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Blender 4.3 Released: Check Out These Standout Features
Blenderheads Episode 7: Project Gold Showcase
Enjoy the seventh episode of Blenderheads, a series about the people behind the Blender project.
How to Make Windy Grass Using Blender Geometry Nodes
Learn how to scatter grass assets and animate them with Kenan Proffitt.
Creating Fibonacci Patterns with Geometry Nodes
Fibonacci sequences and patterns are everywhere in nature, and they can create fascinatingly complex images. Richard van der Oost shows how to generate them with Blender.
I spent my life savings on a motion capture suit. Do I regret it?
With the rise of AI motion capture tools, should you still invest into hardware motion capture setups? Jamie Dunbar compares several solutions to let us know.
The Fork - Chess animation
I recently got back into playing chess. This lesson by Bonjourchess covers a basic strategy, but it's a good one!
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Create Stunning Minimalistic Digital Art with Blender
For a change, Slavoartist moves away from his usual complex scenes to focus on the beauty of simplicity.
LoL Worlds 2024 Finals Teaser - VFX done with Blender
The 2024 League of Legends World Championship Final was a massive e-sports event that took place in the O2 Arena in London. It was played in front of 14,700 spectators, with 6.9 million peak viewers. See how Calvin Serrano created the VFX for this video in Blender!
Blender Management Desktop App
BlenderManager is a lightweight, open-source tool designed to simplify the management of Blender projects. Built with Python, it helps users organize their project files and streamline workflows.
Best of Blender Artists: 2024-46
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.
Alert Animation Tutorial
Let’s model and animate a 3D alert light beacon scene in Blender!
Behind the Scenes: The Windrunner
Discover the imagination of Andri Stefanus, an Indonesian self-taught artist, as he details the techniques of bringing a fantastic creature to life.
Verge3D 4.8 Brings 3D Audio and Improved Performance [$]
A fresh update of Blender-friendly WebGL creator tool is out.
Retopologize in Blender Like Maya’s Quad Draw With This Free Extension
Luis Roach tries out the free PolyQuilt Retopology Tool extension, that's a fork of an abandoned add-on by Sakana3.
Breakdown: 3D Integration and VFX Environments for Gibraltar
An overview of the VFX creation process for four shots in the documentary ‘Détroits, entre terre et mer’, broadcast on Arte TV.
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