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Check out the new features in the 3ds Max renderer, including native parallax interiors, quick caustics, and relighting 3D Gaussian Splats.

This new shader by yogyog adds dithering patterns that don’t flicker and move when you navigate in your 3D scene. You know when you’re creating shading using only a black fineliner pen by putting the lines closer together? You know when you want to re-create that in 3D but you have the problem that as […]

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Allan Brito released a refreshed edition of my beginner book, Learn Blender: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide, now fully updated for Blender 5.1. The book is built for readers who have never opened Blender before. It walks you through the interface, core concepts, and your first real renders using short step by step explanations supported by […]

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See the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a Controlled Variations system for material variants.

Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules. Announcements Blender 5.1.1 has been released on April 14th, fixing 71 issues present in 5.1.0. Modules & Projects 2026-04-10 Future of DNA & RNA – Workshop Notes 2026-04-13 Grease Pencil Module Meeting Notes 2026-04-13 Modeling Module Meeting 2026-04-14 Render & Cycles Meeting 2026-04-14 Sequencer Meeting Notes […]

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The Blender Conference for this year is planned from Sept 23-26 and will happen in the now familiar location of Felix Meritis in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Grab your EUR 50 ‘early bird’ discount now!

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Check out the latest features in the production renderer, including support for Windows on ARM and hardware ray tracing on AMD GPUs.

New features in the 3D clothing design tool include a 3D Pencil, updates to garment rigging and animation, and glTF support.

In this two part Blender tutorial we will create low poly nature. In part 1 we will create the low poly nature 3d models, and in part 2 we will create the forest meadow environment.

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Discover how to set up, block and refine a movie-quality animation with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.

Let’s use a quick geometry node setup to create stylized and painterly trees in Blender!

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Popular 3D design tool gets neat new way to turn poly meshes into clean, editable NURBS surfaces. Check out the other new features.

Here’s an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D Modeler – Film Production Residency (60 Vacancies / IMDb Credit) Junior 3D Artist (Asset Cleanup & Optimization) Senior / Director VFX Artist (Stylized Games | Unity3D) / Europe For more jobs, look here.

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Full Pro version of the 2D animation and motion design tool for Windows and macOS is now free to individual artists for commercial use.

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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