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Blender is Looking for a Communications Lead
The Blender Foundation needs someone to gather and share stories about their projects across Blender websites, social media and other platforms. Blender is looking for a storyteller. Someone who can share and communicate the ongoing projects, our mission and free/open source values to a variety of audiences through a variety of media. Given the great [...]
Sculpting Quick Start Guide for Absolute Beginners
Ryan King Art writes: In this beginner tutorial I will teach you the very basics of how to get started with sculpting in Blender.
Vegetation V6 - Tree And Plant Animation Library Addon [$]
Vegetation V6 is a major step forward for the add-on, introducing 2 new categories and 129 new assets, while keeping the core features that made it popular. V6 addds season switching (spring, summer, autumn, winter/snow), HD PBR textures, and very high-quality assets built for photorealistic rendering. With this update, the library now totals nearly 400 [...]
Project Lighthouse: A new kind of open game development
Poly Haven is working on a video game with the help of community-created assets. We've been publishing free (CC0) 3D assets for the last 10 years thanks to the support of our community on Patreon, and now we’re trying something brand new. Under the pressure of AI-generated content, and with the motivation to prove the [...]
Blender Jobs for March 20, 2026
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Geometry Node Creation Senior CG Artist - London, Full-Time Midweight CG Artist - London, Full-time 3D Simulation Pipeline Engineer (Blender + 3ds Max + Omniverse / Isaac Sim) - Nfinite Hiring Blender Artist – Violet and Marlowe Drone shows - [...]
Best of Blender Artists: 2026-12
Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I'm putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation.
Blender 5.1 Released
This week, Blender 5.1 was officially released, bringing numerous new nodes and features (especially related to motion graphics), significant performance improvements, quality-of-life tweaks, and of course several bug fixes and refinements.
Webpage over 3D and more in Verge3D 4.12 for Blender [$]
Soft8Soft writes: A fresh update of the most Blender-friendly Web 3D authoring tool is out! Here is what's new: new demo for cloning objects true GPU-based instancing multi-folder view in the App Manager example showing how to embed a web page into the 3D scene tool to visually setup the camera pivot in Blender viewport [...]
Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 16 March 2026
Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Contributor Agreement Workflow Update Modules & Projects 2026-03-10 Nodes & Physics Module Meeting 2026-03-10 Animation & Rigging module meeting 2026-03-13 User Interface Meeting 2026-03-13 Projects Updates meeting 2026-03-16 Grease Pencil Module Meeting New Features and Changes This is a selection of changes that happened over [...]
How to Make Realistic Underwater Scenes In Blender
Kenan Proffitt writes: Create an Epic and Realistic Underwater Scene in Blender! In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll learn the three core elements that make underwater environments feel believable and cinematic.
New Release: Simple Motion Graphics Series of Geometry Nodes | Offset Motion, SMGS #01
3DSinghVFX writes: Hi. If you want to truly understand procedural motion graphics, not just copy effects, this series is for you. We will explore structured techniques in Geometry Nodes (100%, no preset) to build complete animation systems - focusing on clean logic, controlled timing, and professional visual results. This is chapter-1, new chapter (2 - [...]
Free Blender 5.1 Beginner Course in Brazilian Portuguese (4 Hours)
Finding quality Blender training in Brazilian Portuguese has always been a challenge. Most comprehensive courses are either in English or Spanish, which leaves a huge community of Portuguese-speaking artists and professionals without a solid starting point in their own language. Allan Brito decided to fix that. I just released a free, complete beginner course for [...]
Paint Instance Size and Density
A quick tip by Richard Yot showing you how to paint particle size and density to achieve full manual control over Geometry Nodes instancing.
How to do Object Tracking In Blender
Kenan Proffitt writes: Learn Blender Object Tracking Fast! In this video, you’ll get a step-by-step walkthrough that teaches you how to track your video footage inside Blender and integrate 3D assets back into your shot. Enjoy!
How to Light 3D Portraits in Blender
Gleb Alexandrov writes: In this tutorial (video and article) we’ll look at a mix of practical Blender techniques and timeless lighting principles used in cinematic character lighting – things like light direction, falloff, focal length and how to use HDRIs effectively.
Hip Hop Artist Turns Himself into an Animated 3D Character with Blender & Character Creator [$]
Self-taught in Blender through tutorials and trial and error, Hip Hop artist Ali Tomineek built a 100-million-view animation career and shares how he combined it with Reallusion to speed up his entire workflow. Ali Tomineek My name is Ali Tomineek. I’m an artist and 3D creator born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. To be clear, [...]
Blender Jobs for March 13, 2026
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Looking for a sculpt artist in blender 3D Motion Designer / 3D Visual Editor Realistic 3D Character Artist (DAZ Studio) – Human Character Creation Senior Character Technical Animator (Unity3D | Mobile | Automation) For more jobs, look here.
Best of Blender Artists: 2026-11
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.
Colorful Animation Tutorial
Let's have some fun with animation and procedural texturing and create a colorful keycaps animation in Blender.
Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 9 March 2026
Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Evolutions of the Blender Admins group Modules & Projects 2026-03-02 Grease Pencil Module Meeting 2026-03-03 Modeling Module Meeting 2026-03-03 Render & Cycles Meeting 2026-03-03 Sequencer Meeting Notes 2026-03-05 Triaging Module Meeting 2026-03-05 Core Module Meeting 2026-03-05 Pipeline & I/O Module Meeting 2026-03-05 Animation & Rigging [...]
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