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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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The Class Creatives team recently shared this detailed Behind the Scenes post on the Blender Artists forum. I thought it was an interesting enough read to republish it here. We have been working on project Acheron for a few years, and we wanted to share our progress and final renders with the community. Our goal was to [...]

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Jonathan Josenhans from the German Architectural Visualization studio edelVIZ shares a quick buildup of one of their recent projects. I can finally show you one project we completed last year. This is acually our first video we ever did in blender - some things are a bit janky, but overall I am really happy about [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Looking for someone to create some low poly cartoonish clothing asset for my character I'm looking for an artist to make me a Thumbnail for YouTube Vertpaint Studios | Concept Artist Stealth Startup | 3D Artist Intern Pizza Party Productions [...]

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Check out the changes to the open-source game engine, including updates to multi-GPU rendering, cinematics editing and XR workflow.

If you're using OctaneRender in Blender and need stylized outlines or toon-style edge tracing (but also toon-shading!), this free toolkit by Lino Grandi might be for you. Developed specifically for Octane, the addon offers a complete edge rendering workflow using Geometry Nodes and vertex groups. It includes a ready-to-go material, customizable thickness, and AOV/Compositor setups [...]

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Enjoy seeing how the VFX in The Snow Sister were created. As always, the best VFX are the ones you can't spot!

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Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including support for rendering USDZ files, and support for point clouds in Blender.

3D animation and motion graphics app gets liquid simulation toolset, plus support for UDIMs and texel density. See all the new features.

Yoji shows how to prepare generated models for proper texturing in tools like Substance Painter.

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Check out the new features in the desktop 3D scanning tool and the Android and iOS photogrammetry apps, all of them free to indie artists.

Behavioural Paleontologist, Tony, has been located. His surveillance system has alerted him to the presence of hunters on the island of Isla Sorna. Now he must deal with the immediate threat, as well as understand why the buck tyrannosaur has been behaving uncharacteristically. A short fan film by Ali Awada.

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ZenShaders Library is a growing collection of materials, tools, textures, and brushes designed to speed up your workflow when texturing, drawing, or sculpting. This first update includes: 120 stylized materials, 50 decals, and 50 grunge textures for Blender and Substance Painter. Texture maps are also included in case you want to use them in other [...]

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Check out the new features in the image-editing software, including a new Dynamic Text system, and support for AVIF and JPEG XL.

See all the changes to the popular 3D modeling toolkit for Houdini, including a new shading preset system, and a new hotkey layout.

Poly Haven presents their latest content drops in Vaults. These 'pay for early access' libraries are how the project funds their production. Once a vault reaches a target number of supporters, it will be released for free! Greg Zaal writes: We're proud to finally share with you several years' worth of work: The Vaults! The [...]

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Architectural renderer gets new toon shading system, support for animation in Vantage Live Link, and integration with Chaos AI Enhancer.

Wacom's first new mid-range pen displays for five years are smaller but sharper than the old Cintiqs. Check out their specs and prices.