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Tutorial: How to Create Realistic Puddles

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Add realistic puddles to your night scenes to improve their 'balance' and visual attraction. Andrew talks you through creating wet looking materials in a little under four minutes.

Can you guess what my favourite part of this video was? :)

Puddles! Hollywood loves ’em. In almost every movie, you’ll notice that night time shots are almost dripping with water. (Even if it makes no sense for the story)

Discover How To:

  • Make any material look wet
  • Create puddles procedurally (no painting or uv unwrapping)
  • Understand why wet materials look like they do

About the Author

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Bart Veldhuizen

I have a LONG history with Blender - I wrote some of the earliest Blender tutorials, worked for Not a Number and helped run the crowdfunding campaign that open sourced Blender (the first one on the internet!). I founded BlenderNation in 2006 and have been editing it every single day since then ;-) I also run the Blender Artists forum and I'm Head of Community at Sketchfab.

1 Comment

  1. Andrew's grown. A lot. I enjoy this short well-paced style of his lately. It delivers the information in a direct and flowing way that the brain appreciates.

    For some folks wanting the longer videos from him again, I'd say that style's more apt for something like a full project.

    But for short user tips and one-topic videos like this one, this pace here is perfect.

    Also, nice topic, Andrew. One often overlooked. Your result looks nice, as well.

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