TUTORIALS & RESOURCES

Crafting Convincing Hair with Grooms in Marmoset Toolbag

Mastering Toolbag’s Bevel Shader: Creases, Baking, and Texturing

Toolbag Library Drop 07 Available Now

Craft Complex Models with Toolbag’s Bevel Shader & Vector Layers

Marmoset Toolbag Pumpkin Texturing Challenge

Texturing Hard Surface Details with Vector Layers in Toolbag

3D Modular Design with Tile Strips in Toolbag

Ground Your 3D Assets with Striking Backdrops in Toolbag

Bake Textures Fast With Low to Low Baking in Marmoset Toolbag

Marmoset Toolbag 5.02 Available Now

Toolbag’s Bevel Shader in Action: 3 Artists Weigh In

3D Hard Surface Workflow in Toolbag – Cargo Ship Series

Revolutionize Your 3D Workflow with Toolbag’s Bevel Shader

New! Preview the Toolbag Library Online

Present Substance 3D Designer Materials as Dioramas in Toolbag

Create Fire Effects with Material Layering in Toolbag

Toolbag Library Drop 06 Available Now

How to Layer Materials in Toolbag 5

Faster Workflows with Triplanar Materials in Toolbag 5

Enhancing Realism with Displacement Materials in Marmoset Toolbag

Baking Props in Marmoset Toolbag

Texturing a Game Asset in Marmoset Toolbag

3D Character Texturing Techniques in Toolbag 5

What’s New In Baking – Marmoset Toolbag 5

What’s New In Texturing – Marmoset Toolbag 5

What’s New In Rendering – Marmoset Toolbag 5

Marmoset Toolbag 5 Officially Released

Presenting a Stylized Character in Toolbag

Glow Up Your Scene with Toolbag’s Emissive Materials

Building a Studio Art Portfolio in Marmoset Toolbag

Crafting Narrative Depth with Shadows in Marmoset Toolbag

From Screen to Reality: Using Marmoset Toolbag in Virtual Production

Toolbag Library Drop 05 Available Now

Rendering High-Quality Clay Characters in Marmoset Toolbag

Bake, Texture, and Render Tasty 3D Candy in Toolbag

Toolbag 4.06 Available Now

How to Light Hard Surface Assets in Toolbag

Toolbag Library Drop 04 Available Now

Toolbag 4.05 Available Now

Increase Productivity with Toolbag’s Library

Toolbag Library Drop 03 Available Now

Toolbag 4.04 Available Now

The Toolbag Baking, Texturing, and Rendering Handbook

Secure Your Work with Toolbag’s Autosave

Create Convincing Shadow Catchers in Toolbag

Realistic Camera Grain in Toolbag

Advanced Light Sampling in Toolbag

Adding Realistic Lens Flares in Marmoset Toolbag

How to Use Depth of Field in Toolbag

Smooth Animations with Toolbag’s Motion Blur

Create Clearcoat Materials in Marmoset Toolbag

Texture and Render ZBrush Sketches in Marmoset Toolbag

Toolbag Library Drop 02 Available Now

Texturing Metal Armor in Marmoset Toolbag

Learn how to use Toolbag to texture a knight character with Piotr Zielinski.

Creating a Still Life Composition with Toolbag 4

Learn how to set up and render a still life composition with Ben Armstrong in Marmoset Toolbag 4.

Toolbag 4.03 Available Now

Texturing Game-Ready Assets in Toolbag 4

Learn how to texture and present game-ready assets in Toolbag with Alex Coman

Toolbag Library Drop 01

Toolbag 4’s Library just received its first update packed with over 100 new Smart Materials, Materials, and Textures available to…

Rendering Realistic Fabric in Toolbag

Find out how to create realistic fabric materials using Toolbag 4’s new microfiber shader. This article goes over the basics…

Presenting 3D Scan Data in Marmoset Toolbag 4

Find out how James Busby from Ten24 creates photorealistic renders with scan data in Toolbag 4. James shows how to…

Subdivision and Displacement in Toolbag 4

Learn all about Toolbag’s revamped subdivision and displacement systems. Subdivision in Toolbag 4 includes Catmull-Clark subdivision, the flexibility to adjust…

Texturing a Monkey Character in Toolbag

Learn how to texture a character using Toolbag 4’s 3D texturing tools with Alex Aznar Samperi. Alex guides you through…

Texturing and Rendering Glass with Ray Tracing in Toolbag 4

Learn how to texture and set up ray-traced glass and liquid with Cem Tezcan in Toolbag 4.

Subsurface Scattering in Toolbag 4

Discover Toolbag's SSS shading models and find out which is most suitable for your rendering process.

Marmoset Toolbag 4 Available Now

Scene Setup – Learn Toolbag 4, Ep. 1

UI & Workspaces – Learn Toolbag 4, Ep. 2

Intro to Texturing – Learn Toolbag 4, Ep. 3

Library – Learn Toolbag 4, Ep. 4

Ray Tracing & Raster Rendering – Learn Toolbag 4, Ep. 5

Intro to Baking – Learn Toolbag 4, Ep. 6

Advanced Shaders – Learn Toolbag 4, Ep. 7

Advanced Texturing – Learn Toolbag 4, Ep.8

4.04 Update Overview – Learn Toolbag 4, Ep. 9

4.05 Update Overview – Learn Toolbag 4, Ep. 10

Creating Real-Time Renders of a Goblin in Toolbag

Learn how to render a goblin in Toolbag with Felipe Chaves. Felipe broke down how to bake textures and set…

Marmoset Toolbag | 2020 Showcase

Get ready to be inspired by the all-new Marmoset Toolbag showcase. The video highlights a set of artists that have…

Lighting and Rendering Guns in Toolbag

Find out how you can light and render a gun in Toolbag with Emre Karabacak. Emre showed how to set…

Level Up Your Character Presentation With Animation In Toolbag

Learn how to step up your character presentation game with Antoine Dupuis. Antoine demonstrated how he used Toolbag to create…

Character and Material Setup in Marmoset Toolbag

Discover how Toolbag was used to create Annabel, a 3D character by Anton Kozlov. Anton breaks down his entire process,…

How to Set Up Theatrical Lighting in Toolbag

Learn how to create different lighting scenarios for your character in Toolbag with Danny Williams.

Creating a 2.5D Hand-Painted Cat Shop

Angelina Diez demonstrated how she used Toolbag to help create adorable renders of her 2.5D hand-painted cat shop. Angelina broke…

Creating a Holographic Animation in Toolbag

Learn how to create a holographic animated texture for a sci-fi crate with Juan Hernandez.

Quixel Mixer Contest Winners Announced!

The winners of the Quixel Mixer Style Swap Challenge have just been announced! Check out the fantastic winning submissions as…

Marmoset’s Favorite King Arthur Submissions Rendered in Toolbag

Check out some of the phenomenal submissions in the latest Artstation Challenge rendered in Toolbag

Creating In-Game Style Concepts With Toolbag

Learn how to create in-game style renders using Toolbag with Cody Alday. Cody demonstrates how to create a parallax-style UI…

Baking and Presenting A Mech in Toolbag

Learn how to bake a hard surface mech in Toolbag with Dmitry Danylenko. Dmitry demonstrated his approach for setting up…

Rendering a Stylized Wrestling Character in Toolbag

Mikhail Toropov demonstrated how he used Toolbag to render a whimsical, stylized wrestler. Mikhail covered how to set up subsurface…

How To Present an Old Knight Character in Toolbag

Radek Kowalczyk discussed his process for rendering an Old Knight in Toolbag. Radek walked through material creation, rendering hair, and…

Free Update: Toolbag 3.08

We’ve just released Marmoset Toolbag 3.08, a free update for Toolbag 3 owners. For this release [...]

Presenting and Animating a Fictional Shaver in Toolbag

Learn how to render complex animations in Toolbag with Argyris Nochos. Argyris demonstrates how to create liquids, dynamic simulations, and…

Creating a Video Presentation Using Toolbag

Jonathan Benainous used Toolbag 3 to create a video presentation for his GDC talk that showcases a stellar selection of…

Painting A Character With Lighting in Toolbag

Juras Rodionovas broke down how he used Toolbag to present his friendly ogre. Juras explained how he set up his…

Translating a 2D concept into real-time 3D art

Learn how to present a stylized skeleton warrior in Toolbag with Ackeem Durrant. Ackeem breaks down his pipeline from the…

Free Update: Toolbag 3.07

We’ve just released version 3.07, the latest free update for Marmoset Toolbag. For this release, we’ve [...]

Marmoset Toolbag | GDC 2019 Showcase

We’re proud to present the 2019 edition of our GDC Showcase series. Artists around the world continue to push the…

Rendering a Cinematic Diorama in Toolbag

Learn how to render a cinematic character art diorama in Toolbag with Zrinko Kozlica. Zrinko discusses why Toolbag was his…

Stylized Character Presentation in Toolbag

Yulia Sokolova discussed how she created and rendered her stylized Samurai in Toolbag. Yulia focused on texturing and material creation,…

Rendering Real Time Lace Materials in Toolbag

Moa Alfredsson broke down her approach for rendering intricate lace materials in Toolbag. Moa discussed sculpting, texturing and material setups,…

Baking A Hard Surface Weapon in Toolbag

Ben Armstrong showed his methods for baking and presenting a hard surface weapon in Toolbag. Ben broke down different subdivision…

Rendering a Humanzee Character in Toolbag

Pablo Munoz Gomez broke down his rendering workflow in Toolbag for his ‘Humanzee’ character. Pablo discussed how he sets up…

Photogrammetry Scene Presentation in Toolbag

Find out how you can use Toolbag to render photogrammetry scenes with Cian O’Reilly. Cian walked us through the process…

Use Toolbag to Present Models in VR

Read up on how Martin Nebelong uses Toolbag for his VR sculpting and drawing workflow. Martin uses Toolbag to set…

Presenting First Person View Weapons in Toolbag

Learn how to render weapons in a first person view with Eugene Petrov. Eugene covers his process for baking hard…

How to Create Realistic Hair, Peach Fuzz, and Eyes

Learn how to create skin, hair, eyes, peach fuzz, and transitional meshes with Vadim Sorici. Vadim discusses texture creation, material…

Presentation, Lighting, and Hair Creation for a Sorceress Character

Learn how to create captivating renders of a Sorceress using Toolbag with Emmanuel Lecouturier. Emmanuel focused on setting up hair…

Free Update: Toolbag 3.05

Rendering Realistic Clothing and Armor Materials in Toolbag

Find out how to create and set up realistic materials for a wide range of surfaces in Toolbag with Paul…

Rendering Sci-Fi Environments in Toolbag

Learn how to render atmospheric sci-fi environments with Alexander Alza. Alexander discussed composition, modeling, and broke down the render settings…

Real-Time Character Design, Creation, and Presentation Breakdown

Learn how to create real-time characters and render them in Toolbag 3 with William Paré-Jobin. William demonstrates the process of…

Creating and Rendering Photorealistic Environment Art in Toolbag

Learn how to render photorealistic environments in Toolbag with Walid Kaskhoussi Perrussel. Walid explains how to create a wood materials…

Lighting and Presenting Animated Characters with Georgian Avasilcutei

Georgian Avasilcutei broke down how he used Toolbag 3 to light and present his character for Artstation’s Wild West challenge.

Creating Stellar Renders of the ISS using Toolbag 3

Find out how Toolbag was used by Gianpietro Fabre to create fantastic still renders of his International Space Station.

Rendering & Baking Vehicles for MX vs ATV All Out in Toolbag 3

Discover how Toolbag 3 was utilized to help create the complex vehicles in MX vs ATV All Out with Gregory…

Animating a Stylized Breakfast Scene in Marmoset Toolbag with Aender Lara

Learn how to create tasty renders in Toolbag 3 with Aender Lara. Aender breaks down his honey shader setup and…

Getting Started With Viewer

Marmoset Viewer Web Integration Guide

Telling Stories Through Character Art with Natalia P Gutiérrez

Learn how to create compelling character renders in Toolbag with Natalia P Gutiérrez. Natalia focuses on storytelling, presentation, and breaks…

Creating Realistic Skin in Toolbag with Saurabh Jethani

Character Artist Saurabh Jethani shared his approach to creating the Mass Effect Pathfinder bust with an in-depth breakdown of skin…

Free Update: Toolbag 3.04

Toolbag 3.04 is a free update which adds a host of new features. Highlight the release are new baker outputs…

Environment Design with Toolbag

Anthony Trujillo discussed his ArtStation Civilizations: Lost and Found challenge piece with 80.lv.

Skin, Cloth, and Lighting Setup with Chong Zhang

Learn how to create a well lit character with convincing skin, eye, and cloth shaders as Chong Zhang breaks down…

Marmoset Toolbag | GDC 2018 Showcase

Check out the latest edition of our GDC Showcase video series, featuring Toolbag renders from some of the industry’s most…

Designing Guns for Games: Tips and Tricks

Darío Juárez wrote a breakdown of his process for creating an MP5K gun. Darío used Toolbag [...]

Creating an SMG with 3ds Max and Toolbag

Rick Greeve talked to 80.lv about his process for creating an SMG. Rick discussed his modeling [...]

Fancy Pancakes, by Aender Lara

Aender Lara created a tasty 3D breakfast complete with pancakes, berries, cream and coffee! Aender used [...]

Asagi, by Lan Ngo

Lan Ngo revealed a character project entitled Asagi, presented in super fancy video form. Lan used [...]

Making a Custom Arena for Hearthstone

Florian Neumann demonstrated how he created his awesome top down scene of a Hearthstone – Starcraft [...]

Free Update: Toolbag 3.03

We’re excited to announce the release of Marmoset Toolbag 3.03, a free update for all Toolbag [...]

Environment Design with Toolbag

Anthony Trujillo gave a complete breakdown of his fantastic, stylized environment on 80.lv. From blockout to [...]

Modeling and Texturing Tyrion Lannister

Claudio Clemente breaks down his process for creating a likeness of Game of Thrones’ Tyrion Lannister in [...]

Writing Custom Shaders For Toolbag

The NAC-22: Universal Asset Modeling for StemCell

Ben Bickle sat down with 80.lv to discuss how he approaches modeling for TurboSquid’s new StemCell [...]

Modeling and Rendering Human Characters

Character artist Ray Shi recently discussed how he sculpted and painted his Claymore fan art piece. [...]

Python Scripting For Toolbag

Viviane Herzog: Diver Girl Breakdown

Character artist Viviane Herzog recently talked to 80.lv about pursuing her passion in games and generously gave [...]

Baking for Maya with Marmoset Toolbag 3

Airborn Studios, a high quality art studio who have created content for titles including Ori and [...]

Refraction – Getting to Know Toolbag 3, Ep. 7

Uncover the light-bending mysteries of Toolbag 3's refraction shader, and create a variety of glass, liquid, and gem materials.

Skin Shader & Subsurface Scattering – Getting to Know Toolbag 3. Ep. 6

Follow along with this video for an in-depth explanation of Toolbag 3's skin shader's settings and texture inputs.

Global Illumination – Getting to Know Toolbag 3, Ep. 5

Learn how master the finer points of our real-time ray-traced Global Illumination system.

Texture Baking – Getting to Know Toolbag 3, Ep. 4

Explore the depths of our groundbreaking texture baking tools, including skew and offset painting tools for clean and error-free bakes.

Animation – Getting to Know Toolbag 3, Ep. 3

Learn more about the supported file types and timeline controls for importing, creating, and editing animated sequences in Toolbag 3.

Lighting & Presentation – Getting to Know Toolbag 3, Ep. 2

Learn how to quickly create a three-point portrait lighting setup for your character, with a custom backdrop and camera effects.

Scene Setup – Getting to Know Toolbag 3, Ep. 1

Follow along as we demonstrate in this video how Toolbag 3's interface and essential features work.

Oniko & Tama: Sculpting and Texturing

Blair Armitage was interviewed by 80.lv about her production of Oniko & Tama, her awesome, award [...]

Getting to Know Toolbag 3

Getting to Know Toolbag 3 is a series of short video tutorials designed to get new [...]

Building Small Things: Diorama Breakdown

Allen Frechette wrote an article detailing the creation process for his incredible Northwest experiment, demonstrating interesting [...]

Sculpting Realistic Characters From Star Wars

Natalia Ponce talked to 80.lv about her character creation pipeline for Vice Chancellor Amedda from Star [...]

Designing Guns: Model, Texture and Light

Jeremy M. Brown gave a detailed breakdown on how he modeled, textured and lit his fantastic [...]

The Toolbag Baking Tutorial

Artist Spotlight | Gilberto Magno

Character artist extraordinaire, Gilberto Magno, has blown us away with his latest video showing off his [...]

Marmoset Toolbag | GDC 2017 Showcase

With Toolbag 3 fresh out the door, we’re thrilled to highlight a sublime selection of scenes [...]

Toolbag 3.02 Now Available!

To show our love, we’ve released a free update for Valentine’s day! Toolbag 3.02 adds a [...]

Last of Us: Capturing the Spirit and the Look

Romain Dauger is a remarkably talented environment artist who just wrote an in-depth breakdown for his [...]

Marmoset Toolbag 3.01 Update

We’ve just released our first patch for Toolbag 3! This update adds vertex color output to [...]

Toolbag 3 Available Now!

Happy Release Day! It is with great pleasure that we announce the official release of the [...]

Basic Theory of Physically-Based Rendering

The term is bandied about a lot, often generating confusion as to what exactly it means. The short answer is:…

Physically-Based Rendering, And You Can Too!

This tutorial covers the basics of art content creation, some of the reasoning behind various PBR standards (without getting too…

Converting Textures for PBR Shaders

HDR Panorama Photography

By Joe “EarthQuake” Wilson Image-based lighting (IBL) is a rendering technique that uses a 360 degree [...]