among all features of blender ever, geometry nodes stands out as the most powerful and course changing feature, yes eevee and cycles changed blender but not to the same level of geometry nodes and there was always alternative render engines you could use, but when it comes to geometry nodes.

it has opened up so many possibilities and exceeded my expectations of what is possible to do with blender, everytime am completely blown way by demos, on tweeter by fellow artists showing off some new neat trick they discovered, thankfully alot of these demos are available to download and checkout for free so lets explore them and other geometry nodes tools that are available.

Master Geometry Nodes Course

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Maze Animation

lets start with this impressive maze animation by higgas, everything is procedural, what is more impressive is how the ball is able to navigate the maze, without any guiding hand. higgas is also the create of the Higgsas Geometry Nodes Toolset a set of geometry nodes node grops for creating amazing procedural effects, including deformers, displacements, vdm brushes and more,

The City Generator

if you dint use blender before version 2.5, that’s around 2015 for young folks, you may not truly appreciate what this amazing software has become, to be able to create entire cities, with traffic control, street level detail and absolute realism, something like this would take years to make, an today a single person can create a city that looks beautiful, believable and alive using a generator like the city generator.

Auto-Building

you dont have to have been around before geometry nodes to realize how much time savers procedural tools are, without a procedural tool making a building like this, fully modeled, textured and ready to render would take atleast two days, thats if you spend the whole day at it, but most projects require more than one building, so imagine if you need 10, imagine if you need the style and textures to change, most of us would give up by the second building, but with a geometry nodes tool like auto building, all that can be done in a single sitting on your launch break, you can change the style, the textures and design of the building, each building can be unique and different as you want, and if you want to add more detail, because creating the main parts took literally seconds, adding extra touches gets easier and fun.

artists to follow #1

there a afew artists in the blender community who have been exceptional at pushing the limits of geometry nodes and i just have to take my hearts of to them, the first one is seanterelle, if the is a new node, you can be assured he will be among the first to stress test it, he has shown off quite alot of stuff on his page, most check him out links are in the description.

Procedural Crowds

geometry nodes by its self is not that impressive, but if you combine it with some assets, you can turn some points moving around into a crowd, that behaves in a natural way, responding to its environments, avoiding each other turning empty places into interesting lively neighborhoods. a tool like procedural crowds is only possible thanks to geometry nodes, though you have to give its developers alot of credit as well, for the optimization and functionality they layered on top of this, functionality like being able to switch the characters to make unique characters and and creating a nearly limitless number of animations to make the crowds more alive.

Procedural Traffic – Addon And Rigged Cars

like the procedural crowds addon, the perfect blender tool comes as a combination of a system that uses, geometry nodes, the blender python api, a great user interface and a library of models that look good to pull from, after all, this is a visual medium, what the audience cares about is how everything looks, then how they add to the story, for we artist what we care about is everything the audience cares about and then, how easy it is to create or put together, and how optimized it is for our computers to render, case in point a procedural tool like procedural traffic, it hits all the marks in that for the audience they just see amazing results with realistic animations, and as an artist you get a way to simulate hundreds of cars in a scene in a realistic an optimized way.

Sprite Particles For Realtime Vfx

Another thing geometry nodes has made possible is making it possible to use workflows and tricks that work in other areas like in the game industry inside blender, the use of sprites to create animations has been around before even 3d was a thing, but for years this ability to make amazing effects was impossible to create in blender, its one of the best ways to create realistic explosions, dust simulations, smoke, projectiles, fog, water and more all in Realtime, and we could not do it inside blender until geometry nodes was introduced, its still a tricky setup to create, but luck for us madness lab, create a collection of these sprites particles that we can easily use.

Cell Fluids

speaking of tricks that worked else where but not blender, the cell fluids addon is a fluid simulation system similar to what a lot of game engines use, because a full fluid simulation would be to taxing on any video game and affect the frame rate highly, work around’s are used, these do not look as realistic as using accurate simulators like flip fluids, but they work great for video games, and in most cases non photo realistic renders and animations, thats why the cell fluids is one of the most popular fluids simulations on blender market, because most of us are not creating hollywood level visual effects or movies, what we get with cell fluids is basically enough, it being procedural and realtime is just a cherry on the top.

Procedural Medieval Castle Generator

and this is mostly the case for alot of projects, because we are not targeting the big screen, or imax level of renders, we can get away with using smart generators like this, this procedural castle generator is not going to generate every detail, or every pebble in your middieval movie, but you dont want that either, it generates enough detail for far and medium shorts, and when you want close up shots, you can all ways in other ways.

Procedural Building Generator 2

like using other procedural generators like this procedural building generator that generates closeup detail, so that no matter how close the camera is to the building, its always looking at interesting detail,

this is the power of geometry nodes, to be able to scale up and scale down detail as needed, its a great way to optimize your scene so that your renders are fast, and your project files are easy to work with, tools like these that can create a ready made thing are what have made it possible for alot of artist to pitch for work that they would other wise would not have dared to, because they can make alot more with less.

Bp Geogen Ultimate Generators Bundle

there are alot of life improvement tools that can be made with geometry nodes, this bundle is a collection of 50 of them, there is a tool for creating cables, planets, grass, snow, fire, rocks, debris, legos, bridges, fences, space ships and alot more, you never know what you need until you need it so having a bundle like this, with various procedural tools is going to be great.

Blend Fx – Visual Effects Toolkit

and if you want a similar collection but for vfx, then this blend fx toolkit is going to be a time saver, it includes, arrows, missile and other projectiles, fire, dust particles, these are small things that are needed in a scene but can take quite sometime to create and remember each shot can require 5 to 10 unique effects.

Tree And Grass Library Botaniq – Trees

geometry nodes has also changed how addons work, back them most addons where a combination of the blender python api, and different custom and builtin operators, for example botaniq which is one of the largest library of vegetation now including lowpoly assets with wind animation support, now in some cases uses geometry nodes to create more advanced biomes and ecosystems, adding these functionalities is not really an easy task, so if developers are nearly rewriting there addons to take advantage of a new blender feature, you know that feature is going to be quite powerful.

Physical Water Fx Deluxe

Terrain Mixer (Blender 4.1)

Another straightforward and easy thing to do in Blender is creating terrains and landscapes—just a simple mesh and some displacement. But getting them to look realistic, with all the little details that make them feel alive, can be a bit of a process. Whether you’re designing mountains, valleys, alien planets, or peaceful meadows, terrains add so much to a scene. The trick is refining them without spending hours adjusting every little bump and slope. Terrain Mixer makes this process quicker, offering you tools to create varied, detailed landscapes so you can spend more time on the fun, creative aspects of your project.

Cablerator

Cables are pretty simple to make in Blender—just a curve with some thickness—but they really do add that extra layer of interest to a scene. You can use them in all sorts of settings: sci-fi scenes as tech cables, medieval setups as ropes, forests as vines, or even in abandoned buildings where they hang loose and messy. While making cables isn’t hard, getting them to look right and fit the environment can take a bit of time. An addon like Cablerator simplifies the process, helping you quickly set up cables in various shapes and styles so you can focus on the creative side.

Spaceships in Blender are also easy to make—you just start with—hehe, nah, I’m kidding. They are not at all easy to create. It’s hell, seriously. You’ll spend ages figuring out shapes, details, and getting everything to look just right, and by the end, you might regret even starting. Honestly, I don’t recommend it… unless you’re using something like the spaceship generator addon. With that, you can skip the struggle and jump straight into customizing cool spaceship designs without the headache.

Flower Growth Addon Panel

what else is easy, i was going to say flowers, because they look easy at first, you model one petal and duplicate it around to make a flower, and thats it, but no thats not it, sometimes i want to vent about how hard things can be to make but i remember am supposed to inspire you guys keep you motivated, thankfully geometry nodes is a middle ground now days, i can say hey making this is supper hard but you know what, there is this amazing tool that also makes it supper easy to do, like these flowers, which are also animated and customizable, infact its a collection of geometry nodes flowers that are animated to open up, grow and more its fun

Destruction Tools

how about creating destroyed buildings, definitely looks complicated already, but again there is a geometry nodes tool that makes it easier, infact a collection of tools to add destruction detail to any mesh, not just buildings, you can add cracks, damage, rebar, wire meshes and more.

Procedural Alleys

i can go on and on, infact lets do that, you want a busy alley, with people walking around, open and closed shops, apartments, basically a dense city vibe, there is an addon for that, procedural alleys, it has everything integrated in it, of course you can do this your self, but its not going to be easy, the easy way is using a tool meant for exactly that like the procedural alleys.

Destroyed Building Generator

Another one is the destroyed building generator, and it does exactly that, create procedural destroyed buildings, i could say of course you can do this your self, it wont be easy but you can still do it, for alot of people that would not actually be true, you would have to go through a bunch of tutorials to learn how to make something like this, especially if you are a beginner, getting the right tool is not just saving you the time you will spend creating the destroyed building, but it will also save you hours of going through countless tutorials if you can even find them. to end on a bright side

Knitting Generator Addon (Blender 4.1 Updated)

Christmas season is here and it’s the perfect time to get cozy and create some festive sweaters. If crafting them in real life isn’t an option, this knitting generator addon is here to bring those warm, knitted designs to your digital projects. With its intuitive Geometry Nodes setup, you can easily create and customize sweaters in Blender, adding all the intricate details and patterns you’d expect from a real knit.