Greyscalegorilla

🚨 New Studio Drop! A full-stack solution for rendering realistic glass and liquids. 🥃 40 glass models 💧 45 liquid materials 🔮 74 glass materials Exclusively in Studio. Don't forget to update Studio and your connector to get your new assets! Get all the details →…

Bust out a clay render in minutes…Real materials, easy lighting, and no keyframes (thanks to Signal). See how we built it step-by-step. 👉 greyscalegorilla.com/blog/clay-face…

Studio just turned 1! 🥳 To celebrate, we have picked our top 5 favorite features: • Send with Triplanar: Seamless textures, no UV setup. • Smart Send: One-click asset setup, no manual drudgery. • Randomizer: Uncover hidden gems in your library instantly. • Go To Collection:…

Recipe for the perfect glass render: Model → Lighting → Glass shader. All in Studio. Mix responsibly.

Parachutes. Survival gear. Keychains. Paracord was built to be useful. These materials? Same deal.

Full-screen Redshift IPR = better look dev. Hit Control + Tab in Cinema 4D. That's it! Watch the full video for the full setup. Plus members, grab the free scene file and try it out! 👉 greyscalegorilla.com/blog/ditch-ren…

Ancient shaderball.

Studio HDRIs are your best friend for product shots. But don’t just slap one in - rotate it until the reflections actually enhance the product.

Still fighting tiny IPR windows? This full-screen setup in Redshift makes material and lighting tweaks way less painful. Watch the full video to follow along as Nick walks you through the setup (and if you’re a Plus member, you can grab the scene file and try it yourself). 👉…

It’s July. Clients are quiet. Half the team’s OOO. Perfect time to mess around. Open Studio. Grab something random. Try something crazy. What are you experimenting with this summer?

Clean materials = fake renders. Add fingerprints, dust, and scratches.

Photoreal plastic (No cheat codes required 😜)

Ever struggled to make bubbles look realistic? The key to achieving great-looking bubbles is simple: emulate reality. Bubbles are tiny pockets of air. Reverse the normals of your bubble geometry and apply an “air” material that is fully transparent with an IOR of 1.0. Let the…

Nick thought he had this glass render figured out…then a little light tweak surprised him. Even after years in 3D, there’s always something to learn. Watch the full challenge: greyscalegorilla.com/blog/render-gl… Want to try it yourself? Plus members can grab the scene file in their…

Good materials are nothing without good lighting. Even gold looks cheap in bad light.

Challenge: Rebuild this photoreal glass render from scratch in 10 minutes. Can Nick do it? See what happened 👉 greyscalegorilla.com/blog/render-gl…

These molded plastics have been making the rounds in our renders lately. We’ve been loving the subtle sheens and embossed details for quick, photoreal product looks.

Having some fun with our new glass assets today. (Wait for the clink 🥂)

Even good workflows have rough edges. These 7 real-world 3D tips smooth them out. Try one. Try them all. Just don’t keep working the hard way. greyscalegorilla.com/blog/7-real-wo…