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Richard Yot writes: As a 3D Artist you have heard endless opinions about render engines, but most are based on brand reputation rather than careful testing. High-End Rendering in Blender is a comprehensive course that provides detailed, evidence-based insights into the best options for Blender artists. You’ll start with a clear explanation of how modern [...]

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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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Oby1 recently made a game that emulates Valve's Source Engine using the Range Engine (a modern take on the discontinued Blender Game Engine). It started out as a late-night test and soon turned into a somewhat personal story and creative outlet. My goal was to trick players, write a proper story, and make something that [...]

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Filip Čiča presents his short film with beautiful visuals. Woah! 8 months in the making during 2024, and bit into 2025, I can finaly present to you my short film “Equilibrium”! Heavily inspired by H.R. Giger’s work, combined with Hindu symbolism, my most challenging, but also most revarding project yet. Hope you enjoy it! After [...]

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Ryan King Art writes: In this Blender tutorial we will create this Procedural Parquet Wood Floor Material.

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Jan van den Hemel writes: One easy way to create holes in 3D models, is by using a black and white texture. This is especially useful for cloth objects. However you can also turn it into geometry with thickness for 3D printing, with just a few modifiers.

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Rudy Michau writes: Dear CG Thinkers, welcome! On today’s menu: roasted GPUs! We’ll dive into how volume rendering works in Cycles and how to push your settings to reveal every bit of detail in your procedural clouds. I’ll take you through how I discovered the problem, the experiments I tried, and how I finally solved [...]

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I really like Marble Run videos, and Alan Luk's latest one adds a neat new design aspect to it!  

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3DSinghVFX writes: Hi. Explore how to turn the invisible world of magnetism into beautiful motion graphics using Geometry Nodes in Blender 4.5. In this tutorial, we’ll build a magnetic field visualization from scratch - step by step - while learning the physics behind it. A perfect blend of science, design, and procedural creativity. Happy Noding [...]

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Model, UV, bake, texture a stylized lantern in Blender + Substance 3D Painter; light and render a game-ready light prop with this new 3D Tudor course. If your props fall apart at UVs or look flat after rendering, this new course gives you a clean, end-to-end lane: Blender modeling with stack hygiene, UVs with texel [...]

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MartinKlekner writes: In this Blender tutorial, I show my complete stylized shading workflow used in Heroes of Bronze, perfect for creating anime-style, hand-painted, or NPR (non-photorealistic) renders in Eevee. Learn how to use the Shader to RGB and Color Ramp nodes for clean toon shading, add texture painting for detail, and enhance your models with [...]

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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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Jan van den Hemel writes: In this video, we do a beginner-friendly deep dive into the "double subdivision" method which is a very easy, fast and fun way of making 3D models.

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benjaminaubone writes: Hello dear family of Bender artists! Adventures, humor, and mystery await you in the new animated short "Adventures of the Future." It's made entirely in Blender Grease Pencil. I'll be waiting for you.

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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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