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Rigging Isn't Scary: Early Access ends in 24 hours [$]
Todor Nikolov has introduced a new course, Rigging Isn't Scary, designed for beginners and intermediate users. The course is structured into three levels, offering a gradual approach to rigging in Blender. While it will be available for free on YouTube once complete, Early Access is now open for a limited time, with additional benefits and [...]
Blender Jobs for December 13, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D Designer/Animator at White Label Customs inc For more jobs, look here.
15 Blender free scripts
Semy created a pack of 15 useful Blender scripts, randing from keyframe and collection manipulation to mesh conversion and generation. A gift for our Blender Nation community! We made 15 Blender mini scripts and gave them totally for free. They will save you hours of tedious work inside the Blender. Get the scripts here. Here [...]
Create Vintage Style Christmas Lights in Blender
In this Blender tutorial Ryan King will show you how to make these Easy Vintage Style Christmas Lights with Geometry Nodes.
Behind the Scenes: Yamaha DGX670, What an instrument!
Jump into Yuri Decastelli’s art as he molds a real-life piano through intricate steps. INTRODUCTION Hi! My name is Yuri Decastelli, and I’m an Italian graphic designer and 3D artist. I first encountered Blender at 18, more out of pure curiosity than necessity. I opened the program, got lost in its interface, and ended up [...]
Better Blender Low Poly with a Simple Trick
Polygon Runway shows how to ensure all the faces in your low-poly models remain completely flat, avoiding unexpected render results.
Tired of Code Errors from Your ChatGPT Blender Add-on? Here's the Fix! [$]
Joe Morris introduces his new Ultimate Script Generator for Blender 4.3. Our cutting-edge script generator harnesses the power of OpenAI's advanced technology, using the exact same model available with the ChatGPT Pro subscription on the ChatGPT website, to create scripts from your detailed user commands. If a generated script encounters an error, our system automatically [...]
Creating Procedural Landscapes in Blender
Blender 4.3 added a new texture node: Gabor noise. This allows for 'banded' noise patterns that are perfect for landscapes. ChuckGD explains. Trying the new Gabor texture node in Blender 4.3, It’s perfect to create sand, dunes or waves, but we can also mix it with noise textures to get interesting terrain shapes.
10 Cubes Challenge, Prompt 3: Myths and Legends
The next prompt for the Blender Artists 10 Cubes challenge dropped! As always, you can find the rules, prompts and entries in the 10 Cubes category on Blender Artists. Have fun!
Demo Reel 2024: Albin Merle, Director & 3D Artist
Spectacular work by Albin Merle! Sere's the howcase of my most exciting and impactful work as a film director and 3D artist. This reel features highlights from the past year, along with some standout projects from 2023 ( because, let’s face it, editing last year’s reel didn’t make the to-do list ! ). From captivating [...]
Blender Jobs for December 7, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Infinite Reality | Motion Graphics Artist Job Title: Blender Developer/Technical Artist for Add-On Development For more jobs, look here.
10 Cubes Challenge, Prompt 2: Space Train
The next prompt for the Blender Artists 10 Cubes challenge dropped! As always, you can find the rules, prompts and entries in the 10 Cubes category on Blender Artists. Have fun!
Best of Blender Artists: 2024-49
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.
KeenTools FaceTracker Becomes Stable [$]
KeenTools' FaceTracker for Blender, brings professional-grade face tracking from Nuke to the Blender community. Their add-on left beta now, and is ready for production.After three months in open beta, our professional facial mocap add-on is now ready for production. Discover a new chapter of character animation and 3D composting in Blender: markerless motion capture, texture [...]
Blender Jobs for December 5, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Paid Job | Creating Card Hair and Textures for a Rigged Dragon Model For more jobs, look here.
Making Large Scale Hills in Blender
That3DGuy challenged himself to create a large-scale scene in Blender with large looming hills on an old Villa. See how he did it! I showed how I modeled the Villa, the creation of the foreground, the texturing of the Villa, and how to efficiently scatter foliage in a large environment. I used a variety of [...]
Blender Jobs for December 4, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Animatrice·eur 3D intermédiaire at Borealys Games Inc. For more jobs, look here.
Is Blender Good Enough if Its Free?
Blendereverything explores the landscape of 3D software, comparing the revenue streams of popular 3D apps against Blender and asking himself: how can Blender compete with them? But Blender has a secret weapon - our community! After watching this video, what's your take on this?
Create Epic Space Scenes With StarGen [$]
Create volumetric starfields and nebulae with this new add-on by Stefan Kotuziak. Do you want to create detailed starfields and nebulae for your next space epic quickly and easily? Do you want complete control over those starfields and nebulae? Do you want a non-destructive way to do it? Do you want to create volumetric nebulae [...]
Creating a MASSIVE Lord of the Rings Orc Army... in Blender
Steve Lund sets out to recreate LoTR scene from Weta Digital in Blender - in only 24 hours! Using Geometry Nodes for the animation of the characters across a curving landscape, some models from Sketchfab and a Rokoko motion capture suit, he created something impressive! What do you think?
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