Fluid Simulations for Beginners in Blender
A step-by-step Blender tutorial demonstrating how to create realistic fluid simulations suitable for beginners. Includes a final animation example.

Ryan King Art
267.4K views • Apr 16, 2023

About this video
In this Blender tutorial I will show you how to create realistic fluid simulations for beginners. 💦 🌊
🌊 Final Animation: https://youtu.be/fsEkzEp_MYA
🌄 HDRI link: https://polyhaven.com/a/birchwood
💦 Purchase the project files and support the channel:
• Gumroad: https://ryankingart.gumroad.com/l/fluid-sim
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/81570854
🔊 Sound Effects used from Freesound.org
• https://freesound.org/people/speedygonzo/sounds/235725/
• https://freesound.org/people/tran5ient/sounds/190085/
● Mentioned in the Video:
▶️ Pixel and Poly IOR List: https://pixelandpoly.com/ior.html
▶️ Blender Physics Tutorial Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsGl9GczcgBustxQs2JcnSb0Qxnnb7rWC
▶️ Beginner Fundamentals Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsGl9GczcgBtRc3DalXy786Fsa5yEq_9B
▶️ Cloth Physics for Beginners: https://youtu.be/c5LOOoSHh9c
▶️ Rigid Body Physics for Beginners: https://youtu.be/lctjzasiy64
▶️ Plank Tower Tutorial: https://youtu.be/8I4Djb5RuQ8
● Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:25 3d Modeling
4:23 Adding the Fluid Objects
6:22 Adding Fluid Physics
7:50 Change Simulation Type
8:21 Fluid Mesh
9:18 Flow Behavior
10:24 Simulation Quality
11:34 Baking the Simulation
13:39 Pin the Bake Button
15:08 Simulation Speed
16:04 Objects Interact with Fluid
18:09 Control Amount of Fluid
20:18 Remove Fluid from Simulation
21:33 Simulation Field Weights
22:06 Changing the Gravity
23:08 Using Force Fields
28:21 Fluid Direction (Initial Velocity)
30:19 Fluid Thickness (Viscosity)
32:21 Setup the Final Simulation
35:28 Setup the Scene for Rendering
38:23 Lighting the Scene
41:24 Adding Materials
43:47 Basic Water Material
46:17 Render Settings
48:20 Video Editing
52:51 Closing
● Help support the channel:
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ryankingart
• Gumroad: https://ryankingart.gumroad.com/
• YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/ryankingart/join
🎶 Music credits:
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Fromage by Steven OBrien
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10409-fromage
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
_________________________________________________________________________
● My Website Links:
• All links on my about page: https://ryankingart.wordpress.com/77-2/
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ryankingart
• Gumroad: https://ryankingart.gumroad.com/
• Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/ryanking
• Blender Market: https://blendermarket.com/creators/ryan-king-art
• Sketchfab: https://sketchfab.com/ryankingart
• Website: https://ryankingart.wordpress.com/
#ryankingart #blendertutorial #blender
🌊 Final Animation: https://youtu.be/fsEkzEp_MYA
🌄 HDRI link: https://polyhaven.com/a/birchwood
💦 Purchase the project files and support the channel:
• Gumroad: https://ryankingart.gumroad.com/l/fluid-sim
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/81570854
🔊 Sound Effects used from Freesound.org
• https://freesound.org/people/speedygonzo/sounds/235725/
• https://freesound.org/people/tran5ient/sounds/190085/
● Mentioned in the Video:
▶️ Pixel and Poly IOR List: https://pixelandpoly.com/ior.html
▶️ Blender Physics Tutorial Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsGl9GczcgBustxQs2JcnSb0Qxnnb7rWC
▶️ Beginner Fundamentals Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsGl9GczcgBtRc3DalXy786Fsa5yEq_9B
▶️ Cloth Physics for Beginners: https://youtu.be/c5LOOoSHh9c
▶️ Rigid Body Physics for Beginners: https://youtu.be/lctjzasiy64
▶️ Plank Tower Tutorial: https://youtu.be/8I4Djb5RuQ8
● Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:25 3d Modeling
4:23 Adding the Fluid Objects
6:22 Adding Fluid Physics
7:50 Change Simulation Type
8:21 Fluid Mesh
9:18 Flow Behavior
10:24 Simulation Quality
11:34 Baking the Simulation
13:39 Pin the Bake Button
15:08 Simulation Speed
16:04 Objects Interact with Fluid
18:09 Control Amount of Fluid
20:18 Remove Fluid from Simulation
21:33 Simulation Field Weights
22:06 Changing the Gravity
23:08 Using Force Fields
28:21 Fluid Direction (Initial Velocity)
30:19 Fluid Thickness (Viscosity)
32:21 Setup the Final Simulation
35:28 Setup the Scene for Rendering
38:23 Lighting the Scene
41:24 Adding Materials
43:47 Basic Water Material
46:17 Render Settings
48:20 Video Editing
52:51 Closing
● Help support the channel:
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ryankingart
• Gumroad: https://ryankingart.gumroad.com/
• YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/ryankingart/join
🎶 Music credits:
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Fromage by Steven OBrien
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10409-fromage
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
_________________________________________________________________________
● My Website Links:
• All links on my about page: https://ryankingart.wordpress.com/77-2/
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ryankingart
• Gumroad: https://ryankingart.gumroad.com/
• Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/ryanking
• Blender Market: https://blendermarket.com/creators/ryan-king-art
• Sketchfab: https://sketchfab.com/ryankingart
• Website: https://ryankingart.wordpress.com/
#ryankingart #blendertutorial #blender
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Published
Apr 16, 2023
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