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The Fork - Chess animation
I recently got back into playing chess. This lesson by Bonjourchess covers a basic strategy, but it's a good one!
Blender Jobs for November 17, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: [FULLY REMOTE!] Independent Render Wrangler Required For more jobs, look here.
Create Stunning Minimalistic Digital Art with Blender
For a change, Slavoartist moves away from his usual complex scenes to focus on the beauty of simplicity. Minimalism. Honestly, I am a big fan of minimalistic art and photos. Despite the fact that I usually show some complex Blender scenes and talk about optimization, how to make large scenes on a weak computer, this [...]
Download VFX Assets’ free 2D Cloud Textures Pack
Get 125 free cloud textures on black backgrounds for background compositing in VFX or motion graphics projects. Commercial use.
Create perfect topology for animated characters
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create 3D characters with animation-friendly, production-ready topology in Maya and ZBrush.
LoL Worlds 2024 Finals Teaser - VFX done with Blender
The 2024 League of Legends World Championship Final was a massive e-sports event that took place in the O2 Arena in London. It was played in front of 14,700 spectators, with 6.9 million peak viewers. See how Calvin Serrano created the VFX for this video in Blender! Full video Breakdown video
Blender Management Desktop App
BlenderManager is a lightweight, open-source tool designed to simplify the management of Blender projects. Built with Python, it helps users organize their project files and streamline workflows. It provides a clean interface for tracking your Blender projects and keeping everything structured, especially useful for larger projects. verlorengest writes: Made a Desktop App About Managing Blender [...]
Best of Blender Artists: 2024-46
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.
Alert Animation Tutorial
Let’s model and animate a 3D alert light beacon scene in Blender! https://youtu.be/UJ6YY4XjCzc
Blender Jobs for November 15, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: I am looking for someone who can support me in my work on various projects. €50,- ph For more jobs, look here.
Ephere releases Ornatrix 3 for Cinema 4D
Hair and fur plugin gets new tools for 'grafting' procedural hair grooms onto a character, and 'boxing' operators into single modifiers.
Maxon releases Red Giant 2025.2 and Universe 2025.1
Check out the new features in the suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins and the online library of effects and transitions.
Behind the Scenes: The Windrunner
Discover the imagination of Andri Stefanus, an Indonesian self-taught artist, as he details the techniques of bringing a fantastic creature to life. INTRODUCTION Hi, my name is Andri Stefanus, and I'm from Indonesia. I majored in Informatic System Specific Website Application Programming, but it didn't work for me, so I decided to make a turn [...]
Verge3D 4.8 Brings 3D Audio and Improved Performance [$]
A fresh update of Blender-friendly WebGL creator tool is out. Here is what's new. spatial (3D) audio effects major shader optimizations for faster rendering and loading option to zoom with Ctrl + Scroll in a Google Maps fashion preserving materials swapped via Puzzles, crucial for 3D configurators Performance Profiler outputs more precise information better click [...]
Unreal Engine 5.5: discover 10 key features for CG artists
Read our pick of the features in this huge update to the game engine, from MegaLights to character rigging, animation and rendering.
Retopologize in Blender Like Maya’s Quad Draw With This Free Extension
Luis Roach tries out the free PolyQuilt Retopology Tool extension, that's a fork of an abandoned add-on by Sakana3. Like Maya's Quad Draw, but in Blender and free. We used Polyquilt on a 17-million-triangle model, and here’s how it went!
Blender Jobs for November 14, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: [Monthly Salary] Seeking 3D Animators with Experience in Action/Sports games For more jobs, look here.
Breakdown: 3D Integration and VFX Environments for Gibraltar
An overview of the VFX creation process for four shots in the documentary ‘Détroits, entre terre et mer’, broadcast on Arte TV. Bmotion writes: This VFX project involved enhancing drone views of Gibraltar by replacing the sea with a lush, vegetated landscape, recreating the environment during the Messinian salinity crisis when the Mediterranean dried up. [...]
3DCoat Photogrammetry Room — Create 3D Models in a Few Steps with the Help of RealityCapture inside!
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 19.1
Update to the 3D compositing app extends USD and OCIO workflow, and adds new options for toggling between inputs in compositions.