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Free Download: Namaqualand - A Rocky South African Desert, Blooming With Wildflowers And Succulents
The Poly Haven team traveled to the arid desert near the West coast of South Africa to 3D scan the arid desert. They now released these assets under a CC0 license called "Namaqualand". The project required a 12-hour drive from Joburg and was carried out in Goegap Nature Reserve, with the team camping in lodgings [...]
How to Make a Sci-fi Ventilation Flythrough
How to make a cosmic horror ventilation flythrough effect in Blender, Eevee, utilizing realtime raytracing? Learn it in this new tutorial by Gleb Alexandrov.
Blender Jobs for October 12, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Blender Artists needed for TV Commercials in London NEX Level Gaming | 3D Animation & Modeling Internship/Co-Op For more jobs, look here.
Teaser: Nuclear Winter + Making Of
Compositing Academy gives us a look behind the scenes of an amazing short trailer. This short film teaser was created primarily using Blender and Nuke together, as well as filming with the Sony FX3 + Atomos.
Autodesk releases Bifrost for Maya 2.11
Maya's multiphysics plugin gets experimental new modular rigging toolset, plus the option to generate variant simulations in the cloud.
DeepMotion rolls out AI text-to-animation service SayMotion 2.4
Browser-based text-to-animation generative AI tool can now be used to create seamless animation cycles, and to retarget animation.
Blender Survey 2024
Blender Foundation announces its first user survey. Fill it in and help shape the future of Blender!
Creating Anime Backgrounds in Blender Using Projection Mapping
In this tutorial, PolyPaint shows a best technique for creating dynamic anime backgrounds using Blender and camera mapping (also known as camera projection). Learn how to project 2D artwork onto 3D models, add depth to your scenes, and animate camera movements for stunning results. We’ll also use Krita for painting and refining your layers. Whether [...]
Best of Blender Artists: 2024-41
Enjoy our selection of the top art from the Blender Artists forum this week!
Open 3D Foundation releases O3DE 24.09
Sizeable update to the open-source game engine adds a new mobile render pipeline, and lets you create games without a C++ compiler.
Video: 11:58
Stefan Mayr did an amazing job animating a Gremlin. Everything about this character is incredibly convincing, and the hair it outstanding! Just a small reimagination of a classical character we all love. This project took me couple of months of weekend work, and even though not fully satisfied, I need to call it done before [...]
Blender Jobs for October 9, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Hiring: e-commerce 3d blender cgi adverts 3D Animator (First Person Shooter) at TransPerfect Gaming For more jobs, look here.
Blender Developers Meeting Notes: 7 October 2024
Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Release cycle: Now at 4.3 Beta (and 4.4 Alpha) Modules & Projects 2024-09-30 Modeling Module Meeting 2024-10-01 Render & Cycles Meeting 2024-10-03 Core Meeting 2024-10-03 Pipeline, Assets & I/O Meeting 2024-10-04 Triaging module meeting 2024-10-04 Projects Updates meeting New Features and Changes This is a [...]
Adobe announces new Content Authenticity web app
Free web app will let artists tell generative AI firms not to train AI models on their images and videos. So will it work? Read our FAQs.
Digital Sculpting: new course by Kent Trammell [$, promoted]
CG Cookie presents their latest course, explaining all the ins and outs of sculpting with Blender. You may be familiar with Mesh Modeling as the primary method of forming 3D shapes with Blender. But did you know Blender also offers 3D sculpting? Where mesh modeling can be a bit more like carpentry, sculpting offers a [...]
Blender 4.3 Beta is Now Available
Blender 4.3 Beta has been released, featuring a new Grease Pencil version, Asset Browser integration for brushes, EEVEE Light Linking, and Multi-pass Compositing. The update also includes a rewritten brush evaluation system and viewport drawing, along with a new selection of community-provided brushes. The beta phase will last until November 6, 2024, with the final [...]
Blender Jobs for October 8, 2024
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D animator-generalist required for pre-rendered low-poly 'cinematic' shorts NEX Level Gaming | 3D Animation & Modeling Internship/Co-Op Hard surface modeling project low-poly models made ready to go into Unity For more jobs, look here.
Blender Conference 2024: Vote for the Suzanne Awards Now!
Blender Conference 2024 taking place on October 23-25 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. And like every year, the Suzanne Awards are on the program! These will feature the best work from the Blender community and conference attendees will decide on the winners. YOU can already help to create the shortlist of work that'll be shown during [...]
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.
Blender 4.3 lets you use Geometry Nodes with Grease Pencil
Check out the new features in Grease Pencil 3, the long-awaited overhaul of Blender's 2D animation toolset, now available in beta builds.