As a concept artist, I use Blender. Here is a concise list of Blender plugins that have proved to be useful in this profession:

Plugins

| Hard-Ops | |

Streamlines hard surface modeling workflow in Blender.

| Extreme PBR Evo | |

Provides 1-click realistic material library for Blender.

| SketchFab | |

Provides quick import function from the SketchFab online platform for free 3D models.

| Easy HDRI | |

Provides 1-click simplified HDR environment map creation.

| Alt Tab Ocean | |

Provides 1-click realistic ocean creation tool for Blender.

| Ivy Generator | |

Provides procedural ivy generation for scenes.

| botaniq_full | |

Provides comprehensive 3D plant model library.

3rd Party Applications

| Quixel Bridge | |

Provides 1-click realistic material and architecture/nature models library for Blender.

Settings

  • Render Engine: Cycles
  • Denoise: Optix + Albedo

Configure Sampling under Render tab as such to optimize for a better development workflow:

Viewport

Noise Threshold: 0.1000
Max Samples: 128
Min Samples: 0

Render

Noise Threshold: 0.1000
Max Samples: 250
Min Samples: 0