Blender Secrets - Metaballs Quickstart

Metaballs are a fun, artist-friendly tool for quickly blocking out shapes. These can then be converted to a regular mesh and symmetrized for further use as a sculpting base mesh.

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[gonderage]

gosh, every time i use metaballs to create characters, im brought back to the old days when i played Spore. Apparently, Spore actually used metaballs on a spline to create shapes for the spine and limbs. I wish blender came with a metaballs on curve like it, but geometry nodes doesnt have a good option for it, aside from using instances of a parent instancing metaballs.

[davidtourangeau]

This is so useful! I bought your e-book! Saving so much time and make Blender a little less intimidating! Thank you! Keep this serie alive!

[beepbeepimasheepbeepbee]

I always found metaballs promising. It's also quite satisfying to play with. ;)

[ShiraNexus]

well... that just saved me more than half the overall progress time needed. lifesaver indeed.

[lilpastasalad]

I just learned it's called a metaball and not a meatball.

[KaosCreations]

... may have read it as "create a meatball pet" at first. And now I will forever commit to that bit and make some meatball friends.

[canaldojesa]

Isso foi sensacional!!!! Mais tutoriais desse tema. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[michaelsmusicinstruments]

when you use it like this it looks like a skin modifier update, impressive

[drawbyyourselve]

I still read it as "meatballs"

[Arrkail]

i read this "meat ball" and i'm not hungry.

[RobertSpiller]

You come highly recommended as one of the best courses on youtube...bit I have this question...Do you teach blender 3.3? I just got it, and I'm completely lost...I'm lost in the blender manual, but how do I get to the main page so I can start learning and creating, and I have no idea...I'm just ...

[orcavia]

ah yes, i forget this feature exist 😅

[ziondomena]

I don't see the mesh Thing when I right click on the whole thing did I do something wrong?

[crisvt]

One question, could a human shape be made with metaballs?

[GinoZump]

I wish there was a metaball eraser object

[MorsOmniaSolvit]

I read “Meatball”, i think i m hungry

[vikkidotcom]

Sir how to realistic character texture made in blender

[ericolivecarmona]

Wait, the name is Metaball? I always called it Meatball