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Victorian environments are brilliant fun to build, but they can become messy very quickly when the materials do not feel like they belong together. You might have a strong brick shader, a decent wood material, a nice bit of aged metal, and a perfectly respectable glass surface. Then you put them into the same scene […]

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Linux-based VFX and games studios get new alternatives to the Substance 3D tools. Includes the Blender and Maya integrations.

AI firm's controversial contribution to the Blender Development Fund becomes a single donation; funding process to be 'strengthened'.

Let’s model and animate a hot cup of coffee in Blender and use smoke simulation to create the steam!

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Dmitry Proskurin shares a cinematic CGI scene created entirely in Blender. The environment was built with a focus on atmosphere and scale, with special attention to lighting and composition. For the grass animation, I developed procedural setups using Geometry Nodes, allowing me to simulate both wind motion and basic collision interaction in a fully procedural […]

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Popular alternative to ProBuilder for modeling, texturing and rigging 3D assets directly inside the Unity Editor is now available free.

Learn how to create a realistic ferrofluid simulation in Blender using Geometry Nodes and Extra Nodes. This fully procedural setup lets you control spikes, behavior, and shading for motion graphics and VFX. Perfect for advanced users exploring simulation-style workflows inside Geometry Nodes.

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Francesco posted an update to the way the Blender Foundation handles Anthropic’s support. Earlier this week, Anthropic became a Blender Development Fund sponsor, and announced MCP support for Blender – allowing Claude to interact directly with Blender scenes. This started a hot debate in the community. On the one side, people were excited about the […]

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An update after the latest Development Fund announcement.

Here’s an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Junior Animator (Contract) Senior Environment Artist – Assets – 213649 3d AAA Anime Style Hairs Modeler Pixel Artist (2D / 3D Stylized Games | Unity3D) / Europe For more jobs, look here.

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Check out designer Albert Omoss's intriguing node-based image editor, pitched as a Photoshop alternative for game art and texture processing.

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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Intuitive object and camera tracking tool for VFX and motion graphics is now available as a Houdini SOP, as well as a Blender and Nuke add-on.

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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