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The Legend of Zelda Swamp Ruins Loop (+ Making of)
Marty revisited a scene from Zelda that he created a year ago, adding animation and a day/night + weather cycle. I've been really enjoying Marty's recent work, which also includes recreations of Ren & Stimpy, a cartoon from the 90's. Check out his portfolio on Blender Artists for more.
Accelerate Your renders up to 5x with Cycles Y Add-On for Blender [$]
Cycles Y is a new add-on to oprimize your Cycles settings and get faster renders at the same quality. Are you tired of long render times slowing down your creative process? Introducing Cycles Y Add-On—the ultimate solution to supercharge Blender's Cycles rendering engine. Why Choose Cycles Y? Up to 5x Faster Rendering: Achieve stunning visuals [...]
Behind the Scenes: Bianchi House
Discover Mateusz Kapusta's architectural visualization journey, where he brings the iconic Bianchi House by Mario Botta to life in a stunning 3D recreation, set amidst the breathtaking views of the Swiss-Italian Alps. INTRODUCTION Hello, I am Mateusz Kapusta, a self-taught 3D artist from Poland. I am a landscape architect to a degree. Professionally, I create [...]
Short Film: Ordinary Love
A voicemail from an ex-lover. Blender artist nobodycaresaboutyou from Argentina shares his interpretation of the feelings it invokes.
Blender Jobs for October 5, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: NEX Level Gaming | 3D Animation & Modeling Internship/Co-Op Blender Addon Developer for Vehicle Generation Addon Blender Generalist for TV Company For more jobs, look here.
How to Get started with Kitbashing for Free
Today Leo from MediaWay is going to create a car render in just 20 minutes, using only free assets and the Blender. We're going to cover lighting, camera settings, depth of field, where to get free models, compositing, and loads more pro tips. I'm not going to skip anything, so even if you're a complete [...]
Minecraft Movie Trailer, But Made in Blender
The trailer of the upcoming Minecraft Movie received plenty of negative reviews - especially because of the live actors, which could have been easily animated in the original Minecraft style. Flxmerity fixed that, and re-created the entire trailer - in Blender!
Animate the Default Cube With this Free Rig
This free rig Felix Paul Kühn gives your default cube a second chance ;-) It's licensed CC-BY NC (Attribution/Non-Commercial), and you can get it from Gumroad.
Blender 4.3 Deep Dive: Exploring Diffuse Roughness & Physical Conductor
In this video, Christopher 3D explores two new render features in Blender 4.3 dealing with improved physical accuracy. This is the new Oren-Nayar Diffuse Roughness slider in the Principled BSDF; and the new Metallic BSDF node that has a new Physical Conductor option for laboratory measured reflectance data of metals.
Blender Jobs for October 4, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: NEX Level Gaming | 3D Animation & Modeling Internship/Co-Op For more jobs, look here.
Best of Blender Artists: 2024-40
Enjoy our selection of the top art from the Blender Artists forum this week!
Create Music-driven Animations With This Free Add-On
This add-on by Ryo Suke converts midi files to keyframes, allowing you to drive animations of instruments, like keyboards or launchpads. Officially releasing my plugin today “MIDI to Keyframes” ? You can download it on GitHub. Should be up on Blender Extensions soon once they approve #b3d — Ryo (@whoisryosuke.bsky.social) 2024-10-03T22:21:54.209Z How to use Open [...]
Send a notification to your iPhone after rendering with this add-on [$]
Blender.Fun shares their latest add-on. The premise is simple, but helpful: receive an iMessage notification when rendering is complete. Hi guys, i just created another add-on which is a huge time-saver. Do you also have often render times of animations which takes several hours or even days? Do you also have the problem, that you [...]
The Blendinator Release Launch - Course Overview [$]
Justin from Blender Frenzy presents his latest head tracking VFX course. THE BLENDINATOR is finally out of early access and the FULL course has been released at a discounted rate! The sale is only for a limited time. Get the course from Blenderfrenzy.com.
Blender Jobs for October 1, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: In need of a Rigging Artist for a industrial six axis robot 3D Artist at Wirestock NEX Level Gaming | 3D Animation & Modeling Internship/Co-Op For more jobs, look here.
Video: Dawn - Peaceful Sunrise
Pierre Lazarevic animated this peaceful scene focusing on face animation and fur where we meet an alien species called Rivermops. Rivermops These creatures, known as Rivermops or Limovores Fluviolentis, are native to an exoplanet and have a unique feeding behavior. They are herbivores, but they also feed on insects found in the sediment at the [...]
Behind the Scenes: Baroque Flowers 2024 Redux
Explore Joseph Wakerley's journey from Maya to Blender, resulting in the stunning 3D artwork 'Baroque Flowers 2024 Redux', inspired by Flemish Baroque painting style. INTRODUCTION 3D artist, former and repeatedly unretired graphic designer, I am Joseph Wakerley, currently living in Sheffield, UK, but forever an Essex boy. I took up 3D animation over 20 years [...]
"50 Blender Tips That Will Make Your Parents Love You Again"
Eh, ok :) Joey Carlino shares 50 tips for both beginners and veterans. Do you know all of them?
Blender Jobs for September 30, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: NEX Level Gaming | 3D Animation & Modeling Internship/Co-Op 3D Character Modeler and Animator for Game Integration at nikolaiganache9-studio For more jobs, look here.
The Double Subdiv method
This simple but powerful modeling technique, which you might call the "double subdiv method" is great for quickly creating base meshes. It allows you to be creative, and automatically gives you quad topology.
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