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Creating Imaginary Architecture in Blender 3D
Timmatkovic shares the creation process of his 'Imaginary Architecture' artwork that he recently posted on Blender Artists.
Grease Pencil and Geometry Nodes have so much potential in 4.3
Geometry nodes and grease pencil can play together now, with this and the new for-each zone, way more is possible now! Joey Carlino shows to make a different mesh per frame, how to make a curve filling setup, and how to make hair with grease pencil.
Behind the Scenes: Miles NYC
Discover the creative process behind the spectacular animation of Spider-Man, with a style inspired by the Spider-Verse movies, created by 3D artist Jack Bowman. INTRODUCTION Hello, my name is Jack Bowman, and I've been working as a 3D artist in Blender since 2022. This project was my submission for Pwnisher’s month-long challenge, “Kinetic Rush.” The [...]
Free Download: Medieval-Fantasy Props
Chuck_CG shares this collection of 50 props for your medieval scenes, free to use for both personal and commercial work! Medieval and Fantasy Props Collection: More than 50 game ready props 4K-2k PBR textures (metal/roughness) Included FBX with embedded textures Separate folder withTextures available to download Open GL and Direct X Normal maps included in [...]
Straighten UV Islands Fast with Mio 3 UV
There's a new - free - UV Mapping Addon for Blender: Mio 3 UV. Luis Roach shows how to use it. For those of you working with 3D modeling in Blender, UV unwrapping can sometimes be a tedious task, especially when trying to straighten UV islands and maintain hard edges. I just released a new [...]
Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 21 October 2024
Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Modules & Projects 2024-10-08 Sequencer meeting notes 2024-10-08 Compositor meeting notes 2024-10-17 Core Meeting 2024-10-17 Nodes & Physics Module Meeting 2024-10-17 Pipeline, Assets & I/O Meeting New Features and Changes Please check out the git logs on projects.blender.org to see what changed last week. Weekly Reports [...]
Skeleton Hand Tutorial
Let’s use Rigify addon and it’s armatures as template to easily create fully rigged skeleton hand in Blender.
Building a Stylized House in Blender (for Beginners!)
The Bob Ross of Blender is back and he's teaching us to build a house, and to relax at the same time ;-) The Joy of Blender writes: In this Blender tutorial for beginners, we'll dive into everything you need to a make fun little stylized house in Blender: Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Geometry Nodes, Procedural [...]
Blender Jobs for October 22, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: I need help with several projects, to much work :D For more jobs, look here.
Blender Jobs for October 21, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Senior 3D Artist / Animator at Sozo Labs For more jobs, look here.
How do Graphics Cards Work? Exploring GPU Architecture
Branch Education shares another educational video created in Blender. Graphics Cards can run some of the most incredible video games, but how many calculations do they perform every single second? Well, some of the most advanced graphics perform 36 Trillion calculations or more every single second. But how can a single device manage these tens [...]
Ucupaint - Layer based painting for Eevee and Cycles
Ucupaint is a free Blender addon to manage texture layers for the Eevee and Cycles renderers. It lets you stack images, textures, and vertex colors into layers with mask and baking support. Key features are: Stack images, vertex attributes, generated textures, or many other types into layers and masks. All Ucupaint nodes are contained inside [...]
Mesh Modeling Fundamentals on CG Cookie [$, promoted]
Let's model! In this course, CG Cookie is going to talk about the foundational, most important tools and concepts that you’ll need throughout your modeling journey, whether you’re going into games, animation, visual effects, industrial design, architecture, or any field of computer graphics. Model basic objects with ease and have a good idea of how [...]
Geo Nodes Quick Tip: How to Scale The Radius of a Curve in Blender?
In this quick Blender tip, Kenan Proffitt goes over the nodes set up you need in order to have full control over scaling the radius of your geo nodes curve object in the blender viewport. There are just a few steps needed to achieve this, and once you know them you can unlock many powerful [...]
Blender 4.2.3 & 3.6.17 LTS - Bugfix Releases
The Long Term Support versions of Blender 3.6 and 4.2 have received updates. These 'LTS' releases are for users who don't need the latest features and are instead looking for a reliable and stable Blender environment. They only receive critical fixes throughout a 2-year time span. Any critical fix that is applied to the latest [...]
Blender Jobs for October 19, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Valiant Games | 3D Stylized Clothing Artist - Celebrity Founded Match 3 Game For more jobs, look here.
3D Pixel Art Texture Generator in Blender
This shader node by SouthernShotty will convert existing textures into a retro pixel art version. We'll guide you through the entire process, starting with the basics of selecting the right textures and preparing them for pixelation. Learn how to use Blender’s powerful modifiers and shaders to convert high-resolution images into crisp, eye-catching pixel art that [...]
Convert Triangles To Quads With The Qremeshify Add-On
QRemeshify is an easy-to-use remesher that outputs good-quality quad topology. Features: Good-quality quad topology even with basic usage Supports symmetry Guide edge flow with edges marked seams/sharp/material boundary/face set boundary Options for advanced fine-tuning available No external programs to download or run
Blender Jobs for October 18, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D Animator (Blender) at Octo Games InGame Recruitment Ltd | Senior - Lead 3D Artist For more jobs, look here.
How to Recreate a Detailed Desert Temple Scene in Blender
BlenderVitals created this video after several members of his Discord community asked how he made this render and to share the step-by-step process. What you’ll learn: How to gather and use primary and secondary references to plan a scene Tips for efficient modeling and texturing of complex objects and environments Pro tips on lighting and [...]
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