Learn to rig a fully procedural cartoon eyelid in Blender. This is a really flexible setup that allows expressive lid shapes, automatic blinking and even a dynamic wrinkle system. You can download the example .blend file here.

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Duncan Rudd

Fixing Blender Beginner Mistakes

BlenderNation

2 months ago

Polygonrunway shows how to avoid the most common beginner struggles and mistakes when starting to learn complex 3D software like Blender.

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polygonrunway

"Slow Crafting VR: Hand-Drawn Textures and Worlds" by Beatriz Ruthes at Blender Conference 2025

BlenderNation

2 weeks 6 days ago

In this talk, Beatriz Ruthes shares her process of building a VR environment entirely in Blender, in which every object and texture originates from hand-drawn illustrations on paper. Developed during an experimental artist residency in Luxembourg, the project explores how traditional techniques can bring warmth, intimacy and emotional resonance to digital spaces.

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n8n

How To Use Volumes To Add Depth

BlenderNation

7 months 2 weeks ago

"Just add fog" is a go-to rule when an image is lacking visual depth. In this tutorial Lino Thomas shows how to can use uniform and non uniform volumes to add a layer of fog as well as a nice distance based haze. I am sure this will be useful in some of your scenes [...]

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Linolafett

The Seven Principles of Photorealism

BlenderNation

1 week 6 days ago

A free infographic that outlines the essential steps in creating photoreal renders by Richard Yot. This resource will be helpful whether you’re a beginner or a pro, and will help you achieve that extra 10% that elevates your renders from good to awesome. Check it out here.

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richardyot

How To Manage Massive Scenes

BlenderNation

6 months ago

Lino Thomas shares his approach on how to create large scenes which contain a lot of detail using collection instances. This approach allows you to create a dense world without using a lot of time nor resources. If you have not been using collection instances regularly, this might be the workflow for you!

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Linolafett

cgchannel

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Rig a procedural eyelid with Geometry Nodes (+ Download)

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"Slow Crafting VR: Hand-Drawn Textures and Worlds" by Beatriz Ruthes at Blender Conference 2025

How To Use Volumes To Add Depth

The Seven Principles of Photorealism

How To Manage Massive Scenes

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