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Latest update to the image-editing and digital painting software adds the option to choose new third-party AI models for Generative Fill.

Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Happy holidays and a great start into the new year! The next Weekly Updates will be posted on January 5th, 2026 Modules & Projects 2025-12-08 Grease Pencil Module Meeting 2025-12-09 Render & Cycles Meeting 2025-12-09 Sequencer meeting 2025-12-09 Nodes & Physics Module Meeting 2025-12-09 Sculpt, [...]

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Luciano writes: I wanted to share with you guys this old old animation that a couple of weeks ago I decided to give a hand of polish in every aspect from animation, to rigging, to shading, lighting and comp, I picked it up with blender 5.0.1 did all that and rendered it in eevee. The [...]

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In this Blender beginner sculpting tutorial, Ryan King will teach you the basics of sculpting, while sculpting this cute creature character sculpt. Free project files on Gumroad

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Gleb Alexandrov writes: We’ve just released our new course! 🔥 EEVEE Realistic Lighting and Rendering. It’s for those who want to produce stunningly realistic lighting right up there with Cycles and other path-tracing engines in Blender 5.x – at a fraction of the render time.

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Check out the latest features in the natural media painting software, including Gradient Maps and updates to the new Bristle Brushes.

See how NVIDIA's top-of-the-range Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs performed in real-world tests in popular DCC applications.

In a race against time to reach the first space cruiser, which has been hijacked, the crew of the patrol ship Argos are intercepted by a military unit with attack robots determined to eliminate them. With their skill and cleverness, the Argos crew will do all they can to shake off their pursuers and continue [...]

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New release removes all license restrictions from the Maya rigging toolkit - but update before 1 March 2026 if you're using an older version.

Check out the new features in the popular hard surface modeling tool, including a new instancing system, and shareable web previews.

Let’s cook up something festive in geometry nodes for the holidays! Learn how to make a seamless and procedural motion design loop. Enjoy!

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Procedural materials can be incredibly powerful—until they’re not. Michael Bridges dives into a common issue that comes up when applying procedural textures to curves and pipes, particularly when UV mapping starts to stretch and distort. If you've ever found your materials looking strange on longer or more complex shapes, you'll know exactly what I mean. [...]

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Another awesome marble race video by Alan Luk.

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Check out the changes to the planar and 3D tracking software, including a new AI-powered system for refining tricky edges on mattes.

When working between multiple 3D Software, you might have some compatibility issues with the Normal Map format, here's how to fix it.

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benjaminaubone writes: Hello dear BlenderNation family! I'm pleased to present "Mecha Cat Monster Hunter," an animated short film made entirely in Grease Pencil. Hugs!

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I love the epic scale of the scenes in Kaleab Aklilu's reel!

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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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Check out the changes to the Maya edition of the renderer, including a new displacement material, and a viewport live link to Vantage.

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: I need Build a low-poly 3D version of a section of map coordinates set in Blender 5.0 using rea 3D Character Artist — Animated AI Companion Dog I need a model of a wristwatch that would also fit on a [...]

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