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Check out the updates to animation and rendering in the real-time 3D engine. New pricing, but still free for indie games and VFX projects.

Chris Bailey shows how to model, texture, light and render a ball point pen in Blender.

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A new policy on Superhive will limit product purchases to 12 months of support, with paid upgrades required for newer versions. This article covers the debate that’s been taking place in the Blender community over the past week, following the release of Superhive’s email to a small group of creators about their new Support Periods […]

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Directors Harmony Korine and Sam Goldwater continues their expansion into game culture with a new trailer for Marathon, the upcoming title from Bungie. Created through Korine’s experimental studio EDGLRD, the trailer leans into abstraction, atmosphere, and sensory impact, favoring mood over exposition

Dust Particles+ has always been about a lightweight, procedural way to add atmosphere (and life!) to your scenes without the default Blender particle system headaches. This update pushes things a fair bit further in that direction by introducing… well, procedural life. Gleb Alexandrov writes: We’ve included generators for things like swarming insects, bees and birds. […]

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Sparseal's promising new tool for non-photorealistic texturing is now available for Windows desktop and mobile systems, as well as iPads.

Check out the new features in the image-editing app, including tighter integration with online mood boarding platform Firefly Boards.

VFX and motion graphics tools firm buys Magix's pro video and audio editing software. New version of Vegas Pro already available.

You are invited to a 90-minute live, interactive leadership development session exploring what it truly means.

After 25 years, OFFF Barcelona director Pep Salazar has one answer for why thousands of creatives keep boarding planes to Barcelona every April: "OFFF is a peaceful place to meet. And we need these places, especially now." In this exclusive conversation, Salazar opens up about the festival's evolution, the metaverse experiment he'd rather forget, why Motion Design is the full rock band, and what must never be lost when he's no longer in the room.

Ryan King shows us the creation process of his Sunny Spring Garden stylized artwork in Blender.

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Poly Hammer's Character DNA add-on lets you edit MetaHuman facial and body rigs inside Blender, including their RBF corrective poses.

Insights-driven creative company Sibling Rivalry has appointed Kristen Bedard Johnson (KBJ) as Managing Director, supercharging the company’s next phase of growth.

Curiosity, passion, and the drive to connect: these are the qualities that give Concept Art its lasting power. In the final installment of Keeping Visual Storytelling Alive, featured artists Eduardo Peña, Léa Pinto, and David Palumbo reflect on what fuels their work and why, no matter how the industry evolves, art made with intention will always have a place in the stories we tell.

VFX artist Marty Blumen's neat free add-on renders volumes like clouds and fire in Nuke without round-tripping to an external renderer.

Promising 'minimalist 3D sculpting' tool runs in a browser, on Windows, Mac and Linux, and as an iPad app. Free for personal use.