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Sketchsoft releases Feather 1.1
Promising 3D sketching app for iPad gets time-saving new workflows for Apple Pencil users, including support for haptic feedback.
GIMP 3.0 is out after seven years in development
Long-awaited update to the open-source image editor adds non-destructive layer effects and better interoperability with Photoshop.
Spiral Roll Geometry Node Presets - Motion Presets Update [$]
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 [...]
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.21
Check out the new export features in the VR modeling software. Now available via Adobe's new Substance 3D Indie subscriptions.
How to combine normals in Blender
Perfect 'Stroopwafel' Factory Loop Animation in Blender – New Geometry Nodes!
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 Only for Blender to start rapidly developing Geometry Nodes, meaning that workflow was quickly out of date.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 [...]
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 11.0
Check out the new features in the 3D texture painting app, including an Auto-update system, and more path tools, filters and texture generators.
Creating a Biplane in Blender
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)
Free tool: Lens Cap for Blender
Decoded's frustration-saving add-on adds new features to Blender's camera system, streamlining keyframing DOF and object visibility.
Procedural Crystal Generator
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.
3D Modeling Shrek's Swamp in Blender
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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2D/ 3D Storyboard Masterclass in Blender Grease Pencil - Preview [$]
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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Celsys releases Clip Studio Paint 4
Check out the new features in the digital painting software for comics, illustrations and concept art, including the new Puppet Warp.
Blender Manual in Dutch Milestone: 10%
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, [...]
Assetify 2.1 converts Blender assets to game-ready formats
Asset baking and export add-on can now bake PBR textures from any Blender shader set-up, not just the Principled BSDF shader.
Short Film: Deep Rooted
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?
Tutorial: Creature Combat Animation in Maya
Discover how to create a King Kong-style creature fight sequence with The Gnomon Workshop's new five-hour Maya masterclass.
Best of Blender Artists: 2025-11
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.