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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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The February 2025 update for 'Node Charts: Info Graphs for Blender' has been released, here are the features. New Heatmap added: Heatmap added with support for up to a 10×10 grid, allowing up to 100 data points, bringing the total to 25 graphs.

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It's time to update your Blender LTS! Both the 4.2 and 3.6 branches have received some critical updates. The 'Long Term Support' versions offer stability for environments that require it, at the cost of not receiving any new features. Blender 4.2.7 LTS, supported until July 2026, received 18 fixes. Blender 3.6.21 LTS, supported until June [...]

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Animating realistic faces is one of the hardest things to do in 3D animation. Thankfully we now have tools that allow you to record your face and apply those movements directly to your characters. Jamie Dunbar shows how. In this video I'll show you a completely free method to achieve this, as well as some [...]

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Kai describes how he achieved the gorgeous painting effect in his 'Bard' video. In this tutorial, I break down the process step by step—covering shader setup, textures, stylized shading techniques, and different line art approaches using Eevee, ensuring everything runs smoothly in real time within the viewport. This tutorial is a follow-up to my Bard [...]

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Blender 4.4 beta is out and brings a lot! One that everyone will enjoy are the performance improvements to Geometry Nodes, Baking and Denoising, but there's much more. Southern Shotty gives a full overview. The 4.4 release note that outline all the changes are available here. You can download 4.4 beta here.

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The touching feature-length movie Flow will decorate your favorite app starting in March! Flow was made fully in Blender by a small team and achieved recognition with over 60 awards, including a Golden Globe for Best Animation and two Oscar nominations. The upcoming Blender 4.4 release is scheduled for March 18, 2025, and is currently [...]

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Robin Zeeb shares his Sci-Fi horror movie (no gore), that he worked on for more than a year! It has impressive visuals and great sound design. Enjoy! HAEDEAN is my latest DIY animation project from the ZEPHID universe that I have been working on for more than a year. Basically, I want to let my [...]

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In this advanced Blender 3d tutorial TripTilt builds a very groovy colorful abstract motion graphics animation in Blender Geometry Nodes. It is up to you to decide if the tutorial is for advanced users or if you are an advanced geonodes user after this tutorial :) The tutorial teaches a procedural workflow and showcases some [...]

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Widhi Muttaqien shares a quick and effective method for creating stairs in Blender using the 'Scale Cage' tool, requiring no add-ons or complex math.

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Pietro Chiovaro shares a relaxing video where he shows us how he created this fantasy scene. Let me know your thoughts, and if you'd like to see more videos like this, write your project suggestions in the comments section! :D Software: Blender 4.4 (Beta) Render Engine: Eevee Full Time: 6 Hours

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KeenTools just dropped their 2025.1 update, bringing support for Blender 4.4 Beta and a new wireframe render option for GeoTracker and FaceTracker. If you're into 3D tracking and facial animation, KeenTools is one of the best add-ons for enhancing your Blender workflow. Let’s get this straight. This release is mostly about maintenance, so you have [...]

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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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Ever wondered where a powerful GPU truly shines in Blender? Michael Bridges dives deep into the specifics, helping you optimize your hardware for the best performance. Does Blender need a powerful GPU? Yes—but only in the right areas. In this video, I break down exactly where a GPU makes a difference and where it doesn’t, [...]

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Let’s learn how to animate textures in Blender and create this keypad animation from start to finish.

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Oscar Baechler shares his new Geometry Nodes based model generator. I spent the weekend getting sick and making a barrel generator. It's $5, check it out! Poly Modeling Barrels Is Dead Never model a barrel again thanks to the Ogbog’s Grog Barrel Generator! It’s all generated off a curve, so hop into Edit mode and [...]

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In this video Johnny Matthews looks at rigging a strange little machine I put together and in the process learn about rigging gears and crankshafts, as well as using drivers with your armature bones.

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How does a displacement work with EEVEE and Cycles in Blender? What's the difference between texture and modifier displacement? Let's see.

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Inspired by Lord of the Rings (of cours), FXForge set to recreate the epic battle scenes in Blender. What do you think of the result? Key Techniques Covered: Utilizing Blender’s powerful animation tools to design large-scale battle scenes. Incorporating motion capture data for realistic character movement. Enhancing visual effects to add depth and intensity to [...]

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Explore how Tianyi Zhu crafted the captivating background for her short film Pan Si, from sculpting terrain to scattering plants, using Blender to bring the scene to life. INTRODUCTION My name is Tianyi Zhu, a CG freelancer from China. I started working in architectural visualization in 2002 and have received several industry awards, including: First [...]

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