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Quick & Easy Sci-Fi Panels & Structures in Blender
Create some Sci-Fi structures and panels in this beginner-level tutorial by ChuckGD.
Anime Girl Course Overview - Early Bird Discount [$, promoted]
This video gives a detailed overview of the lessons you can expect from the new Anime Girl creation course. You can still take advantage of the early bird discount for a little while, so if you've always wanted to learn how to create stylized characters in Blender, now's a good time to start. Grab the [...]
Martin Klekner: "How I Make Stylized Shots in Blender"
In this video Martin Klekner breaks down how he creates his stylized shots in Blender with Non-Photorealistic Rendering (NPR). using Shader-to-RGB materials, Grease Pencil lines, camera projection, and hand-painted textures to bring the shots to life.
Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 01 September 2025
Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Modules & Projects 2025-08-18 iPad/Tablet Design Workshop 2025-08-28 Core Module Meeting 2025-08-28 Pipeline & I/O Module Meeting 2025-08-28 Compositor Meeting Notes 2025-08-29 Projects Updates meeting 2025-09-01 Viewport & EEVEE Module meeting New Features and Changes This is a selection of changes that happened over the last [...]
Blender Jobs for September 5, 2025
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Lead 3D Artist - Monopoly GO! Senior VFX Artist - Monopoly GO! Twine | Freelance 3D Artist Fully Remote 3D Paid Blender role, apply now work next week! Multiple openinf Invisible Expert Marketplace | 3D Modeler Specialist - AI Trainer [...]
Best of Blender Artists: 2025-36
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.
An Even Better(!) Eevee Subsurface Scattering Translucency Shader
Gleb Alexandrov writes: Update: Since you guys really enjoyed the new Eevee translucency method suggested by Adam Janz, and Reddit blessed it with 1500 upvotes, I give you the SSS translucency tuto.
Hard Surface Modeling in Blender - Cylinders & Booleans
Here's an excellent introduction to some basic modeling techniques by Josh from Blender Bros.
The Hunters - Part 4
Ali Awada continues his saga of Jurassic Park fan videos. Behavioural Paleontologist Tony's curiousity about the buck tyrannosaur's uncharacteristic behaviour has lead him to follow the dinosaur through the jungle towards the hunters' base camp. From his vantage point, Tony listens to the tyrannosaur’s calls. He is fascinated, but then the faintest of breaths catches [...]
Procedural Stylized Sand Material
In this Blender tutorial we will create this Procedural Stylized Sand Material.
Short Video: The Fly
Ivo van de Grift revisits his mechanical contraptions with this miniature wing-flapping machine. It doesn't do too well. About two weeks ago I started a new Blender Pet Project; ‘The Fly’. I wanted to create a robot-like fly with lots of moving parts. My goal was to have a single control point for the wing [...]
Headphones Product Animation Tutorial
Let’s model, light and animate a detailed headphones product shot in Blender with Polygon Runway.
Behind the Scenes: Dota 2 ICY SILENCE Cinematic
A team of 11 Blender artists collaborated on their entry for the Dota 2 Short Film Contest. Their entry has the typical feel of a highly polished AAA game cinematic. I asked Israel Soteldo to share more about its creation process. Icy Silence is a short film by TimeWarp Animation, created for the Dota 2 [...]
Every Blender YouTube Channel Explained in Under 30 Minutes
Othiniel Chigunwi takes a deep dive into YouTube and delivers a neatly categorized overview of the main Blender channels out there. Hi , So I recently published a video called “Every Blender YouTube Channel Explained in Under 30 Minutes” on my channel cgfocus. In this video, I go through many of the most popular Blender [...]
34 Blender Timesavers in 12 Minutes!
Kaizen zips through a bunch of useful tips for Blender from fixing geometry with Grid Fill to using Blender 4.5’s Vulkan backend for better performance!
Video: Inside the Most Advanced Machine Ever Built
Every smartphone, laptop, car, and AI server relies on microchips built with tens of billions of transistors—each just a few dozen atoms wide. But how do we actually manufacture something so small at scale? Meet the EUV Photolithography System, a $200M “microchip printer” that: Use lasers more powerful than steel-cutting lasers to blast tin droplets [...]
Learn How to Rig an Aircraft Landing Gear
This tutorial by DemNikoArt covers the entire rigging process, including setting up bones, adding constraints, and creating a clean, animator-friendly rig. Perfect for anyone looking to add complex mechanical animations to their projects.
Wacom joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron
Wacom has become a top-tier supporter for Blender with a new partnership focusing on the improving the Blender experience across all pen/touch based devices. Blender Foundation is delighted to announce that Wacom, the pioneer of digital pen and tablet technology, announced an expanded its strategic partnership with Blender, the world’s leading open-source 3D creation suite. [...]
Video: The Ballad of Pale Blue Dot
Duncan and Vanessa Rudd run the British 3DR Studio (check out their work!). They shared this lovely short video where the Earth shares its story. An animated film showing how Earth was formed, its mis-spent youth, its adventures in parenting and its feelings towards us.
Creating a Satisfying Rigid Body Popping Effect in Blender
In this tutorial by Blender Made Easy, Stephen Pearson demonstrates how to create a satisfying rigid body popping effect in Blender. You’ll learn to manipulate rigid body physics, animate object visibility, and use force fields to control movement.
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