Thomas Marcos

Here are the latest projects I’ve enjoyed working on! ✨ Open to work! Feel free to reach out if you need help with your next project. #Blender #b3d #Maya #3DEqualizer

Mid-April outside. Full summer vibes in here 🦀 Meanwhile, we’re still dreaming of that Italian beach 🌞 2 months to summer. Just saying.

7 years ago, I had the chance to join Benuts. Today, I’m in charge of 3D innovation for the studio, and I can tell you: Blender is taking more and more space in VFX workflows. 🔥 So if you work in VFX and know Blender well, don’t hesitate to put yourself out there. Maybe we’ll cross paths on future productions! 👀 #b3d

Without going into detail about what I’m currently working on, I can assure you that using LLMs in Blender goes far beyond simple material assignment. With the right expertise and a bit of imagination, you can accelerate workflows to the point where certain shots become feasible in 3D, even when they would normally be dismissed outright by production. Stay creative. With tools like these, you can almost build custom add-ons on demand for your projects.

That’s insane

Welcome @anthropicai as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! This support will be dedicated towards general Blender core development. More details at blender.org/press/anthropi… #b3d #DevFund

@WaffleRefiner @StevenLathoud C’est vrai que ça pourrait bien être ça ! 🤔

@thomasmarcoscom @StevenLathoud Oui c’est bien celui de Joséphine 🏰 Ce n’est pas le village de Beynac sur la deuxième photo ?

Je n'achète plus de cartes postales, je les fais. 📸 Shot on iPhone. Edité sur Lightroom Mobile avec mes presets.

@StevenLathoud Aïe, j’étais presque sûr que c’était la Roque Gageac… Je donne ma langue au chat pour celle-ci. Par contre le château, je mise sur celui de Joséphine Baker alors ! ✨

@thomasmarcoscom 1/3 😉

Just rediscovered how to make this shader!! 🔥✨ #blender #b3d

free Cloud Shader for Blender 👀 @thomasmarcoscom released a Cloud Shader for free. Still available on Gumroad right now — go show some love and download it 👇 #Blender3D #B3D #BlenderShader #CloudShader #EnvironmentArt #FreeAssets #BlenderCommunity

A CGI 3D environment inspired by Scarif, the tropical Imperial planet seen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Software used: #Gaea, #Blender3d, #Substancepainter #Davinciresolve #b3d #3danimation #cgi

Look at this stunning atmosphere captured by NASA 🌍 Makes me want to dive back into creating a CG version of our planet all over again. ✨ With Blender of course ! #b3d

An April Fool’s fish? Yes, but a piranha. Every great predator starts with a great team 🐟 Want to see more of our work on MARSUPILAMI? 👉 Our making-of: vimeo.com/benuts/marsupi…

A friend of mine just dropped this stunning 3D environment made in Blender 🔥 Definitely an artist to follow 👉 @ImAgraa Check it out in full quality here: vimeo.com/1176919781 #b3d

@cgpov Haha yeah, my dream would be to plug external GPUs into Macs for real power 😅

@thomasmarcoscom Been on a Mac for a couple of years now doing 3D stuff. The minutes you lose rendering are quickly regained by working on a computer and OS that just gets out of the way.

Switching to macOS for 3D: what if the real luxury is just a computer that stays out of your way? Every day, I feel a little more tempted to leave Windows for macOS, even though I’m a 3D artist. For the past 3 years, I’ve been using all three OS daily: Mac for office work, Linux at the studio, and Windows for heavier 3D tasks and gaming. But the more time passes, the more Windows feels like a machine I have to maintain instead of a tool that lets me create: drivers to manage, random bugs, file formats that aren’t handled natively, extra tools to install for basic things, unstable Bluetooth, audio settings to redo… None of this is impossible to deal with when you’re a technical person, but over time it just becomes exhausting. At this point, I just want to turn on my computer and work, or play, without spending 30 minutes fixing something first. Am I just getting lazy, or are there other 3D artists here thinking the same thing? Has anyone here actually moved from Windows to Mac as a 3D artist? How has it been for you? 👀

@LzyIndTky Nice to hear that! Are you able to handle heavy scenes smoothly on Mac?

@thomasmarcoscom I’m working on Houdini right now for stuff. I’ve been a game developer on Mac for over a decade now. So much better!

ACES is now even more deeply integrated into Blender 5.2! ✨ Great news for VFX artists relying on it. Coming with the LTS version. 👏 #b3d

@Ahuri Glad to hear that! What I’m thinking is that I could keep my Windows machine with the RTX 4090 as a sort of render server or farm for animations… but yeah, I’m not quite ready to take the leap yet

@thomasmarcoscom Yep since 2007. And it goes pretty well. There are apps that are not available or via virtual machines but overall it’s perfect. Never freeze, smooth and powerful

I’m not saying macOS requires no maintenance, just that overall things tend to feel simpler and smoother. The fact that you can handle things like .exr files natively, merge PDFs or extract images from them out of the box, or even just right click a video and copy a frame to the clipboard, those kinds of small details really add up. I genuinely feel more friction every time I go back to Windows. And then you have moments like this morning. I just wanted to work, but I had to roll back to a backup because an automatic update seems to have broken something. It’s not the end of the world, but it does feel like a recurring pattern on Windows. And the cherry on top is those pop ups asking if you want to keep not sharing your usage data. Honestly, the main thing keeping me on Windows is still NVIDIA GPUs.

@thomasmarcoscom Not trying to be rude, but truthfully this is a little dramatic. Any OS on any hardware will require at least some upkeep or organization skills. The fantasy of a machine you never maintain is just marketing.

@Jankofukai When it comes to running really heavy 3D scenes, you’re definitely glad to have a big Windows machine. But honestly, with experience, I’ve realized that 95% of 3D scenes don’t actually require that kind of power

@thomasmarcoscom I've been on macOS for 20+ years; those rare moments I’ve had to switch to Windows felt like leaving heaven for a godforsaken planet.