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The latest BlenderKit update adds 5.0 alpha support, workflow optimizations and more! We’re excited to announce the release of BlenderKit 3.17.0! This update brings major improvements to the Asset Bar — including forward/backward navigation and better drag-and-drop to collections — along with numerous bug fixes and full support for Blender 5.0.0-alpha. While we don’t recommend [...]

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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.

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: [Collab] Looking for a 3D Animator 3d animation and 3d modeling of internal watch mechanism Looking for a character artist to clean up, segment meshes and repose for 3D printing Seeking animators willing to work for $250 to $300 per [...]

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In this tutorial Dad's Castle shares a different approach to creating stylized trees using grease pencil brushes and the free “Grease Pencil to Curves” Blender extension. It’s quick and easy to do, requiring no artistic skills in grease pencil. Enjoy and have a great day!

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Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Welcomes Jonas Holzman starts as Blender developer in Amsterdam working on macOS development and maintenance, VR UI and features and tablet development. Mark van de Ruit starts as Blender developer in Amsterdam, working on Eevee, the viewport, and graphics problems in general. Announcements Blender Feedback Survey [...]

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Let’s have a look at the new built-in scattering tool in Blender 5!

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Have you ever tried to create a full-character hair groom? Did it look broken, with bald spots or just wrong? Were you frustrated because the hair curves seemed to move at their own will?

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Ryan King Art writes: In this 6 part Blender tutorial series we will create this cute robot character animation. https://youtu.be/HnKXVDo6R0Q?si=bTfiFMaLdcyjoMDz

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This presentation explores how Blender is being used within the digitalization strategy of Territorio Mudéjar—a network of rural municipalities in Spain—to integrate 3D photogrammetric models of Mudejar heritage into open, interoperable systems for education, conservation, and public engagement. By aligning with the FAIR principles and Europeana standards, we demonstrate how Blender supports high-quality rendering, annotation, [...]

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Daniel Oakfield writes: Explore the process of creating advanced X-ray materials in Blender through this comprehensive tutorial. The video emphasizes the use of shader nodes to develop realistic effects suitable for technical and medical visualization. This material is particularly beneficial for animating biological elements, allowing for detailed representations of anatomical structures. Additionally, its application extends [...]

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Hearing sound is fun, but being able to see it is even cooler ! From technical challenges to UI accessibility, follow a 3 year journey on how geonodes and python made it possible to create a 3D spectrogram in Blender.

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This talk explores how engineers can create domain-specific tools in Blender using the low-code development add-on Serpens and powerful Python libraries such as OpenSeesPy. The presentation highlights StructureWorks, a structural analysis add-on that brings finite element simulation into Blender’s 3D environment. By combining node-based visual scripting with external Python tools, engineers can now prototype and [...]

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If you’ve ever opened the Shader Editor and felt overwhelmed, this video breaks down all the essential nodes you actually need to create stunning materials in Blender. Whether you make stylized art, cozy fantasy scenes, or game-ready assets, this guide will make materials click for you. In this video you’ll learn: The 10 most important [...]

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If you are still hand-sculpting every crest, coin, and compass rose, you are burning hours. This kit lets you stamp, engrave, and emboss pirate-grade detail in seconds—no base-mesh surgery required. What it is The 3DT Pirate Ornamental Pack (50) is a practical library of height-based decals, stencils, and sculpt alphas for Blender and Substance Painter. [...]

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A walkthrough of how Blender was used as a core part of the VFX pipeline on Sonic The Hedgehog 3. I’ll cover how we integrated Blender into Paramount’s in-house pipeline, from previs through postviz to final shots.

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Rendering relies heavily on approximations of physical reality, which can sometimes fail to capture complex optical effects. This is one reason why 3D renders don't always appear true to life. Yaraslau will explore phenomena such as birefringence, gradient index of refraction, diffraction, and the challenges of spectral rendering—topics that go beyond the limits of the [...]

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Add sticky notes with a variety of formatting options to your node setups! Now available for free during beta testing. FrameFlow smoothens the process of note making inside the Node Editor and adds handy features too. Documenting is always crucial (if you have a coding background you know.) Give it a thought: You spent a [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: HIRING - 3D Artist (Blender) Looking to buy a dynamic character for add-on documentation and promotion Hiring : Fixing code for RE Mesh Editor addon that imports blendshapes for head meshes as shape keys exporting character to unity issue 3D [...]

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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.

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Jan van den Hemel writes: Curious about what's in my book and video courses? In this video I give a quick overview, and explain about the discount you can take advantage of this October. Check out all the courses here, and use the coupon FALL40 for 40% discount (until the 20th of October) or FALL30 [...]

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