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harryblends steps through the tools and techniques I used in Blender to create DEREK - simulated procedural creature with customizable jiggle physics. I developed him as an experiment in creating secondary motion with geometry nodes and here I build him bit by bit, explaining all the principles that make him work.

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Todor Nikolov has released a short teasing an upcoming Blender course. This short video showcases some of the techniques and skills that viewers can expect to learn in the course. The course will be available for free on Todor's YouTube channel in the coming days. Stay tuned for more updates

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Anthony's creation series continues with more rigging tips and this time we are taking a closer look at the eyes. In this first part, we cover how you can fairly easily add more eye control to the base Rigify metarig and what to watch out for that could mess it up a little. In case [...]

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BlenderKit is an extensive 3D asset library seamlessly integrated into Blender 3D. The ever-growing database includes 3D models, materials, brushes, scenes, HDRIs, node groups, and Blender add-ons. Spring to life with BlenderKit! Get a huge 3D asset library 25% off! More than anything, BlenderKit is a community. Founded in the spirit of open-source, BlenderKit is [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Python: Separate Z-Anatomy.py into independent add-ons Blender ConjureSDF plugin model work Environment Artist VFX for one shot in my Short Film [$50hr] Environment Artist for Sci-Fi Videogame RealTruck, Inc. | Junior 3D Modeler (Contract position) Eleven Eleven | Lead 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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CharMorph is an Open Source character creation tool for Blender. Its goal is to offer high-quality, parameterized character models that not only rival closed-source solutions but exceed them, achieving the level of quality seen in blockbuster movies and next-gen video games. We are pleased to announce the first major release of CharMorph, a comprehensive character [...]

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Let’s model and animate a cool and colorful retro cassette tape scene in Blender.

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The March 2025 update for “Motion Presets for Blender” has been released, here are the new features. Spiral Node Geometry Node Presets: You can roll a plane mesh either horizontally or vertically Node Setup is programmatically generated by the python script, no extra blend files are needed 1 Click option for Mesh preparation that gives [...]

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Menno van Roon is creating Dutch Stroopwafels in Blender! It's been a while! A few years back—I know time flies, right!?—I posted a video similar to this. Only for Blender to start rapidly developing Geometry Nodes, meaning that workflow was quickly out of date. Hence, this update. Blender's latest Geometry Nodes updates make factory animations [...]

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In this 15 part tutorial series Ryan King shows you how to create this Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Biplane in Blender. (This is a playlist)

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Crystals are tedious to create by hand, especially if you want to create lots of them. In this tutorial Manuel looks into how to create a procedural crystal generator from start to finish using Blender 4.3 Geometry Nodes. We‘ll create detailed geometry with internal crystal structures and then use a dispersion shader in Cycles.

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Pietro Chiovaro writes: A short project I worked on, trying to bring back the Shrek we all know and love. Let me know your thoughts — and don’t miss the short animation at the end! :D Software: Blender 4.4 (Beta) Render Engine: Eevee Total Time: 2 hours

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Paul Coulthard presents his Masterclass course in 2D/3D Storyboards and Animatics, featuring Blender and its Grease Pencil tool.m Launching in April 2025 The course will launch in 2 tiers : THE MASTERCLASS COURSE tier, and the INTRODUCTION TO BLENDER FOR STORYBOARDING tier , to suit the needs of everyone. Both of these tiers are video [...]

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A dedicated team of volunteers is working hard to translate the Blender Manual into Dutch. With 10% of the manual already translated, they currently rank eleventh among all translations. Can you help? They have left the Italian translation far behind, but there is still work to be done to catch up with the Portuguese team, [...]

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An animated short film by Duncan Rudd about unfettered greed and its consequences. It's OK being the tallest tree in the forest. But, when the wind blows, how solid is the ground you're standing on?

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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 Artist Needed For An Animation Project Seeking Advanced Retopologizer (Clothing & more) Model, no materials no lighting, based on Preiser model figure Netflix | Senior 3d Artist Seeking a Shader and Geometry Nodes Expert 3d animator Seeking: Rigging, Caging [...]

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Bonsai v0.8.1 has been released! Bonsai is an add-on for Blender that provides native IFC and OpenBIM authoring for architects, engineers, and construction professionals. Highlights include: Twice as fast geometry processing with support for hybrid CGAL / OpenCASCADE geometry kernels Improved modeling tool for walls, slabs, doors and more, with snapping, axis alignment, angle snaps, [...]

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Here's a quick tutorial on the steps to create an simple mysterious environment.mo Aidy Burrows writes: KISS 😗 Keep It Simple Stupid, or Keep It Stupid Simple if you prefer, a good Blender exercise for reducing distraction and endless iteration is to just keep it simple. Take a simple blockout object and have fun with [...]

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