A lot of powerful new features have been added to UVPackmaster since our last post on BlenderNation. Here’s a quick summary of the highlights. A powerful new feature: Auto Repacking! With a single click, you can now repack all configured UV maps in your blend file. By using option sets, the user can define packing [...]

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Enjoy the full creation process, from sketch to render, of a stylized plane that Pietro Chiovaro created for his game. I started with a sketch that I used as the main reference for the blockout and 3D modeling. Then I moved on to cleanup, removing all unnecessary edges and vertices, an essential optimization to maintain [...]

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ALLO contributed VFX and Blender-designed 3D printed props to a short superhero film. I had the pleasure of working in collaboration with Station 1 Studios and MoNo Films on a superhero short film, RENEGADES that released last Friday. I co-produced, built props, and more importantly served as the Effects Supervisor. All the VFX were done [...]

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Gleb Alexandrov has collected his favorite YouTube Channels to help you kickstart your Blender learning! Looking for amazing Blender content? Here is Blender YouTube Starter Pack – 121 channels with Blender tutorials – to turn your YouTube feed into a full-on Blender tutorial fest.

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Kamila Stankiewicz created this charming short video by creating a watercolor painting, scanning it and then mapping the pieces onto 2D objects in Blender.

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Polygonrunway shows how to avoid the most common beginner struggles and mistakes when starting to learn complex 3D software like Blender.

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Ryan King Art writes: In this Blender tutorial we will create this Procedural Fog Material.

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Need to populate your city scenes with gritty rooftop detail? The 3DT Modular Urban Rooftop Asset Pack is here to help. This stylized kit features 47 modular props and 9 high-res decals — ideal for everything from cyberpunk skylines to classic cityscapes. What’s inside: Modular props: vents, pipes, AC units, ladders, wall sections Decals: rust, [...]

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You might be at risk if you open .blend files that you found on the web! Spencer Magnusson walks us through the risks.

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I recently picked up playing chess again and I really loved Marty's new looping chess video! This is a render I made of a wind-up mechanical box that cycles a game of chess across its top. I had been wanting to model a full chess set in Blender for a while, but couldn’t think of [...]

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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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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: PIXEL GAMES STUDIO | Video Game Charity Project (3D Modeler & Animator) Looking for a Steampunk themed backgorund Voodoo | Senior 3D Artist - Portfolio Games Bode Software | 3D prop and environment artist[REV SHARE] Character Designer for Vinyl Collectible [...]

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mv.artz shows how to create a dynamic and efficient face rig in Blender that's perfect for stylized character animations, allowing you to spend less time rigging and more time animating. You want to get through the rigging stage as quickly as possible so you can dive into animating expressive faces, right? However, rigging—especially facial rigging—takes [...]

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Tomek Napierała shares a quick breakdown video of his NPR style 'Old Windmill scene. This scene is a continuation of my efforts to emulate a 2D look with 3D graphics. Despite a few flaws, I’m really happy with how this whole thing turned out. I learned a lot of new things and improved my skills [...]

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Ali Awada writes: 270 million years ago, the Earth was a different place and the dominant predator of the Permian Period will surprise you.

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Conform Object wraps objects onto another object surface in one action in Blender. The Conform Object add-on just received an experimental update in version 1.6 — introducing a modifier powered by Geometry Nodes for Blender 4.5 and above. This new modifier version of the tool brings key benefits: Faster performance on dense meshes Improved non-destructive [...]

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If your checkerboard pattern ripples like jelly or your seams jump out louder than bloom lighting, the culprit is usually the UV map. 3D Tudor's new class helps you navigate these issues. I spent years chasing those issues myself, so I built a new class that tackles them head-on: UV Mapping Bootcamp – Master Unwrapping [...]

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2 monsters have a fight over some food that quickly goes off the rails. Joey Carlino writes: I made this with Blender in 57 hours for HellavisionTelevision and LooseFrames "Hell Fable" animation open call. The original cut that was submitted to Hellavision was done in 45 hours over the course of a week. It is [...]

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Yeho Studios shows how to create a realistic forest scene in Blender using free assets and tools. Whether you are a beginner 3D artist or someone struggling with nature scenes in Blender, this video is for you. Please note that the original process took about 6 hours to create, this tutorial compresses that process to [...]

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John R. Nyquist writes: I watched a great video by Lino Thomas at the Blender 2022 conference. Afterwards I felt like I had to explore further mirroring and bisecting (and flipping) to create complexity using the mirror modifier. Here’s my Bit: One hour of greeble - Live workshop at the Blender Conference 2022:

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