Dikko writes:
This 5-Part series provides a solid foundation to lighting, texturing, materials, rendering and compositing in Blender. If you've ever wanted to up you game in any of these areas of interest, this series may well be the one for you. In part 1 we go through the power of proxies, library overrides and lighting, Part 2 is a crash course on the material node editor where you are guided through creating a kickass velvet shader. Part 3 continues the material journey, providing a number of ways you can create fun, realistic fruit textures and materials. Part 4 dives into more complex materials such as glass and transparency, and part 5 wraps up the series with rendering and compositing. By the end of it all you should have a firm fundamental understanding enough that you can continue to experiment on your own models with your own custom setups!
