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Blender Jobs for October 12, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Blender Artists needed for TV Commercials in London NEX Level Gaming | 3D Animation & Modeling Internship/Co-Op For more jobs, look here.
Teaser: Nuclear Winter + Making Of
Compositing Academy gives us a look behind the scenes of an amazing short trailer. This short film teaser was created primarily using Blender and Nuke together, as well as filming with the Sony FX3 + Atomos.
Creating Anime Backgrounds in Blender Using Projection Mapping
In this tutorial, PolyPaint shows a best technique for creating dynamic anime backgrounds using Blender and camera mapping (also known as camera projection). Learn how to project 2D artwork onto 3D models, add depth to your scenes, and animate camera movements for stunning results. We’ll also use Krita for painting and refining your layers. Whether [...]
Best of Blender Artists: 2024-41
Enjoy our selection of the top art from the Blender Artists forum this week!
Video: 11:58
Stefan Mayr did an amazing job animating a Gremlin. Everything about this character is incredibly convincing, and the hair it outstanding! Just a small reimagination of a classical character we all love. This project took me couple of months of weekend work, and even though not fully satisfied, I need to call it done before [...]
Blender Jobs for October 9, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Hiring: e-commerce 3d blender cgi adverts 3D Animator (First Person Shooter) at TransPerfect Gaming For more jobs, look here.
Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 7 October 2024
Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Release cycle: Now at 4.3 Beta (and 4.4 Alpha) Modules & Projects 2024-09-30 Modeling Module Meeting 2024-10-01 Render & Cycles Meeting 2024-10-03 Core Meeting 2024-10-03 Pipeline, Assets & I/O Meeting 2024-10-04 Triaging module meeting 2024-10-04 Projects Updates meeting New Features and Changes This is a [...]
Digital Sculpting: new course by Kent Trammell [$, promoted]
CG Cookie presents their latest course, explaining all the ins and outs of sculpting with Blender. You may be familiar with Mesh Modeling as the primary method of forming 3D shapes with Blender. But did you know Blender also offers 3D sculpting? Where mesh modeling can be a bit more like carpentry, sculpting offers a [...]
Blender 4.3 Beta is Now Available
Blender 4.3 Beta has been released, featuring a new Grease Pencil version, Asset Browser integration for brushes, EEVEE Light Linking, and Multi-pass Compositing. The update also includes a rewritten brush evaluation system and viewport drawing, along with a new selection of community-provided brushes. The beta phase will last until November 6, 2024, with the final [...]
Blender Jobs for October 8, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D animator-generalist required for pre-rendered low-poly 'cinematic' shorts NEX Level Gaming | 3D Animation & Modeling Internship/Co-Op Hard surface modeling project low-poly models made ready to go into Unity For more jobs, look here.
Blender Conference 2024: Vote for the Suzanne Awards Now!
Blender Conference 2024 taking place on October 23-25 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. And like every year, the Suzanne Awards are on the program! These will feature the best work from the Blender community and conference attendees will decide on the winners. YOU can already help to create the shortlist of work that'll be shown during [...]
The Legend of Zelda Swamp Ruins Loop (+ Making of)
Marty revisited a scene from Zelda that he created a year ago, adding animation and a day/night + weather cycle. I've been really enjoying Marty's recent work, which also includes recreations of Ren & Stimpy, a cartoon from the 90's. Check out his portfolio on Blender Artists for more.
Accelerate Your renders up to 5x with Cycles Y Add-On for Blender [$]
Cycles Y is a new add-on to oprimize your Cycles settings and get faster renders at the same quality. Are you tired of long render times slowing down your creative process? Introducing Cycles Y Add-On—the ultimate solution to supercharge Blender's Cycles rendering engine. Why Choose Cycles Y? Up to 5x Faster Rendering: Achieve stunning visuals [...]
Behind the Scenes: Bianchi House
Discover Mateusz Kapusta's architectural visualization journey, where he brings the iconic Bianchi House by Mario Botta to life in a stunning 3D recreation, set amidst the breathtaking views of the Swiss-Italian Alps. INTRODUCTION Hello, I am Mateusz Kapusta, a self-taught 3D artist from Poland. I am a landscape architect to a degree. Professionally, I create [...]
Short Film: Ordinary Love
A voicemail from an ex-lover. Blender artist nobodycaresaboutyou from Argentina shares his interpretation of the feelings it invokes.
Blender Jobs for October 5, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: NEX Level Gaming | 3D Animation & Modeling Internship/Co-Op Blender Addon Developer for Vehicle Generation Addon Blender Generalist for TV Company For more jobs, look here.
How to Get started with Kitbashing for Free
Today Leo from MediaWay is going to create a car render in just 20 minutes, using only free assets and the Blender. We're going to cover lighting, camera settings, depth of field, where to get free models, compositing, and loads more pro tips. I'm not going to skip anything, so even if you're a complete [...]
Minecraft Movie Trailer, But Made in Blender
The trailer of the upcoming Minecraft Movie received plenty of negative reviews - especially because of the live actors, which could have been easily animated in the original Minecraft style. Flxmerity fixed that, and re-created the entire trailer - in Blender!
Animate the Default Cube With this Free Rig
This free rig Felix Paul Kühn gives your default cube a second chance ;-) It's licensed CC-BY NC (Attribution/Non-Commercial), and you can get it from Gumroad.
Blender 4.3 Deep Dive: Exploring Diffuse Roughness & Physical Conductor
In this video, Christopher 3D explores two new render features in Blender 4.3 dealing with improved physical accuracy. This is the new Oren-Nayar Diffuse Roughness slider in the Principled BSDF; and the new Metallic BSDF node that has a new Physical Conductor option for laboratory measured reflectance data of metals.
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