Hello! September was a huge month for Arborea, with exciting updates and growth, along with new content added to the Sweeper3D membership.

Here’s a look at what’s new in Arborea this month, plus new membership content to explore.

Arborea V1.1: Cliffs & Rocks Update

Arborea V1.1 rolled out in September, bringing with it new assets and new features:

Here’s what is included:

14 new cliff and rocky assets: more cliff and rocky assets are planned in upcoming updates.
Scatter system now supports image masking.
New Swap Asset Feature and import options dropdown.
A round of bug fixes and optimizations.

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Here’s my latest render featuring the new cliff and rocky assets:

Coming Soon to Arborea

Here’s a sneak peek at what I’m currently working on for upcoming Arborea updates.

A Hanging Vine Generator tool.
More cliff and rocky assets to expand the new category.
Additional vegetation assets to keep growing the library.

Arborea is now the #1 top-rated addon in the Models category on Superhive!

Huge thanks to everyone who’s been leaving reviews and sharing feedback, it means a lot and helps more artists discover Arborea. If you’ve been enjoying it, leaving a quick rating is always appreciated!

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Sweeper3D Membership Content

Alongside Arborea’s growth, here’s what’s new inside the Sweeper3D membership this month

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Composition & How I Set Up My Scenes

In this video I talk a bit about composition and how I build my scenes in general to help guide your eyes to the focal point.

Light Blocking and Creating Controlled Shadows

This video talks about my light blocking process, mostly using trees to create realistic shadows where I need in my renders. This is something that I do in all of my renders and it plays a huge role in the quality of lighting in my final renders.

Creating Citadel of the Cliffs in Blender

In this video I breakdown some of the things I did to create my render “Citadel of the Cliffs” in Blender

Emberwood Tower - Project File, Process Video, House Model, And PSD

This upload includes the full project file, the house model, the Photoshop PSD with all post processing layers, as well as the full timelapse process video of me creating this render.

That wraps up September’s updates! Arborea keeps growing every month, and it’s been amazing seeing the renders you’ve been creating with it. If you haven’t picked it up yet, now’s a great time, every purchase includes a 3 month free trial of the Sweeper3D membership (cancel anytime).