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Animator Tal Minks' promising Maya plugin extracts hand animation from a standard webcam and bakes it to any five-fingered Maya character.

Dive into this article as Denis Rakarić breaks down his journey of modeling a detailed Type VIIc submarine. From historical accuracy to procedural texturing, he shares the challenges, techniques, and lessons learned along the way. INTRODUCTION Hi! My name is Denis, and I’m a hard surface artist from Croatia, currently working at Gamepires as an [...]

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LuckyChris shows how to rig a mechanical object. His tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to rigging and animating a tow truck in Blender, focusing on bone creation, constraints, and animation techniques.

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Master professional asset development workflows for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced-level tutorial.

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 new features in the modular, open-source, hardware-agnostic framework for developing real-time rendering technology.

Check out the new versions of AMD's AI-based image upscaling, sharpening and frame-generation tech, available via its GPU drivers.

First RDNA 4 GPUs get strong reviews in the gaming press. But how do they fare in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve?

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D Animator Visual artist for stage design of a theater production based on visuals and music PAID - Fire Effects for Short Film Paid Opportunity: Seeking Skilled Blender Artist for 3D Head Models and Hair Try-On Animations Sinn Studio Inc. [...]

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Have you ever wanted to whip up a neon-soaked cityscape without spending ages modeling every single window and walkway? 3D Tutor presnts the Stylized Cyberpunk Downtown Modular Pack—it’s like a giant box of sci-fi building blocks for your 3D scenes. Here’s the gist: You get 190+ modular pieces—we’re talking roads, skyscraper segments, and even those [...]

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Major update to Dimension 5's real-time visualization software adds experimental path tracing system. Check out the other new features.

Kai writes: In this video, I’ll show you how to create a procedural wonky modifier in Blender using Geometry Nodes and how to loop noise textures seamlessly. This modifier lets you add organic imperfections to static models or create loopable animations, giving your 3D objects a more handcrafted, less perfect look. I’ll break everything down [...]

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Gleb Alexandrov writes: In this free bonus tutorial from Game Asset Workflow course, we’ll explore two methods of displacing intricate geometry in Blender using generated depth-maps.  

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Library Drop 05 makes over 150 new assets available for the real-time rendering and look dev software, including 86 new materials.

So why is the Maya and 3ds Max developer culling 9% of its global workforce when revenue is actually going up across the business?

New standalone app from the maker of the Unwrella plugins for 3ds Max and Maya promises easy UV unwrapping and packing.

Discover five key new features in the open-source game engine, including updates to shading, lighting, animation and physics.

Check out the new features in the architectural modeling app, also used in concept art, including HDRI lighting and PBR materials.