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Blender Fes is a streaming 2-day event for Japanese users! All streams will be archived and subtitled so this could be a way for the rest us to see what's brewing in the Japanese Blender community. The Blender users-only technical exchange event in Japan will be held this October. This event is for individuals who [...]

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Granite Imagery takes us behind the scenes of their first major VFX project, showcasing how they utilized Blender to create stunning environments and complex shots for the film Kalki. This article breaks down their contributions, challenges, and creative process in bringing the film's visual effects to life. More than 16 studios worked on Kalki’s VFX, [...]

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TerraForm is a Blender addon designed to simplify the process of creating complex realistic landscapes within Blender. It presents a layer based, non destructive workflow that combines both procedural and design based techniques, allowing you to create unique landscapes from scratch with complete control over the final look. This update adds enhanced noise layers for [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Super Hero Concept Artist at TransPerfect Gaming Character Artist (Sports Franchise) at TransPerfect Gaming Looking for programmer for smart fill & my other smart addons Senior Level Artist at Blue Twelve Studio For more jobs, look here.

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Now streaming on CG Cookie, this course is your deep dive into texturing in Blender. Texturing adds essential details and realism to 3D models, making them look more lifelike and interesting. With just shaders and plain materials, your models might feel flat or incomplete. The process of texturing involves applying images or procedural textures to [...]

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German chemical giant BASF used Blender and Verge3D to create an impressive portfolio of material solutions for the booming green energy market. Run it in your browser here.

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Godot, the open source game engine for 2D and 3D projects, just received a big update! After 2 years of development, Godot 3.6 is finally out and it comes fully packed with features and quality of life improvements! This includes 2D physics interpolation and hierarchical culling, and 3D mesh merging, level of detail, tighter shadow [...]

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Here's a blast from the past: Ren & Stimpy was a television comic series in the nineties and it often had me in tears for it's insane humour and style.  Reggie Perry, Jr. recreated one of the main characters and even treated us to a speed sculpt complete with the amazing show music (YES, LOG!). [...]

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Froogs is an animation project created by Heyvostudio, a small animation studio from northwest Argentina. This project tells the story of a group of frogs who have crazy adventures in a swamp. To develop it, we use Blender, Substance Painter, and Evergen for explosions and smoke particles.

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Looking for someone who can recreate amazing 3D images PDW | 3D Artist Seeking Animator to Create Animations for Vroid models For more jobs, look here.

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Discover Light Studio - The revolutionary Add-on for photorealistic lighting on Blender. We are proud to present Light Studio, our brand-new addon for Blender by Bproduction, designed to radically transform the way you create and design complex and photorealistic lighting for all your 3D scenes. Why choose Light Studio? Light Studio is an essential tool [...]

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Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements VSE Workshop: August 2024 — Blender Developers Blog Modules & Projects 2024-09-03 Render & Cycles Meeting 2024-09-05 Flamenco Dependency Packing / BAT 2024-09-05 Animation & Rigging module meeting 2024-09-09 Viewport/EEVEE Module Meeting New Features and Changes This is a selection of changes that happened over [...]

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INTRODUCTION Hi, I am Cyril Limoges, a modeler at Tnzpv Studio 3D in France. I graduated from art school as a figurative painter, and was a teacher of applied arts.  By chance, I discovered 3D modeling 10 years ago thanks to Blender. Encouraged by a friend, I changed my career path. I never thought I'd make [...]

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Bone Widget is a Blender add-on to assist with making custom bone shapes. It has an editable library of shapes that make it easy to apply to any rig. It ships with many shapes pre-made but you can also add your own to the library to make rigging easier. Wayne Dixon writes: Hello riggers, There [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Crystal Dynamics | Senior Franchise Artist For more jobs, look here.

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Gleb Alexandrov presents the latest Creative Shrimp course on color management and grading in DaVinci Resolve, specifically for 3D artists using Blender. It's a 'pay what you want' model, so you can get it for as little or as much as you think is fair. The course covers topics like EXR rendering pipeline, using industry-standard [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: BLOXNEO | Concept Artist (Founding Team) Paid - Animation Reel [Paid]- proof of concept work For more jobs, look here.

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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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In this time-lapse video, 3D artist Rachel Frick showcases the process behind her latest creation: a sleek, utilitarian portable stove. The design is reminiscent of something you'd take on a rugged camping trip or that could see use in military settings. About the Artist Rachel is a talented hardsurface artist known best for her cute [...]

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Blender users in Seattle are meeting this Saturday morning! When: Saturday, September 7th, 10 AM to 1 PM Where:  Academy of Interactive Entertainment, 305 Harrison St #405 · Seattle, WA What: It's a FOSS family reunion! We recently had a swell time working on a game jam, so this month we'll be looking at how to [...]

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