Funny Legs is an animated show on YouTube created entirely by one person, from modeling to render. In this talk, a 3D animator, Yana Zavialova, will tell how she has built an efficient pipeline that allows her to create a 1-minute episode in 2–3 weeks. She will share the Blender tricks (like rigging the color, [...]

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A free infographic that outlines the essential steps in creating photoreal renders by Richard Yot. This resource will be helpful whether you’re a beginner or a pro, and will help you achieve that extra 10% that elevates your renders from good to awesome. Check it out here.

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: (Paid, International) Hiring For Low Poly Modelling + Animation (GIG, Paid, in $): 3D modeling, texturing, and rigging help needed in blender 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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How Framestore's Visual Development Department is integrating Blender in their workflow to create high quality Creature and Environment concepts

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PolyCrate writes: Hello friends! Excited to share my Traffic Light Pack with you This collection brings a set of realistic, high-quality traffic lights designed for urban scenes and city environments. Perfect for 3D projects, animations, video games, or architectural visualizations, these models are detailed, customizable, and easy to use. Add an authentic touch of city [...]

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At Blender studio, we're developing a new Character Asset: Storm. This session will be a walkthrough on how I've explored different ways of facial rigging for a stylized character and why I chose to do it this particular way. The class will highlight the wants and needs from the animator and how this applies to [...]

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A minor update has been made to the Blender 5.0 release - the beta is now scheduled for October 8 (previously October 1). The final release date has not been affected and is still set for November 11.

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Tired of visible seams between 3D objects? CGMatter shows how to use Blender’s compositor—with Z-pass, cryptomatte, and a bit of node magic—to blend objects naturally, all in real-time with Eevee. No add-ons needed!

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Francesco shares an overview of the feedback on BCON25, along with a great 'sizzle' video that captures the mood of the flaship event for the Blender community. Blender Conference 2025 wrapped up a few days ago! Yet another great event bringing togehter artists, developers and contributors from the Blender community worldwide.

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How a small group of artists and animators left Maya behind and built an indie studio from the ground up. This session will walk you through the real-world roadmap, how we built our pipeline, the lessons we learned, and how we did it all for under $1,000.

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FlippedNormals introduces FlipBox - a new way to deliver world-class tutorials, assets, and resources to the 3D community. Each FlipBox is time-limited, packed with insane value, and supports charity with at least 10% of every sale. But don’t wait too long, because once a FlipBox ends, it’s gone forever. https://youtu.be/m2MToJru7qs Next Up: Rise of the [...]

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Add Zeus-to-Medusa detail in seconds—no re-modelling or heavy geometry. 3D Tudor present their new height stamp pack. I built the 3DT Greek Mythology Height Stamp Pack by artists, for artists because most of us do not have all day to hand-sculpt ornament. You get 50 production-ready stamps that drop straight into Blender and Substance Painter [...]

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Jurassic Park is one of the films that inspired me to get into VFX, and the T-Rex breakout is arguably one of the most iconic shots in cinema history. FreddyMakesaMovie wanted to see if I could rebuild it entirely in Blender — from modeling and texturing to rain, mud, lighting, and final compositing. The original [...]

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Felix Paul Kühn shares this free Blender rig. Felix writes: The Skeleton was created with blender 4.4.3 and Susbtance Painter 2021. Includes settings for adjusting equipment, clothing physics, and shaders for optimal customizability. You can use it for any non-commcercial projects (CC-BY_SA) and credit me.

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This session explores how Blender became the core of a scalable VFX pipeline for a 2D animated feature. We’ll cover how a three-person team automated drop shadows, compositing setups, and cross-software integration across ~800 scenes—while tracking everything through custom spreadsheets and Flamenco. Real production numbers, working tools, scene studies and simple scripting approaches will be [...]

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Most SketchUp users are too addicted to the "Tape Measure" tool. They use this tool to create construction guides to model almost everything in SketchUp. That is why, one of the most frequent questions from SketchUp users trying Blender the first time is "Where is the Tape Measure tool?" or "How can we create guides [...]

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ChuckCG shows how he modeled this city based on Çatalhöyük, a large Neolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia. Turkey in present day. I made a tutorial were I cover modeling, texturing and city building: All assets and props created by me, except the sheep and goat models. I find its unique architecture very intriguing, with [...]

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You don't see a lot of fully written tutorials anymore, but I don find it nice sometimes to be able to follow along at my own page. Here's a cool example by Gachoki Studios from Nairobi! If you’ve ever wanted to give your 3D characters more personality—like making them smile or blink—shape keys in Blender [...]

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"Jacob has become separated from Ray, the only other known survivor of their plane crash on Isla Sorna. In his efforts to locate him, Jacob has unknowingly been lured by a dinosaur with a special talent: a velociraptor with the ability to mimic its prey. It approaches Jacob, ready to attack." Watch the continuation of [...]

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