BlenderNation

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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Build a synchronized disk rotation system using index-based animation control. Explore rotational offsets, motion rhythm, and clean mechanical animation setups.

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Anthropic, the creator of AI tools like Claude and Claude Code just added Blender to their connector directory and started financially supporting Blender. And I don’t know how I feel about this. There is an update to this story – read it here. The Blender Lab was already working on an MCP server – a […]

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Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Blender Lab Activity Report – Q1 2026 — Blender Modules & Projects 2026-03-21 Nodes & Physics Module Meeting 2026-04-21 Animation & Rigging module meeting 2026-04-22 User Interface Meeting 2026-04-23 Platforms & Builds module meeting 2026-04-23 Compositor Meeting Notes 2026-04-24 Project Updates meeting 2026-04-24 Coordination Module […]

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In this tutorial we will create this DNA Medical Visualization Animation in Blender.

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Two brothers, a year of near full-time work, and a 17-minute cinematic short built with a pipeline that blends Blender, UE5, and just about every trick they’ve picked up over decades in the industry. SJOR is the kind of project that feels far bigger than the team behind it. We interviewed Stavros Fylladitis, designer and […]

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Add a splash to your scenes with this new water shader by Chuck CG! Features: The material can be customized in material properties The water is animated Accumulated foam around the objects can bu turn it on/off in material properties You don’t need to scale the water plane, you can increase the size in modifiers […]

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This came in hot: the LA Blender User Group is meeting TODAY! Stirling Goetz writes: Spring has sprung and so has another Blender release! Join your friends and colleagues for our Los Angeles Blender User Group April 25 to learn about Blender 5.1. Hear Blender news and discuss your latest projects.

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This comprehensive Blender course by Jan van den Hemel (Blender Secrets) goes over the creation of a game ready fantasy character, from start to finish.

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Easily design retro, modern, or sci-fi spaces with this amazing kitbash product! It contains over 250 pieces, procedural materials, and details that will bring your vision to life. Create set pieces, exteriors, props, or megastructures with the beams, platforms, pipes, and computers in this kit. Everything is realistically scaled and ready for asset browser drag […]

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Poked Studio is back with some vibrant Neo-Tokyo bot drama! Jonathan Ball writes: Hi, we’ve been working on a new 3D animation called Pokedbots Delta city. Created in Blender largely by a team of 3 animators based in Cardiff UK, and made on a very low budget it is a 16 minute pilot animation that […]

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Here’s an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D Character Animator 3D / Industrial Designer [PAID 2K-5K USD] – Animator/Rigger (Humanoid) for a music video character 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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A compilation of diverse projects including architecture, character assets, and product rendering. A workflow entirely powered by Blender, tailored for the narrative demands of TV documentaries and the visual impact required by agencies. * Content: Environments, Products, Characters Location: France My website : www.manucreation.com

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This new shader by yogyog adds dithering patterns that don’t flicker and move when you navigate in your 3D scene. You know when you’re creating shading using only a black fineliner pen by putting the lines closer together? You know when you want to re-create that in 3D but you have the problem that as […]

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Allan Brito released a refreshed edition of my beginner book, Learn Blender: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide, now fully updated for Blender 5.1. The book is built for readers who have never opened Blender before. It walks you through the interface, core concepts, and your first real renders using short step by step explanations supported by […]

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Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Blender 5.1.1 has been released on April 14th, fixing 71 issues present in 5.1.0. Modules & Projects 2026-04-10 Future of DNA & RNA – Workshop Notes 2026-04-13 Grease Pencil Module Meeting Notes 2026-04-13 Modeling Module Meeting 2026-04-14 Render & Cycles Meeting 2026-04-14 Sequencer Meeting Notes […]

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The Blender Conference for this year is planned from Sept 23-26 and will happen in the now familiar location of Felix Meritis in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Grab your EUR 50 ‘early bird’ discount now!

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In this two part Blender tutorial we will create low poly nature. In part 1 we will create the low poly nature 3d models, and in part 2 we will create the forest meadow environment.

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Let’s use a quick geometry node setup to create stylized and painterly trees in Blender!

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