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Learn the craft behind every 3D artwork: modelling, sculpting, texturing and lighting. Explore new techniques through simulations, experiments and AI-assisted tools. Create your own characters, worlds and stories that live beyond one screen. Free lessons, in English and Bahasa Melayu.

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3D CraftModelling, sculpting, texturing, lighting and all 3D artwork
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AI-Assisted ExplorationTips, prompts and tools for using AI in creative work
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Narrative Extension SpecialisationResearch in transmedia storytelling
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02 Lessons
01Beginner
3D Craft · Modelling
Clean topology: why your edge flow matters
How good edge loops make models easier to texture, rig and animate. Shown in Maya and Blender.
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02Intermediate
3D Craft · Look-dev
Texturing a prop in Substance 3D Painter, start to finish
From UVs and baking to a finished material you can render in Arnold.
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03Beginner
3D Craft · Lighting
Three-point lighting with one 3D model
Key, fill and rim light explained step by step, with before-and-after renders.
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04Beginner
AI for Work
5 prompts for a professional email in Bahasa Melayu
Copy, adjust and send: formal, polite and clear, for lecturers and office staff.
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05Intermediate
AI Filmmaking
Directing AI video: keeping the human decisions in the frame
Shot choice, continuity and story: what the director still controls when AI makes the images.
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06All readers
Storyworlds · Research notes
What makes a storyworld grow beyond one screen?
Plain-language notes from my PhD on Upin & Ipin, BoBoiBoy and Ejen Ali.
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03 Experiments // work-in-progress tests, straight from the viewport
Three ant particle simulations: a swarm from a wall, ants on a skull, and ants following paths
Experiment 01 · Particles · 3 videos

Ant Simulation, three styles

Ants swarming out of a wall, crawling out of a skull, and following multiple paths. One idea, staged three ways with particles.

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04 Free Downloads // print it, pin it, share it with your class
Cheat sheet Maya & Blender hotkey cheat sheet
The shortcuts students use every day, side by side on one page
 PDF ↓ Prompt pack AI prompt pack for educators
Prompts for lesson plans, slides and feedback, in BM and English
 PDF ↓ Checklist Look-dev render checklist
What to check before you send a render to a client or a jury
 PDF ↓ Poster The 12 principles of animation
A one-page visual reference for classrooms and studio walls
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