My two-part breakdown on creating displacement textures in AI and then using them in Octane: My intro to converting scenes from physical to Octane:

My SIGGRAPH presentation covering digital cinematography in C4D and Octane:

My look at creating abstract topographic renders in scatter, as well as adaptive sampling and anamorphic bokeh: (added 10/4/17) My part 2 on creating advanced shaders in Octane, this time with dust and grungy gold: (added 1/17/18) My first of two tutorials on creating advanced shaders in Octane, anisotropic metals, glass, and wet pavement: (added 1/9/17) My DFWC4D talk is more of a general lighting overview, but it's all from within the context of Octane: (added 3/28/18)Ī live stream I did with the Kitbash 3D folks - I break down my lighting process in Octane, as well as clouds: (added 3/28/18) Part 2 of my tutorial on creating digital nature renders in Octane: (added 4/4/18) Part 1 of my tutorial on creating digital nature renders in Octane: (added 3/28/18) Part 2 of my Mars tutorial, this time using Kitbash3D buildings, and emphasis on lighting, texturing and composition: (added 8/29/18)Ī breakdown of my 'Walk With You' music video, covering a bunch of Octane texturing and lighting techniques: (added 8/5/18) Part 1 of my tutorial on creating a detailed Mars environment: (added 8/22/18) My deep dive into experimentation in Vectron for Octane 2018: (added 3/13/19) Part 2 of my Bumblemouse tutorial on hair in Octane: (added 10/24/19) Part 1 of my Bumblemouse tutorial on hair in Octane: (added 10/15/19) My tutorial for School of Motion on creating infinity mirror rooms: (added 8/28/20) My tutorial on on creating abstract distortion animations:

My five hour GSG Plus Octane training, designed for beginners, but also with a ton of tips for the pros too: (added 8/28/20) I created two 50 minute Octane lessons on lighting and texturing in EJ Hassenfratz’s amazing new BEEFY course called Cinema 4D Ascent: (added 10/02/20) Use Color Theory and Grading Principles: Use References to Nail the Look of Materials:

Storyboards, Moodboards, and Composition: Here’s ten short tip videos on “how to make your renders better” that I put together for School of Motion (added 1/1/21): My course, Lights, Camera, Render! Is 30+ hours on composition, lighting, and camera movement, and by far the biggest teaching endeavor for me. David Ariew's supermega octane tutorial list David Ariew

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