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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.

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Watch a breakdown of the studio's award-nominated VFX for the survival movie, including a semi submerged CG Fleet Street.

Let’s create a cute stylized robot in Blender and check out some new materials in the latest version.

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Major update to the UV unwrapping and packing software improves customizability, performance and integration into production pipelines.

Unrealizex does 3D reconstruction without using generative AI. Oscar Baechler writes: Learn how to set up UnrealizeX’s Blender extension. You can then use UnrealizeX directly in Blender’s interface. Unrealizex does 3D reconstruction without using generative AI. This video demonstrates our one-shot process on a CC-0 photo of a pilot helmet. Some of our pipeline tools […]

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See how the studio turned footage of Italy into an eerie post-pandemic version of Denver for Ridley Scott's survival thriller.

Watch VFX artist David Krepelka's neat tech demo, inspired by the legendary VFX studio's simulation research on liquid-solid interactions.

Photoshop color picker plugin popular with concept artists gets Color Areas system, and support for Apple Silicon and Oklab color space.

See Houdini timelapses of the ruined CG Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building from The Walking Dead spin-off series.

100+ high-quality PBR material scans availableunder a royalty-free license. Balint Barlai writes: There is no sign-up or account required. You can browse, select, and download the materials directly from our library. Everything is released under a Standard Royalty-Free license. You are fully cleared to use these materials in commercial projects, freelance work, renders, and games […]

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Matelume is a Windows app that turns flat images (scans, catalogue swatches and digital designs) into seamless, true-scale PBR materials: fabric, wall art and marble. On the left of the picture above is the only image we started from: five plain colours. On the right is a Cycles render of the fabric Matelume made from […]

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See the new features in the image-editing software, including a new AI-powered Enhance Edge option for creating cleaner cutouts of hair.

Blender Foundation announces its annual user survey.

See two excellent VFX breakdowns, one showcasing the full range of Rodeo FX's work; the other focusing on the dragon Silverwing.

Chris Bailey teaches us how to use a brand new feature in geometry nodes to create a Death Star trench. This method is really exciting and fantastic for creating greebled services quickly and easily. In the members version he will take things further by adding laser towers to our geometry nodes set up. https://youtu.be/fUP80bpMS_U

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Discover the practical reality of creating professional animation for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's Maya tutorial for junior artists.