Thundeer's Notes

👕 CLOTH SIMULATION

Resources for learning about cloth simulation methods & tools. This WON'T go through methods of sculpting clothing.

THUNDEER'S 3D LEARNING RESOURCES

👕 CLOTH SIMULATION

Resources for learning about cloth simulation methods & tools. This WON'T go through methods of sculpting clothing.

Resources directed primarily for learning character creation in 3D.

Pick resources that fit your learning style, instead of brute forcing learning in a way you don't enjoy - that's why I tried including multiple options in each topic for you to pick from!

Marvelous Designer

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Cloth Simulation (Marvelous Designer)

Cloth Simulation (Marvelous Designer)

👨‍🎓 STANDALONE COURSES

PAID ($60)

Introduction to Marvelous Designer

Abe Leal 3D

Introduction to Marvelous Designer
Learn how to create Clothing , Props, and Simulate Fabric in this In Depth Guide to Marvelous Designer.
https://www.abeleal3d.com/courses/marvelous-designer-guide

📺 YOUTUBE

Introduction to Marvelous Designer for 3D Artists

FlippedNormals

Marvelous Designer to ZBrush [WORKFLOW]

Annabelle Sémaan

How to Get Good Topology for your Marvelous Designer Models

FlippedNormals

How to export from Marvelous Designer to Zbrush (No Need for Manual Retopology)

Outgang

Cloth and Fold Anatomy for 3d Artists

Outgang

💻 BLOG POSTS

⭐Creating simple Garments with Polygroups

Pablander Academy

Creating simple Garments with Polygroups | Pablander Academy
In most cases when I work on something that requires some kind of fabric, I tend to sculpt everything in ZBrush. However, there are cases when I used Marvellous Designer to simulate the garments as a base before detailing the meshes. One of the things that sometimes ‘puts me off’ from creating the clothing of a character in MD (Marvellous Designer), is that I’ll need to either find a really good reference for the garments or design the patterns myself and that means a lot of tweaking. So for today’s tip, I’m going to show you my new favourite way to create Clothes with ZBrush and MD!
https://www.pablander.academy/newsletter/creating-simple-garments-with-polygroups

Clothing for Characters : Adding Marvelous Designer to your Zbrush workflow.

Lewis Banks

ArtStation - Clothing for Characters : Adding Marvelous Designer to your Zbrush workflow.
https://www.artstation.com/blogs/lewismorganbanks/7aDn/clothing-for-characters-adding-marvelous-designer-to-your-zbrush-workflow

Blender

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Cloth Simulation (Blender)

Cloth Simulation (Blender)

Cloth simulation is currently going through changes in Blender, but until resources are updated here's the basics you need to know.

📺 YOUTUBE

Learn Blender Cloth Simulations from Scratch: A Beginner’s Guide

Techtokerist

The Complete Guide to Cloth Simulations in Blender

SouthernShotty

Blender realistic Shirt CLOTH SIMULATION Tutorial!

Faebe Tutorials

Blender Secrets - Cloth Simulation Sewing Basics

Blender Secrets

Blender Secrets - Posed Cloth Simulation for Sculpting

Blender Secrets

The SECRET of Perfect Cloth Simulations | Blender Cloth

Edin Spiegel

Blender Secrets - Detailed Clothes Simulated Easily

Blender Secrets

Blender Tutorial - Cloth Simulation | Advance Simulation | Blender 2.9

Aneesh Arts

This thread will be constantly updating.

(Last updated: 07/09/2026)

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