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Creating a Succulent Plant in Blender
Pradeep writes: This is a Step by Step tutorial to create a succulent plant in blender. Modelling shading, lighting and rendering.
COLOR FOLDERS in Windows: How to make and install your own
Massive 3D Character Generator in Blender [$]
Characterz 5 is a modular 3D character multi pack consists of 9 separated 3D packs featuring diverse body types, ages, ethnicities, pets and 3D rooms. Easily swap outfits and pose characters and integrate them into games, animation, AR/VR, or Three.js projects. With ARKit blend shapes and animation-ready rigs, Characterz 5 makes custom character creation effortless. [...]
How To Make Blender Run Faster on Old Hardware
Hakki Kucuk writes: In this video tutorial, I will show you some basic tips & tricks to get the most out of your old hardware to use Blender as efficiently as possible. The hardware I am using in this video has "CPU: Intel i7-3520M (4) @ 3.600GHz" and no GPU... Overall it has a median [...]
Tutorial: Creating Photorealistic 3D Environments
Create portfolio-worthy 3D terrain in World Creator and Blender with the help of The Gnomon Workshop's intermediate-level tutorial.
Best of Blender Artists: 2025-15
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.
Curves Painting Tool
Auto Retopo Mulitple Layers
Blender Jobs for April 11, 2025
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Braintrust | 3D Artist Generalist - Community Labs Motion Recruitment | Technical Artist – 3D Robotics Simulation Unreal Engine Cinematic Artist (Ontario) Character design and sculpting WarmCerealGames | 3D Environmental Artist Finite Games Studio | 3D Game Character Artist Funko [...]
Learn Body Retopology the Right Way With This Comprehensive Walkthrough
Dikko writes: In this comprehensive walkthrough, discover the best tips I have for retopology of a body sculpt that is super efficient for animation. This video shows the process in real time, with no timelapses or skips, so you don't miss out on any crucial information or methods.
Foundry unveils new ICVFX and virtual production tool Nuke Stage
New purpose-built app is designed for playing back environments onto LED walls. Read our FAQs on its workflow and requirements.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.22
Check out the latest features in the VR modeling software. New Connector plugin syncing Modeler to Unreal Engine 5 now in beta.
F12 releases The Grove 2.2 for Blender and Houdini
Popular 3D tree generator gets new Skeleton tool for creating animation rigs, and new workflows to reduce tree poly counts for use in games.
Reallusion unveils Character Creator 5
Check out the new features, price and release date for the next major update to the 3D character creation software for games and VFX.
Get versions of the free Thinkbox tools that work with 3ds Max 2026
Get new versions of particle tools Krakatoa MX, Frost MX, Stoke MX and XMesh MX recompiled to support current versions of 3ds Max.
How To Manage Massive Scenes
Lino Thomas shares his approach on how to create large scenes which contain a lot of detail using collection instances. This approach allows you to create a dense world without using a lot of time nor resources. If you have not been using collection instances regularly, this might be the workflow for you!
Blender to HTML? How to Export to a Single Self-Contained File [$]
With Verge3D extension you can squeeze a Blender scene into HTML format! The resulting standalone .html file bundles all the geometry, textures, and animations together. It also provides basic orbiting and first-person controls, as well as the possibility to use navigation mesh. This all-in package is a regular HTML file that can be opened on [...]
Rise & Fall - Siege Animation (with detailed Breakdown)
Maarten Nauta used a combination of Blender, Gaea, SpeedTree and Houdini for this short video. The Rise and Fall of a mighty castle. A fun personal project with the main goal of learning a bunch of new skills. I learned a lot about Houdini Pyro and RB FX. I got lots of practice in SpeedTree [...]
Get 150+ free modular workshop assets for Unreal Engine
Get Leartes Studios' Carpenter's Workshop Environment pack of 3D assets for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace. Commercial use.