Practical guides, techniques, and workflows for digital painting and 3D design. No fluff, just useful tips and tools for your creative process.
Whether you’re sketching in Photoshop, modeling in Blender, or mashing the two together, Pixel Sanctuary is here to help you get unstuck. We focus on clear, step-by-step breakdowns of the techniques that actually matter.
Bite-sized knowledge for busy artists. Get straight to the point with our collection of rapid-fire techniques.
Open the CodexMake vehicles feel real and lived-in. Learn wear placement logic, decals that communicate function, roughness variation, procedural grime tricks in Blender, and Photoshop polish for production-ready vehicle concepts.
Use Blender as a vehicle design tool. Learn concept-friendly blockouts, scale reference setup, camera lens choices, kitbash speed tricks, and render passes (AO, Mist) for professional paintovers.
Design vehicles that feel functional and believable. Learn the side-view-first blueprint method, wheelbase and weight logic, BMS hierarchy, and production workflows for cars, bikes, ships, and sci-fi transports.