Blender Geometry Nodes

By using geometry and shader nodes it's possible to generate a lot of variations of different materials, motion and shapes.

We're super excited to be hosting a workshop with Kris Meeusen, a digital artist and designer from Antwerp, Belgium. Kris has been creating digital, interactive installations for more than 10 years. Kris also shares his knowledge and passion as a teacher of interaction design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

You can find some of Kris' work on his Instagram.

Goals

• Learn the basics of "parametric modeling" — not using a fully modeled object, but using a set of rules to generate a model.
• Learn how to use instancing — starting from a basic object, then adding tons of complexity to it.
• Quickly iterate on your design ideas by helping the system guide your creative process.
• Understand how to light, composite and render a geometry nodes animation.

Requirements

• We expect people to have a basic understanding of Blender; either because you followed our Blender introduction workshop, or followed online tutorials on your own — like the Blender Donut Tutorial.
• Please bring your own laptop for hands-on exercises.

Download Blender

Direct links to Blender downloads:

• Blender 4.0.1 Mac M1/M2/M3
• Blender 4.0.1 Mac Intel
• Blender 4.0.1 Windows

Next Steps

There are tons of good resources on Geometry Nodes. Look at the following YouTube/Vimeo channels:

• Entagma
• Erindale
• Midge Sinnaeve