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Gleb Alexandrov writes: In this tutorial (video and article) we’ll look at a mix of practical Blender techniques and timeless lighting principles used in cinematic character lighting – things like light direction, falloff, focal length and how to use HDRIs effectively.

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Self-taught in Blender through tutorials and trial and error, Hip Hop artist Ali Tomineek built a 100-million-view animation career and shares how he combined it with Reallusion to speed up his entire workflow. Ali Tomineek My name is Ali Tomineek. I’m an artist and 3D creator born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. To be clear, [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Looking for a sculpt artist in blender 3D Motion Designer / 3D Visual Editor Realistic 3D Character Artist (DAZ Studio) – Human Character Creation Senior Character Technical Animator (Unity3D | Mobile | Automation) For more jobs, look here.

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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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Let's have some fun with animation and procedural texturing and create a colorful keycaps animation in Blender.

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Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Evolutions of the Blender Admins group Modules & Projects 2026-03-02 Grease Pencil Module Meeting 2026-03-03 Modeling Module Meeting 2026-03-03 Render & Cycles Meeting 2026-03-03 Sequencer Meeting Notes 2026-03-05 Triaging Module Meeting 2026-03-05 Core Module Meeting 2026-03-05 Pipeline & I/O Module Meeting 2026-03-05 Animation & Rigging [...]

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Brian Kouhi writes: Rigging doesn't have to be intimidating. In this lesson, Vlad (our TD) breaks down how to rig a bouncing ball in Blender from scratch, and along the way you'll learn the core concepts that apply to every rig you'll ever build.  

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Nixin created an amazing PoC video with cell shaded characters. Deep in the bowels of the Howling Woods, where the snow never stops and wicked winds tirelessly whistle their tunes of death, rests an inn named Grim’s End. A dark and lonely place reserved for the dead. It appears to be a welcome refuge from [...]

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Allan Brito writes: If you use Blender for architecture, I have great news! The upcoming Blender 5.1 introduces a new snapping tool that will make your workflow much smoother. Face Center snapping enables precise 3D modeling by allowing you to instantly snap to the exact center of any face. This short tutorial demonstrates how to [...]

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In this Blender tutorial Ryan King shows how to create these stylized low poly hand painted mushrooms.

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Let's learn how to procedurally turn any image into animated voxels using geometry nodes with TiFi Design.

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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: Blender Architectural Visualization Artist (Cycles) – Ongoing Work Stylized Environment Artist (Unity) - Low Poly Flight Game Looking for Realistic Building Models for 20€ or higher [PAID] Environment Art Consult (stylized 2.5D JRPG / Mega Man Legends vibe) For more [...]

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After 20 years of running BlenderNation, I'm stepping back from daily writing while staying involved with the project - and I'm looking for editors to join the team. 20 years ago, on January 3, 2006, I started BlenderNation (back then it was called VrotVrot.com). Since then, I've maintained it almost daily as a news source [...]

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Gleb Alexandrov writes: Dust Particles+ 1.3 for Blender is here – and it’s 5-10x faster than before. We completely rewrote the core rendering logic of Dust Particles+, switching to point-based sprites with virtual UV mapping. Expect massive performance gains for both the Free and Pro versions.

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Richard Yot presents his new course on hard-surface modeling in Blender. Take your Blender skills up a notch with a complete, in-depth hard-surface modelling course built around a tricky vintage motorcycle project. Designed to put Blender’s modelling workflow to the test, this step-by-step training walks you through tackling complex, interlocking subdivision surfaces with clarity and [...]

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In this video Jan van den Hemel looks at some less well known tips for doing retopology in Blender, that can really improve your retopology workflow and reduce the amount of clicks.

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What if you could export models from Blender directly to the Sega Dreamcast? Rogper writes: And with just a bit of coding, make those models respond to your inputs… almost like a game engine that actually uses Blender as its user interface? Wouldn’t that be a Blast? 😉 Well, rejoice! That’s exactly what Spiral Game [...]

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3D Tudor writes: If you have ever modeled a building you were proud of… then tried to turn it into a modular kit and watched it quietly unravel the moment you duplicated it into a full street, this is the post I wish I had when I started taking environment work seriously. This is a [...]

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TiFi Design writes: Let's learn how to create this mesmerizing orbital motion animation in Geometry Nodes!

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