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Tape Animation Tutorial
Let’s model and animate a cool and colorful retro cassette tape scene in Blender.
Spiral Roll Geometry Node Presets - Motion Presets Update [$]
The March 2025 update for “Motion Presets for Blender” has been released, here are the new features. Spiral Node Geometry Node Presets: You can roll a plane mesh either horizontally or vertically Node Setup is programmatically generated by the python script, no extra blend files are needed 1 Click option for Mesh preparation that gives [...]
Perfect 'Stroopwafel' Factory Loop Animation in Blender – New Geometry Nodes!
Menno van Roon is creating Dutch Stroopwafels in Blender! It's been a while! A few years back—I know time flies, right!?—I posted a video similar to this. Only for Blender to start rapidly developing Geometry Nodes, meaning that workflow was quickly out of date. Hence, this update. Blender's latest Geometry Nodes updates make factory animations [...]
Creating a Biplane in Blender
In this 15 part tutorial series Ryan King shows you how to create this Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Biplane in Blender. (This is a playlist)
Procedural Crystal Generator
Crystals are tedious to create by hand, especially if you want to create lots of them. In this tutorial Manuel looks into how to create a procedural crystal generator from start to finish using Blender 4.3 Geometry Nodes. We‘ll create detailed geometry with internal crystal structures and then use a dispersion shader in Cycles.
3D Modeling Shrek's Swamp in Blender
Pietro Chiovaro writes: A short project I worked on, trying to bring back the Shrek we all know and love. Let me know your thoughts — and don’t miss the short animation at the end! :D Software: Blender 4.4 (Beta) Render Engine: Eevee Total Time: 2 hours
2D/ 3D Storyboard Masterclass in Blender Grease Pencil - Preview [$]
Paul Coulthard presents his Masterclass course in 2D/3D Storyboards and Animatics, featuring Blender and its Grease Pencil tool.m Launching in April 2025 The course will launch in 2 tiers : THE MASTERCLASS COURSE tier, and the INTRODUCTION TO BLENDER FOR STORYBOARDING tier , to suit the needs of everyone. Both of these tiers are video [...]
Blender Manual in Dutch Milestone: 10%
A dedicated team of volunteers is working hard to translate the Blender Manual into Dutch. With 10% of the manual already translated, they currently rank eleventh among all translations. Can you help? They have left the Italian translation far behind, but there is still work to be done to catch up with the Portuguese team, [...]
Short Film: Deep Rooted
An animated short film by Duncan Rudd about unfettered greed and its consequences. It's OK being the tallest tree in the forest. But, when the wind blows, how solid is the ground you're standing on?
Best of Blender Artists: 2025-11
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.
Blender Jobs for March 14, 2025
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Blender Artist Needed For An Animation Project Seeking Advanced Retopologizer (Clothing & more) Model, no materials no lighting, based on Preiser model figure Netflix | Senior 3d Artist Seeking a Shader and Geometry Nodes Expert 3d animator Seeking: Rigging, Caging [...]
Bonsai v0.8.1 released with more BIM features
Bonsai v0.8.1 has been released! Bonsai is an add-on for Blender that provides native IFC and OpenBIM authoring for architects, engineers, and construction professionals. Highlights include: Twice as fast geometry processing with support for hybrid CGAL / OpenCASCADE geometry kernels Improved modeling tool for walls, slabs, doors and more, with snapping, axis alignment, angle snaps, [...]
A Simple Environment Challenge
Here's a quick tutorial on the steps to create an simple mysterious environment.mo Aidy Burrows writes: KISS 😗 Keep It Simple Stupid, or Keep It Stupid Simple if you prefer, a good Blender exercise for reducing distraction and endless iteration is to just keep it simple. Take a simple blockout object and have fun with [...]
Behind the Scenes: German Type VIIc U-Boat
Dive into this article as Denis Rakarić breaks down his journey of modeling a detailed Type VIIc submarine. From historical accuracy to procedural texturing, he shares the challenges, techniques, and lessons learned along the way. INTRODUCTION Hi! My name is Denis, and I’m a hard surface artist from Croatia, currently working at Gamepires as an [...]
Rigging a Tow Truck in Blender
LuckyChris shows how to rig a mechanical object. His tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to rigging and animating a tow truck in Blender, focusing on bone creation, constraints, and animation techniques.
Best of Blender Artists: 2025-10
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 Jobs for March 7, 2025
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D Animator Visual artist for stage design of a theater production based on visuals and music PAID - Fire Effects for Short Film Paid Opportunity: Seeking Skilled Blender Artist for 3D Head Models and Hair Try-On Animations Sinn Studio Inc. [...]
Save Time on Your Next Cyberpunk Project with the Stylized Cyberpunk Downtown Modular Pack [$]
Have you ever wanted to whip up a neon-soaked cityscape without spending ages modeling every single window and walkway? 3D Tutor presnts the Stylized Cyberpunk Downtown Modular Pack—it’s like a giant box of sci-fi building blocks for your 3D scenes. Here’s the gist: You get 190+ modular pieces—we’re talking roads, skyscraper segments, and even those [...]
Make Things Look Wonky in Blender
Kai writes: In this video, I’ll show you how to create a procedural wonky modifier in Blender using Geometry Nodes and how to loop noise textures seamlessly. This modifier lets you add organic imperfections to static models or create loopable animations, giving your 3D objects a more handcrafted, less perfect look. I’ll break everything down [...]
Generate Depth Maps and Displace Super-detailed Bas-reliefs – Blender Tutorial
Gleb Alexandrov writes: In this free bonus tutorial from Game Asset Workflow course, we’ll explore two methods of displacing intricate geometry in Blender using generated depth-maps.
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