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Blender Jobs for April 24, 2026
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.
Best of Blender Artists: 2026-17
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.
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.3
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including updates to virtual textures, trace sets, and the Neural Radiance Cache.
Showreel 2026 – Manuel Burchi
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
Houdini GPU liquid solver Paradigm 1.0 is now available
Check out the promising new GPU-accelerated sparse liquid solver from Theory Accelerated, creator of the popular Axiom fluid solver.
Chaos reinstates support for AMD GPUs in V-Ray
The V-Ray GPU render engine now supports AMD cards again via AMD's HIP framework - and they're actually faster than NVIDIA in some scenes.
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 Update 3 for 3ds Max
Check out the new features in the 3ds Max renderer, including native parallax interiors, quick caustics, and relighting 3D Gaussian Splats.
Free Download: Surface Stable Fractal Dithering for Blender
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 […]
3D texture painting app Wafer is now available for Windows
Updated: Sparseal's promising texture painting app gets its first official Windows release - and an experimental free build for macOS.
Learn Blender: Beginner’s Guide Updated for Blender 5.1
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 […]
Open-source material authoring software Material Maker 1.6 is out
See the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a Controlled Variations system for material variants.
Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 20 April 2026
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 […]
Blender Conference 2026 Tickets are Now Available
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!
Autodesk releases Flame 2027
Compositing, finishing and effects software gets a new Annotations system and two new AI models for generating depth maps from clips.
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.5
Check out the latest features in the production renderer, including support for Windows on ARM and hardware ray tracing on AMD GPUs.
Maxon releases Red Giant 2026.4
Check out the new features in the plugins for motion design and VFX, including support for free motion graphics software Autograph.
Sneak peek: NeXus for Blender
Insydium's popular Cinema 4D particle tool is coming to Blender. Read our FAQs on its likely price, features and release date.
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2026.0
New features in the 3D clothing design tool include a 3D Pencil, updates to garment rigging and animation, and glTF support.
How to Create a Low Poly Forest Meadow Environment
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.
Tutorial: Animating a Dragon Rider for Film & VFX
Discover how to set up, block and refine a movie-quality animation with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.