DanielGrove writes: Here's how you can make procedural vines with leaves and thorns in Blender with very little modeling and using image textures. Photo realistic results and tons of control over vine attributes. 0:00 Intro 0:18 Scene setup 1:11 Leaf creation and material 4:22 Vine drawing 6:08 Thorn creation 8:04 Geometry nodes making the vine [...]

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Top-class animation work by p2design! I created this short to promote my upcoming Blender course. I put a lot into it. I was animated in Blender, rendered with EEVEE next. VFX are hand drawn. I created all the characters but the Gorilla that was made by Antony Pico. Additional VFX by Thomas Bernardet Additional Animation [...]

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Georgie writes: Blender comes with powerful built-in procedural environment setups. Few, however, know how to use its full potential. With CEL (Citigen Environment Lighting, a part of the Citigen addon) you can do just that. CEL may be the first addon that provides a "usable" 360-degree procedural volumetric sky to Blender users. Available at Blendermarket, [...]

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Kenan Proffitt writes: Master the ability to use geometry nodes in blender to make fully customizable trees! This tutorial will break down all the steps needed to create your own procedural tree generator tool in blender.

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Real-Time VFX Artist - Unreal Engine (Remote/Freelance) at beffio Anime / Manga Style Artist at TransPerfect Gaming For more jobs, look here.

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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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INTRODUCTION Greetings, everyone! My name is Polina, and I am a freelance 3D artist from Moscow, Russia. My journey into the world of fun and creativity began in 2020 when I decided to quit my job in a bank to pursue the dream of becoming an artist. Drawing was always one of my favorite hobbies, [...]

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dadscastle writes: Quickly convert Grease Pencil strokes into Curve objects! Sometimes it's easier to draw a curve than manipulate curve handles to get the shape you want. This addon lets you create complex curves with just a simple click of a button. Simply draw grease pencil strokes then click to convert them into curves. This [...]

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polygonrunway writes: Let's re-use the default cube geometry with some modifiers and quickly create a stylized London phone booth in Blender.  

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BrianKouhi writes: There’s a secret to getting better at anything you’re learning, and it has nothing to do with your technical skills. In this video we talk about how you can improve your animation skills not by animating, but by training your eye and building a visual library in your mind.

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MartinKlekner writes: Lately, I got very excited about the Geometry Node Hair systems in Blender - and I want to share that excitement with you! In this short video, I show you how to get into working with Geonode Hair quickly and easily.

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Modules & Projects 2024-02-27 Sequencer meeting notes 2024-02-27 Compositor meeting notes 2024-02-27 Sculpt, Paint, & Texture Module Meeting 2024-02-27 User Interface Meeting 2024-02-29 Triaging module meeting 2024-02-29 Pipeline, Assets & I/O Meeting New Features and Changes Alembic Alleviate long loading times in large files (commit) - (Jesse Yurkovich) Alembic/USD Use GeometrySets to import data (commit) [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D Environment Artist at Leartes Studios Looking for Stylized Character Rigger for Unity Game (~$25/h) Create a Library of Sensory Lighting I’m looking for a way to test “24 frame animations” on a virtual cylinder For more jobs, look here.

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The long awaited/brewing official Blender Extensions Platform's public alpha version has silently gone online a few days back and can be accessed at http://extensions.blender.org/ ! It is also accessible within the experimental features of the latest Blender 4.2 alpha daily builds, and both methods of access are authenticated through your Blender ID. The purpose of [...]

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INTRODUCTION Hello, my name is Dani Tufeld and I am from Israel. After a career of 15 years as a chef, I decided that I want to change direction in my life, so I enrolled in a college for game development and design, as games were always a big part of my life. During my [...]

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3DSinghVFX writes: Hi. In this video tutorial, I have shown how to extract mesh topology curves using the Repeat Zone node and Mesh Topology nodes of Geometry Nodes in Blender 4.0x. Happy Noding... :)

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Blender has been accepted for Google Summer of Code 2024, marking the 19th time Blender has participated in this venerable program.  Every year, google funds students and open-source newcomers over the summer to work on open-source projects. Two key points to keep in mind this year: Every newcomer to open source or student who is [...]

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Touchdesigner, an offshoot of Houdini, is a node-based programming environment used primarily for real-time applications. Mostly live shows where audio, image and lighting need to be synchronized. It acts as a hub where virtually every conceivable form of 3d, audio, data, livestreams, OSC, spout, video etc. come together and can be linked. The free TD [...]

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Soft8Soft writes: In this tutorial we create a realistic fire effect using only Blender materials and texture animation, which makes it suitable for real-time applications such as games or other interactive Web-based applications. The scene is rendered in the browser using Verge3D.

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: 3D Character Artist, Avatars at Aquent For more jobs, look here.

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