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50% Discount on Blender Secret Courses and Book [$]
Jan van den Hemel writes: Hi everyone, I'm currently running a big sale on all my educational material - 3 video courses and the Blender Secrets e-book. The courses have 50% off and the book 30%. Get them now!
In depth video - Fast Global Illumination Add Mode
Global Illumination calculates simulated how light in a scene behaves. It simulates light bouncing around and spreading diffusely by calculating object proximity, angles and more. It gives quite convincing results, but can be slow. James Crowther shows how to optimise it in your scenes for better rendering times. Just yesterday we released another video on [...]
Get free Maya and UE5 rigging tools mGear 5.0 and ueGear 1.0
Check out the latest features in the open-source Maya character rigging and animation framework and its new Unreal Engine bridge.
LuxCoreRender and BlendLuxCore 2.10 have been released
Development of the open-source CPU/GPU renderer and its Blender plugin now 'back on track' after three years. See what's new.
Behind the Scenes: Secret Bunker Roller Coaster Ride
Marty created this wild roller coaster ride and shares a detailed breakdown on Blender Artists. This is a project I’ve been working on for a while now – an animation of a wild roller coaster ride through a secret bunker hideout in the middle of the ocean! If you’re interested in how I made this [...]
Maxon discontinues ZBrushCore and ZBrushCoreMini
Sales and downloads of the cut-down editions of ZBrush to end on 30 May 2025, but a new 'freemium' desktop version is 'on its way'.
Get 50+ free assets for building a city scene in Unreal Engine
Get environment artist Emran Bayarti's Downtown Alley modular asset pack free for two weeks on Fab. For commercial use.
Manage Backgrounds with the Free Blueprints Add-on
Robert Rioux offers a free Blender add-on to easily manage background images for modeling. It will automatically set up all views and gives you the possibility to "swap axis" so the the X axis becomes the front view. Itm allows you to adjust all images at the same time too.
Join Blender for Breakfast at Annecy 2025
The Blender crew is attending the Annecy Animation Festival again, and is hosting a breakfast session to connect Blender users in the movie industry. As our first 'breakfasts' in 2023 and 2024 were a success, we're doing it again - with a twist! To be able to gather more people, we'll be at the MIFA [...]
Easy Motion graphics without Geometry Nodes
Leo from MediaWay writes: Geometry nodes can be tough to learn, but... now there's an easier way to create beautiful motion graphics in text and models using offset animations. My tutorial shows you how to create some super easy motion graphic effects in Blender without Geometry nodes for both text animation and product animation using [...]
Animtoolbox Documentation and updates [$]
Animtoolbox is an addon with a set of tools and workflows for animation such as Temp Controls, Editable motion path, Retime markers, Copy Paste Matrices and more. A modular rigging system designed for animators, Temp Controls allows you to create different chain setups and link or unlink them together. The animation is always baked back [...]
Cubebrush bans AI content from its online marketplace
AI-generated assets can still be uploaded, but will be made 'essentially invisible'. See how the policy compares to other sites.
Master Character Creation for Production
Improve your skills in designing, sculpting and texturing 3D characters with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.
Bring Your Lighting to Life with SK_Gobos [S]
A gobo suggests an rich environment by placing an object or mask between your light source and your scene - generating interesting shadows. This pack makes it easy to set up. Stefan_K writes: SK_Gobos is a collection of 80 gobos at 4k resolution for Blender 3.6 and above, using the Cycles render engine. No installation [...]
Adobe to update Creative Cloud All Apps subs in North America
Existing subscribers to be moved to more expensive Creative Cloud Pro plans with more generative AI features by default. Read our FAQs.
Draw in 3D with Grease Pencil and convert to Mesh
Jan van den Hemel writes: This is an updated workflow for turning Grease Pencil strokes into a base mesh that can then be used for sculpting. The previous workflow used the Convert to Path option, which is now gone.
Short: Love at First Sight
Dutch Blender artist Ivo van de Grift created this cute short love story. My first animation with a ‘real scenario’. Created in April of 2024, around 4 months in learning Blender. Made in the Instagram Stories format (1080x1920). Coming from a 2D background, working in 3D was a real challenge.
StylizedWorld: Free Stylized Assets for Game Developers
Stylized World is building a library of assets - both free and Patreon supported. Hey there, game developers, artists, and stylized art enthusiasts! Welcome to StylizedWorld, your go-to hub for high-quality, stylized game assets that bring charm, personality, and creativity to your projects. Whether you're working on an indie game, a vibrant mobile title, or [...]
Sci-Fi Combat Robot (Tutorial Series)
In this 8 part Blender tutorial series Ryan King creates this Sci-Fi Combat Robot. See the full playlist here.