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With BlenderArtists.org set to remove the historic Game Engine category, Andre Janse van Vuuren  is hosting one last BGMC (Blender Game Making Competition) to give the community, its history, and its legacy a proper send-off. Andre writes: For those unfamiliar, BGE (Blender Game Engine) was the built-in, real-time game engine included in Blender until version […]

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Check out the Italian studio's breakdown of the CG cars and eye-catching stunt effects for the Netflix motor sport drama.

For today’s animation students, a thesis film is no longer just a graduation requirement. It’s often the project that lands a first job, attracts collaborators, gets into festivals, and introduces artists to the industry. That’s why MAKE created the Animation Thesis Grant. The program provides funding, professional support, and industry visibility to help emerging animators... Read more »

Formerly Blender-only asset library Blendkit is now available to users of other CG software. Check out its free 3D models, materials, and HDRIs.

Updated: UE5 plugin is a 'major leap' in Gaussian Splatting workflows for VFX and virtual production. Check out its key features.

Add-ons for loading caches from the Maya crowd simulation add-on now available under an Apache 2.0 license, alongside Golaem 9.3.2.

Get up to speed with the digital sculpting software with Madeleine Scott-Spencer's popular training course, updated for ZBrush 2026.

With this technique, it’s easy to add details to the surface. No more tedious connecting of geometry. No booleans. Just some modifiers. And you can apply the modifiers once you want to export the model.

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Unusual update to the natural media painting app makes it possible to export the paint surface as a heightmap for use in 3D software.

See the the new features in the physically based GPU renderers, including a new cutaway render system and fSpy camera matching.

Here’s an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: SOLVED (Paid Job) Looking for someone to Animate Camera in my blender project Blender – Simulator Airport, City, Logistics, Industrial 3D Modeler Environment Artist Character Animator Needed [PAID] Looking for help scaling a Hulkbuster character (Rigging / UE3) [PAID] Looking […]

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Check out the changes to the AI video mocap add-on for iClone, like support for CC5 HD characters, control curves, and AMD GPUs.

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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Open-source tool from the creators of 3D scanning app Kiri Engine gets 3DGS data into After Effects for use in compositing and motion graphics.