Tested in v3.4.1. All the materials are procedural.
Top 6 Blender Nodes To Make Any Material in Blender by CGCookie.
| Material | Image | Nodes | Material | Image | Nodes |
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| Shiny plastic |  |
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Translucent plastic |  |
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| Scratched Plastic |  |
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Worn rubber |  |
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| Glass1 |  |
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Glass2 |  |
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| Emissive |  |
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Glitter |  |
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| Brushed metal |  |
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Rusty metal |  |
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| Scratched metal |  |
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Chrome | Image | Node |
| Car paint |  |
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Edge wear |  |
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| Marble |  |
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Liquid paint |  |
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| Oxidised Copper |  |
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Clay |  |
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| Granite |  |
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Mossy dirt | Image | Node |
| Thin film |  |
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Iridescent |  |
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| Pearl |  |
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Nacre |  |
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| Ice |  |
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Snow |  |
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| Force field |  |
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Lightening | Image | Node |
| Toon shading (Eevee) |  |
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Marvel (Eevee) |  |
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| Pastel (Eevee) |  |
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Pencil (Eevee) |  |
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| Gradient porcelain |  |
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Holographic |  |
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| Fabric |  |
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Crochet |  |
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| Carbon fiber |  |
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Oil |  |
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| Alien skin | Image | Node | Reptile skin |  |
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| Feather | Image | Node | Fur | Image | Node |
| Paper | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Blender 4.1.
| Tutorial | Image | Nodes | Tutorial | Image | Nodes |
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| Voxelization |  |
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Neuron fractal |  |
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| Mesh Topology |  |
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Neuron fractal | |
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Here are a few nice tutorials:
- The Ultimate Guide to Portrait Lighting in Blender
- How to Composite Volumetric Lighting in Blender
- 12 Awesome COMPOSITOR EFFECTS for BLENDER
- Blender Lighting Tutorial (from Cinematic Lighting course)
Lighting setup:
Chromatic aberration:
Selection:
- Select What You Want in Geometry Nodes
- 5 Basic Methods to Make a Selection
- Basics Vertex Selection
- Select Points on a Curve
- Blender Geometry Nodes Toolset Pack
- Selection using Boolean math
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