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BlenderKit Release Notes 3.16.1
BlenderKit has just launched version 3.16.1 of its add-on, introducing Printables as an official asset type in its growing 3D asset library. This update includes numerous enhancements and bug fixes, such as improved drag-and-drop functionality, permanent auto-map settings, and refined thumbnail styling for printable assets. BlenderKit is proud to roll out BlenderKit Add-on version 3.16.1! [...]
Isometric Bedroom Tutorial
Let’s create a complete isometric bedroom illustration from scratch in Blender, including modeling, texturing and lighting!
6th Class - Animated Rap Music Video made with Blender's NPR Branch
A personal video describing the artist's journey from bullying and poverty to running his own succesful Blender business. I’m Munish Kumar, founder of Gonreel Motion Imagery™, an independent CGI and animation studio based in Himachal Pradesh, India. I just finished my first animated rap music video — written, performed, and animated entirely by me. This [...]
Smoothly Merge Two Shapes in Blender (No Add-ons)
In this hard-surface modeling tip Gleb covers a quick and dirty (and fun) way of merging two shapes in Blender. No third-party add-ons required.
Bits of Blender #72 - A REAL 3-button Mouse!
John R. Nyquist doesn't like clicking on his mousewheel and went online to find a mouse with just 3 regular buttons :) When working in Blender, you use all three buttons on a mouse. Yet most mice have two buttons and a scroll wheel (which I hate clicking). In my latest episode of Bits of [...]
Teaser: "GymAnxiety"
Seven students from the Dutch HKU arts college worked on a film project that delved into themes of personal growth and self-confidence, inspired by director Xander Schrauwen's own experiences at the gym. Over the past six months, from February to June 2025, we worked on this film as a team of students from the Hogeschool voor [...]
Alien Worlds in Blender? Yup—Now You Can Build One from Scratch [$]
Tentacles. Fog. Glowing terrain. All procedural. All inside Blender 4.4. Hey folks—Neil here from 3D Tudor, and I have just launched something a bit... weird. If you have ever wanted to build a full stylized alien environment in Blender—without sculpting a single rock or painting a texture by hand—this one is for you. In my [...]
Timelapse: Create Stunning Interior ArchViz in Blender
Pietro Chiovaro writes: I'm super excited to finally share with you my latest personal project, a fully self-made interior ArchViz apartment created entirely in Blender. This isn't a scene made from pre-built assets, I designed everything from the structure to the furniture from scratch. I hope you enjoy the result! Let me know what you think in the comments! [...]
Blender 4.5 Precise 3D Modeling: Precise Scale transformations
In this tutorial about precise modeling with a focus on scaling objects, Allan Brito explores ways to enter numeric input to update object sizing. You will learn how to manage scales with the use of a target sizing instead of using scale factors. A useful resource for anyone using Blender to work with architecture, engineering, [...]
Cute Summer Pineapple: Artwork Breakdown
In this video Ryan King shows the creation process of how I made this Cute Summer Pineapple Artwork in Blender. You can see more about this work on Blender Artists.
Best of Blender Artists: 2025-27
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.
Blender Jobs for July 4, 2025
Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Looking to recreate a lamp to be 3D printed Looking for someone to weight paint a model Junior 3D Artist - Vehicle specialist TDA | Unreal 3D Technical Artist, Remote in UK or EU Creative Circle | 3D Artist / [...]
Creating an Opal pendant With Blender and Jewelcraft
Yoji shows how to use the free Jewelcraft add-on in this low-pace, detailed tutorial. Hello everyone! This is my latest tutorial to model a pendant jewel with the Jewelcraft add-on in Blender 4.4. Enjoy
Tidy Monkey: Your Swiss Army Knife for Blender Workflow Optimization (Free)
Ever spent hours cleaning up boolean artifacts, fixing normals and repositioning origins? The free Tidy Monkey add-on brings three essential toolsets to fix common issues especially if your artwork is for a game engine such as Unity, Unreal or Godot. Group Scene Organization Align objects and space them apart equally on any axis Smart mesh [...]
Seattle Blender User Group July meeting: The 48 Hour Film Project
The Seattle BUG meeting this month is moved because of July 4. Details below. Oscar Baechler writes: When: ???? (But kind of July 11 to 13) Where: ???? What: ???? Seattle Blender User Group is doing something different for our July in person meeting! On account of 4th of July Weekend, we won't be meeting [...]
Pro Quest: The Ultimate Productivity Suite for Blender [$]
Introducing Pro Quest, a productivity suite for Blender designed to enhance your workflow. It offers time tracking and an optional gamification system, providing detailed analytics and customizable project management tools. Get tracking with Pro-Quest Ever finish a long session in Blender and wonder where the hours went? Do you need a better way to track [...]
Short video: Portia Labiata (Jumping Spider)
Here's a cool short video of a jumping spider that Thatrius posted on Blender Artists. This is a Portia labiata jumping spider. It is the only spider known to be intelligent enough to have object permanence (it can navigate around large objects like trees without forgetting about its prey on the other side), and can [...]
LIM: Animation Toolkit and Motion Library for Human Generator Characters [$]
Life in Motion is a lightweight, user-friendly add-on that lets you animate Blender characters in seconds that includes nearly 360 ready-to-use animations. Hey Blender community! After 8 months of solo grinding (coding, animating, UI work, and drinking way too much coffee ☕️), I finally finished my first big Blender add-on project. It’s called LIM – [...]
Bits of Blender #74 - Bézier Curves, Part 2
Bit #74 builds on Bit #73, going further into using Blender’s beautiful Bézier curve tools. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnqi-L5HlB0
Rigging and Animating Colors with Grease Pencil
Yana Zavialova shares her technique for animating Grease Pencil colors. Today I want to share not just my final work, but what I learned in the process. A cool rigging trick that will give extra artistic freedom to your characters! It might have happened to you: you link your rig into a scene - and [...]
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