Blender 3.0 Beginner Geometry Nodes Tutorial

[@BadNormals]

Fun story: the background visuals on the stage should've actually been the intro, but it looked crappy so I just smashed it there and called it a day!

[@MicheleoTuTo]

Informative, cute and funny: you have it all ^^

[@YusufDemir-uy2vr]

Great tutorial thanks a lot. But do you thinl top leafs should be smaller? How do you arrange this :/

[@wg5920]

In the 3.1 Alpha version the "Curve Parameter" node doesn't exist. However, you can use the "Spline Parameter" node instead and connect the "factor" output of the "Multiply" node. This is configured around minute 6:00

[@BadNormals]

That's helpful

[@zakmoe6977]

It seems like whenever I step away from Blender and want to refresh with a tutorial, the guide requires something that is missing from my version lol. Thanks for this. I had the spline parameter set aside just in case. Didn't spend too much time googling since there wasn't much info regarding the node being "missing" in 3.1. Thanks again!

[@BozzRob]

That's helpful dude.. Thanks

[@RaduButarascu]

Thank you for adding this comment! As things change between Blender versions, anyone that is able to update older tutorials with comments such as this is a legend!

[@蝉睡不着]

Thank you very much for the solution. Not sure if it' just me but using the "Spline Parameter" node can cause the curve lean over to the positive side of all axis. It could be sorted by adding a "Map Range" node between "Noise Texture" and "Multiply", set it from "Float" to "Vector" and set the three "To Minimum" value to -1.

[@GreenPeteTV]

I really love your tutorials, because unlike other geometry node tutorials out there, you explain every node. I really appreciate it as someone who doesn't really know where to use what node and why it works that way. Thank you

[@AsabinArt]

Perfectly designed video tutorial! Thank you

[@CgStas]

Похоже не я один решил блендер освоить не хуже фотошопа) пока отстаю, надо догонять😅

[@AhmedNassef]

Even when I'm too lazy to focus I can understand what you're doing... That's mastery 👍..

[@abrahamsewill4296]

In case you're still curious after almost a year: "Tangent" in English comes from Latin, "Tangentem", which ultimately means, "To touch". This is similar to the English word, "Tangible", meaning something like, "Touchable".

[@dannotdaniel9361]

Great tutorial! The "curve parameter" being renamed "spline parameter" threw me for a bit. I also animated the thickness at the base by attaching the "end" parameter to a multiply by the .02 value and then addition node of .001 My favorite is "vacuum cleaner tube that you have stepped on" or "drinking straw you chewed too much"

[@BadNormals]

These are my favorites too

[@nightsquid2925]

This tutorial is done really well. Also really appreciate stopping and showing view of all nodes

[@rcarendsen]

This is not only a tutorial how to make a plant but also how to work with nodes. This is a very well explained tutorial without getting to heavy and boring. I enjoyed it very much . Thank You 👍😁

[@kalleidemation]

Thank you so much!!! This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for, and it was hard to find the tutorial that was just right for growing plants. Now I have the result I want!

[@richardchapman5519]

I agree totally with Green below - your explanations of each node is so very helpful to anyone grappling with geonodes. I get so frustated with tutorials that tell you how to do something but not why you are doing it. Sincere thanks and keep doing it your way!

[@Seymour101]

Geometry nodes are so cool but so complicated , your tutorials strike the perfect balance between wanting to make something cool quickly yet also wanting to learn the steps along the way to get there. Thanks for taking to time to make this !

[@tegmahgob5477]

So far the only tutorial I've seen that takes it slow and doesn't require prior experience to soft design.

[@nadezdasedneva6582]

This is the best tutorial on Blender I've ever seen! You really explains how the things work and why should we use this or that node at every single step. You are not just showing how to do something, but helps to understand the process and build useful knowledge. MANY THANKS!

[@b_bobsch6785]

Nice tutorial. One small improvement: you can use several instances of the group input node, no need to drag it around, just copy it.

[@BadNormals]

Oh yes, thanks for letting me know.

[@NimoClancy]

I love just watching tutorials when I’m bored, I won’t even be working on a scene, I just like learning. And this tutorial has taught me a lot so thank you so much. (Also, English does have the word tangent, and you defined it perfectly haha)

[@lauri810]

I am very new at Geometry Nodes so I decided to make a plant as a way of practicing. I have been working on this project for days and I have just found your video and you do that in like 20 minutes hahahaha I am still going to try finish the one I am doing on my own but after I finish it, I will watch your video to see what are the things I can improve.

[@glenncogan8109]

Thank you so much for this incredible tutorial. I really love how you pause and show the node graph a certain points, its so thoughtful. I'm making the transition over from Cinema4D and looking forward to seeing all of your tutorials in future. Well done.

[@jeffreyspinner9720]

What do you use now instead of Redshift... I miss Redshift.

[@mind_of_a_darkhorse]

I like how you take the time to explain what the nodes do and why! It is a big help in understanding Geometry Nodes! Great work!

[@ivanknezevic6481]

Only guy who exactly explained what nodes do.

[@IndieUSA]

When you added the golden ratio to the growth pattern you had a new subscriber! Thank you for this tutorial.

[@chrismarlin8360]

i really loved you tutorial,specially how you explained the nodes as well on what they are and do!

[@mrdol]

hey man. Great tutorial. I'm just starting with Blender (comming from another 3d app) and this is my first project tutorial (besides the interface ones). Was pretty easy to follow and the result is more than I hoped for! Thanks a bunch!

[@thenerdygirlnextdoor314]

Gotta say, I'm impressed. You explain this incredibly well! Now, I still don't understand all the math behind it and I couldn't do this without a tutorial, but I don't think I have EVER watched anything involving math and had this little confusion or didn't feel completely lost. So kudos to you, making me somewhat understand what is happening mathematically is quite the achievement!

[@mark-lk9vi]

This is super helpful, been needing to learn these and you're the best I've come across so far :D

[@cassandranortes4373]

Love this. One of the BEST blender tutorials I have seen so far! ❤

[@Thingsbydesign]

Nice tutorial. I really like that you show what happens when you place nodes on different locations and shot node progress every now and then. good job!

[@lutzfloetenmeyer1937]

My respect young friend, you do a real great job, better then most of your colleagues. Explaining each node in the depth is a great help for understanding this stuff. Thank you very much and keep on keeping on. Stay well for god's sake so that we all can enjoy more of your tutorials

[@smefferolgondo]

I really like your style! Your thought process is clear and very well rendered. Keep it up!!

[@brunoschaer3758]

after watching the whole video I have to say, that you are a very good teacher! Great job man!

[@srhalnon]

@8:21 instead of a map range node for inverting the vector. try the multiply add node. Use the curve parameter as vector input, make multiplier (-1.0, -1.0, -1.0), and the addend (1.0, 1.0, 1.0). Basically the output is 1.0 - input, which is the same as what your trying to do. and probably simpler.

[@stickman_drummer1569]

Hey! I just wanted to thank you. I have been trying to learn geometry nodes for a while now without much success and I started to feel kind of a failure honestly, but this is actually the first time that I see a tutorial and understand what is going on. Thanks for explaining in an easy way to understand what every node does, it was very helpful and I learned more with this video than with dozens of others :)

[@DerekElliott]

this is sick

[@SHIVAM.M.S]

⚠️ One of the most underrated Blender KZbinr 💯💯💯

[@wetsonchen6311]

So many deep but easily understandable explanation! Excellent tut thank u.

[@Joshua-wc8nk]

not being funny... but this might be the best explained geometry nodes tutorial i've watched.. I like how you actually explain why you're using nodes and what they are doing so simply

[@NaserAlOqab]

Working with geometry nodes: "It has a little cube that's been rotated. Maybe the default one." You might think you've deleted the default cube, but it's spirit will forever haunt your scene..

[@BadNormals]

Do not delete the cube at 3AM

[@virgodmonkey]

You are such a good teacher. You explain the more abstract and mathematical nodes really well. I really appreciate your tutorials.

[@ZEMIUSCORE]

Man you are genius, Im learning blender now. I dont even imagine how to remember everything :O how to understand fundaments what and how it makes impact to the model. Just wow thumbs up!!! And huge thank you!!

[@crummymudd8625]

Absolute brilliance !! Break down into small steps, make a micro step to get there, with "not quite what we want", and explain as you go with more micro steps to the goal. Great video, I subscribed, please make more !!

[@farooquiminhaj9981]

Ayyyy Thanks for helping get to know the Software! I just downloaded it in hopes of making resetupes and originals. Props to you for

[@chuctanundaspiderbone5407]

Thank you for this. I haven't gotten started with Geometry Nodes yet. This will be a nice intro. I love making plants.

[@kates.5475]

Love your sense of humor) and the tutorial is awesome!

[@qiutailai7321]

This was a great help to my Art Elective Coursework! Thanks so much for this detailed tutorial!

[@liz8041]

very useful and informative tutorial 👍 btw I really love astronomy and I think the space and celestial bodies are so wonderful! have you ever tried them in blender I'd love to see tutorials about the space especially nebula from you! and please don't forget the underwater scene!

[@plumbersteve]

when you started putting the lehts on randomly, I was gonna get all "actually" but then you dropped the Golden Ratio truth bomb. Great jorb dude!

[@KaelDenna]

well explained and at a nice pace too! You earned my subscription sir!

[@sottozen]

Loved this so much!

[@juneleovadil5444]

TNice tutorials was an amazing video! you really Nice tutorialt all the key points for the basics without ever over complicating anytNice tutorialng. A hard job and you did

your geo nodes videos are really helpful!

[@maxime8306]

Thank you for this ! I'm usually a bit lazy and I rarely comment stuffs. -BUT- You are the fisrt person I'm subscribing to ! Keep the good work you rule :D

[@dhaloh]

You know so much about Blender. Great tutorial. I'm surprised about how good you know this stuff.. even math and everything.

[@JavierSempere]

Awesome tutorial, thanks! There is a little conceptual problem though. In real life, leaves appear small at the top of the stem, and they grow larger as the stem gets longer and sprouts new leaves. The leaves at the tip of the stem (branch) are always smaller than those further down. Look "plant growing" images and you will see that this is almost always true.

[@lower_case_t]

Exactly my thoughts. It's easy to fix, though, by using a negative exponent in the "Power" math node or by leaving the exponent positive but using "1-Curve Parameter" instead of "Curve Parameter" as base.

[@BadNormals]

Yes, how can I forgot this. I basically grew up in the countryside 😄

[@JavierSempere]

@@BadNormals Too many hours in front of a screen 😉

[@KnutEinarSkjr]

I'm not sure that is totally true, though. If you do look for references, there is a bit of both, and for a concept like this, I think this solution works great. Only thing would maybe be to have only the topmost leave be the one that grow, so that it will start as the smallest, but then grow big, but then there is another small starting to grow right over this again. Not sure if this is understandable, and it is not always how they grow, by all means. Really good work, either way, making this tutorial, Bad Normals! :)

[@lower_case_t]

@@KnutEinarSkjr A nice way to deal with different growth rates at different plant ages is to map the curve parameter node to a black&white color ramp, and use that ramp's output value to control the actual leaf size. Then add a few sliders and set the regions where you want to limit the maximum size to a dark value, and the regions where you want them to grow larger to a light value.

[@nicholasbehel2051]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you for taking the time to show everything in depth. The result is very beautiful. I look forward to seeing more.

[@yanamorim5747]

the only note i would make is that realistically plants grow new leaves from the tip, very few plants bud from the stem, so the scale of the leaves should be inverted. at a quick glance you might assume the bigger leaves are on top but that’s because the new leaves are smaller and harder to perceive.

[@nathancreates]

I really enjoyed the amount of technical detail you went into

[@4myle]

Fantastic tutorial with both interesting results and great explanations. Thank you!

[@bujablaster]

Thank you for this awesome tutorial and great explanation of every step (and geometry node :)) you take. I had in general pretty clear idea for what geometry nodes are good, but had zero knowledge how to work with them in Blender. 25 minutes back i was "zero", now i feel like "from zero to hero" :D

[@BadNormals]

That's amazing!

[@basil3201]

My favorite channel ! All the idea that comes to my mind you cover it

[@RichardAllen7753]

Dude youre really smart. Thank u for making this understandable for ppl on my level.

[@hendasheng]

Awesome! Thank you for such a detailed explanation.

[@harshaishara2695]

I watch ur tutorials and practice them always.actually pretty good and thanks for sharing ur knowledge with us.understandable 100% thank u brother 💓

[@TheOfficialNathanMacLeod]

Wow, these geometry nodes are going to be a game-changer!

[@Ayolafee]

Not sure if anyone mentioned it before in the comments but instead of using map range to make the stem base bigger at 08:40 you can add a reverse node to the curve and that also does the job. Awesome tutorial anyways. thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@benjaminlacey]

Also! A ColorRamp for more intimate control

[@dart3097]

Thanks. Really cool and easy to follow. Love the dry sense of humour, very entertaining

[@jianglongjie5299]

I‘m very exciting to see this tutorial,it really helped me.Thanks

[@USBEN.]

Lovely! Geometry nodes are like magic.

[@patryk9806]

Very nice! You really inspired me with all this node magic, and for somone like me who do and enjoy some programming and CG it seems to be a perfect blend! I would love to learn to do it as well, not just to copy, but to be able to understand it deeply and create own in some sense complex solutions, just like you do :)

[@stefanguiton]

The production quality is excellent

[@BadNormals]

I'm always aiming for better and it's very motivating to hear this!

[@Hannahdabeast]

This is a really incredible tutorial! I've never messed with the geometry nodes before, so this was a lot of fun :) also I love the little estonian lessons

[@severinemil878]

I love your tutorials, so greatly explained. Could you make a whole tutorialseries for beginners or intermediates? Would be so great!

[@engridmedia]

you are good and likable

[@apr3mi]

Really interesting tutorial! Great explanations of the nodes, simple and clear, thanks a lot :)

[@pinguinmithut3539]

awsome man, you do a great job explaining and showing the steps, better than most

[@jamaldpeat7950]

thank you for the tutorial , I tried to do the same using the Lsystem of the Aimation node but after this tutrial it will be perfect to use both AN and geo nodes than doin it just using AN node

[@guyatblyat2217]

I appreciate your teaching pace. The way you express mathematical concepts without using a number-based medium is very easy to follow. I feel that there may be a future for the teaching of mathematics by using programs such as these for the sake of people who learn math in a different way than pure number logic, or at least to create initial interest in mathematics so that when it's time to sit down and work out problems traditionally, it's not a shot in the dark as to whether an interest in the concepts stick for an individual.

[@adalmob4671]

Thanks for the video! Very helpful and easy to follow instructions

[@elijahpalace7555]

Thanks bro that was really helpful

[@BirdeeGarden]

thank you for this tutorial which, at my level, does not seem to me to be for beginners ... anyway, I still managed to follow and the result is really nice! It is very good to base the renderings on data which correspond to the mathematical realities which one can meet in nature (golden ratio, etc). This attention to detail is very appreciable. Thank you for sharing. Birdee

[@MissionZer0]

7:19 "maybe the default one"

[@ksenia_vask]

such a cool and useful tutorial. thank you so much for sharing

[@Ethel511]

Thank u❤ very easy to understand

[@theoshen60]

Thankyou, very clear and useful. Hope you could carry on.

[@BadNormals]

Thanks!

[@yannterrer]

Tks Dude youre Tutos are Goldmines;)

[@zishitu5715]

great for beginners

[@neillpretorius]

Crazy! Crazy good! :D

[@binyaminbass]

I was playing around and found that a Reverse Curve placed before the Set Curve Raduis achieves the same result as the Map Range (so it's a faster solution, but without the customability). EDIT: Hmmm, I didn't wait for the end. If you do what I did, you'll just end up needing the Map Range for the Curve Parameter by the leaves... EDIT: Ok, so one helpful thing I did find was to attach the Group Output that we used for all those variables also on the Set Curve Radius so the stem started thin and grew thicker at the base. Thank you for this!!! I didn't know it could be so accessible.

[@jeffreyspinner5437]

Crap, I hope I can follow along, I have my haircut tight on the sides too, but I don't have curls. Thank you for the share!

[@michellegoosen]

thank you! You are awesome!

[@limarest761]

Alright you definitely gave yourself away by naming the leaf file in Estonian. Great to see a blender channel from around here!

[@BadNormals]

Where are you from?

[@limarest761]

@@BadNormals Tallinn, Lasnamäe

[@stephanema.6220]

And again, 😎 thank you very much it's a very lovely plant trying to make something different but it's ok, learning lot of things on this tuto.

[@wattonstp]

Not sure if this was already addressed somewhere in the 400+ comments, but FYI - "tangent" comes from the latin "tangere", which means "to touch". So just the same as Estonian!

[@ibrremote]

Thank you for this video.

[@adamclare9531]

Great tutorial - thank you!

[@loopedambiente9735]

Finally someone who knows how to pronounce Euler! :-)

[@IMPULSO_CREATIVOTV]

Thanks, very thanks.

[@mariuszurbaniak7314]

subscribed immediately after this video

[@inaner3580]

This is genious! I just started with blender - this is my first project for a scientific poster on plant defence mechanisms. Lets see how it turns out. But so cool! Thank you, and you really thought of so much to make it realistic. Are you studying botany? Thanks again, its really fun!

[@guindigg]

very informative, I tNice tutorialnk you raised a lot of softians

[@kretoskim8555]

This guy is a math GENIUS.. has to be!!!

[@cosmosraven]

Brilliant!