeshing.
A guide & cheat sheet for beginners who want to try the very basics of 3D modelling. See reply for how this applies to remeshing.

Will work on my "all in one tutorial for absolute beginners" next, after doing some art.
A cheat sheet for the basics of modelling in Blender, presented as a 20x25 cm image for printing. Unfortunately, there is more text on it and images to describe than can be put in this alt text. A text to speech audio version can be made if there is enough demand.
August 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
thmg-blender.bsky.social
#THMGtutor #Blender

I intend to someday make a video going over the Blender asset creation fundamentals, so it can be done entirely solo. The actual lesson is designed to be repeatable on your own after the first time, allowing to gradually go to more complex things, starting off from a simple box.
thmg-blender.bsky.social Thundermug🔞 @thmg-blender.bsky.social · Aug 17
#THMGtutor #Blender "AA" - Stone Rhino

This is something to practice basic modelling, UV unwrapping, shaders, and more.

Usually when I teach I suggest the student take their own measurements and photos of something unique to them. Not everyone has the equipment to do so, so this was made for them.
A photo of a small stone rhinoceros sculpture. It is made from a rectangular slab of stone (95.2mm wide, 62.2mm tall, 28.2mm thick), with pieces cut out. From the front lower corner, a 31.2mm(wide)*35.2mm(tall) square is cut out. Going further back, the front leg takes up the next 9mm going back adjacent to that cut square, and then leads to another cut, which is 4mm*25mm. The back leg and it's adjacent cut have the same measurements, just positioned at the left lower corner of the stone slab. The horn and ear of the rhino are made from a rectangle that goes back 20mm from the top right corner, then down 12mm. The cut separating the horn from the ear is a 4mm(wide)*12mm(down) cut, starting at 8.5mm from the top right corner. The top right corner has a bevel, with a 1.75mm isosceles right angle triangle cutting off the corner. The posterior of the rhinoceros is rounded, with the shape of a 15mm diameter quarter circle. The top of the quarter circle and the rhino's back aligns with the 12mm downward cut from the back of the ear. In Blender, this can be made using the Bevel Tool and increasing it's "segments" setting and setting "width" to 15mm. There is a small hole for it's eye, directly below the ear's downward edge and above the "chin", in between those two. A watermark is in the lower left corner, referencing the Bluesky username "thmg-blender" and the Furaffinity username "Thundermug". A UV texture net of the rhino sculpture, made of one photo of each of it's six sides. A watermark is in the lower left, referencing the Bluesky username "thmg-blender" and the Furaffinity username "Thundermug".
August 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
thmg-blender.bsky.social
#THMGtutor #Blender "AA" - Stone Rhino

This is something to practice basic modelling, UV unwrapping, shaders, and more.

Usually when I teach I suggest the student take their own measurements and photos of something unique to them. Not everyone has the equipment to do so, so this was made for them.
A photo of a small stone rhinoceros sculpture. It is made from a rectangular slab of stone (95.2mm wide, 62.2mm tall, 28.2mm thick), with pieces cut out. From the front lower corner, a 31.2mm(wide)*35.2mm(tall) square is cut out. Going further back, the front leg takes up the next 9mm going back adjacent to that cut square, and then leads to another cut, which is 4mm*25mm. The back leg and it's adjacent cut have the same measurements, just positioned at the left lower corner of the stone slab. The horn and ear of the rhino are made from a rectangle that goes back 20mm from the top right corner, then down 12mm. The cut separating the horn from the ear is a 4mm(wide)*12mm(down) cut, starting at 8.5mm from the top right corner. The top right corner has a bevel, with a 1.75mm isosceles right angle triangle cutting off the corner. The posterior of the rhinoceros is rounded, with the shape of a 15mm diameter quarter circle. The top of the quarter circle and the rhino's back aligns with the 12mm downward cut from the back of the ear. In Blender, this can be made using the Bevel Tool and increasing it's "segments" setting and setting "width" to 15mm. There is a small hole for it's eye, directly below the ear's downward edge and above the "chin", in between those two. A watermark is in the lower left corner, referencing the Bluesky username "thmg-blender" and the Furaffinity username "Thundermug". A UV texture net of the rhino sculpture, made of one photo of each of it's six sides. A watermark is in the lower left, referencing the Bluesky username "thmg-blender" and the Furaffinity username "Thundermug".
August 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM