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Blenderheads Episode 7: Project Gold Showcase
Enjoy the seventh episode of Blenderheads, a series about the people behind the Blender project. In this episode, we follow the process around Blender's showcase named Project Gold, by the Blender Studio. The editor and director –documentary maker Maaike Kleverlaan– works embedded in the Blender headquarters to cover the activities and conduct interviews.
Blender Jobs for November 19, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Lead 3D Character Artist - F/M/NB at NOVAQUARK Creative Technical Lead at OceanX 3D Blender Artist at tobspr Games For more jobs, look here.
How to Make Windy Grass Using Blender Geometry Nodes
Learn how to scatter grass assets and animate them with Kenan Proffitt.
Creating Fibonacci Patterns with Geometry Nodes
Fibonacci sequences and patterns are everywhere in nature, and they can create fascinatingly complex images. Richard van der Oost shows how to generate them with Blender. Today we're making Fibonacci patterns in Geometry Nodes. (using the Golden Ratio) This is what we're aiming for: It's a pattern that emerges in nature quite often. The most [...]
I spent my life savings on a motion capture suit. Do I regret it?
With the rise of AI motion capture tools, should you still invest into hardware motion capture setups? Jamie Dunbar compares several solutions to let us know. Over the last few years AI motion capture tools have became the rage. In this video I put the most popular AI tools to the test and compare them [...]
The Fork - Chess animation
I recently got back into playing chess. This lesson by Bonjourchess covers a basic strategy, but it's a good one!
Blender Jobs for November 17, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: [FULLY REMOTE!] Independent Render Wrangler Required For more jobs, look here.
Create Stunning Minimalistic Digital Art with Blender
For a change, Slavoartist moves away from his usual complex scenes to focus on the beauty of simplicity. Minimalism. Honestly, I am a big fan of minimalistic art and photos. Despite the fact that I usually show some complex Blender scenes and talk about optimization, how to make large scenes on a weak computer, this [...]
LoL Worlds 2024 Finals Teaser - VFX done with Blender
The 2024 League of Legends World Championship Final was a massive e-sports event that took place in the O2 Arena in London. It was played in front of 14,700 spectators, with 6.9 million peak viewers. See how Calvin Serrano created the VFX for this video in Blender! Full video Breakdown video
Blender Management Desktop App
BlenderManager is a lightweight, open-source tool designed to simplify the management of Blender projects. Built with Python, it helps users organize their project files and streamline workflows. It provides a clean interface for tracking your Blender projects and keeping everything structured, especially useful for larger projects. verlorengest writes: Made a Desktop App About Managing Blender [...]
Best of Blender Artists: 2024-46
Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I'm putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation.
Alert Animation Tutorial
Let’s model and animate a 3D alert light beacon scene in Blender! https://youtu.be/UJ6YY4XjCzc
Blender Jobs for November 15, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: I am looking for someone who can support me in my work on various projects. €50,- ph For more jobs, look here.
Behind the Scenes: The Windrunner
Discover the imagination of Andri Stefanus, an Indonesian self-taught artist, as he details the techniques of bringing a fantastic creature to life. INTRODUCTION Hi, my name is Andri Stefanus, and I'm from Indonesia. I majored in Informatic System Specific Website Application Programming, but it didn't work for me, so I decided to make a turn [...]
Verge3D 4.8 Brings 3D Audio and Improved Performance [$]
A fresh update of Blender-friendly WebGL creator tool is out. Here is what's new. spatial (3D) audio effects major shader optimizations for faster rendering and loading option to zoom with Ctrl + Scroll in a Google Maps fashion preserving materials swapped via Puzzles, crucial for 3D configurators Performance Profiler outputs more precise information better click [...]
Retopologize in Blender Like Maya’s Quad Draw With This Free Extension
Luis Roach tries out the free PolyQuilt Retopology Tool extension, that's a fork of an abandoned add-on by Sakana3. Like Maya's Quad Draw, but in Blender and free. We used Polyquilt on a 17-million-triangle model, and here’s how it went!
Blender Jobs for November 14, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: [Monthly Salary] Seeking 3D Animators with Experience in Action/Sports games For more jobs, look here.
Breakdown: 3D Integration and VFX Environments for Gibraltar
An overview of the VFX creation process for four shots in the documentary ‘Détroits, entre terre et mer’, broadcast on Arte TV. Bmotion writes: This VFX project involved enhancing drone views of Gibraltar by replacing the sea with a lush, vegetated landscape, recreating the environment during the Messinian salinity crisis when the Mediterranean dried up. [...]
How good are the Apple M4 chips when rendering in Blender?
Robbie Tilton compares several Mac setups including the M2 Ultra, M4, M4 Pro and M4 Max. He also includes a Windows 4080 and 3080 test. Which will render fastest? Are Apple chips good enough to compete with Nvidia for 3D renders?
Blender Jobs for November 13, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D Animator / Youtube Shorts at 3DAmbient 3D Generalist Game Artist at Enver Studio For more jobs, look here.
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