Ryan King Art writes: In this tutorial, we will be making these stylized Acorns in Blender. We will be doing some texture painting to make the stylized look to them, so if you have a drawing tablet, that would be helpful.

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Pierre Schiller writes: Blender can create amazing stylized anime ice shaders. I will be giving them away for free. The ICE shaders are fully procedural. The cartoon animation at the beginning was made using GREASE PENCIL. The video shows how to tweak the parameters of the ice shader and you're invited to open it, explore [...]

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mvartz writes: In animation, cameras are often overlooked by the artists, who naturally, aim their focus towards the modeling of scenes, topology, lighting, and animation. By including a mixture of camera moves into your work, we’re able to add an extra layer of visual interest for the viewer to experience. For everyone interested in this, [...]

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jayanam writes: In this tutorial I show how to export a low and high poly fbx from a Blender Multires Sculpting project and import it into Substance Painter for auto UV Unwrapping, baking the mesh maps and texturing using a smart leather material.  

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Curtis Holt writes: Hi everyone, I've put together a collection of recent shader resources that I think are high in quality and will be useful for anyone wanting to study nodes prior to the upcoming Nodevember challenge. The majority of the resources I talk about are either free or have free versions (ranging from beautiful [...]

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Julio Sillet writes: Hello everybody! New textures pack released! Some walls and food materials this time. I want to experiment more with Halloween themed materials and facades for the next one. You can download the pack here, also available on Blenderkit. If you like to support me you can do it on Patreon.

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Paul Caggegi writes: Hi Blendernation! In this tutorial, I demonstrate some methods of drawing 2D grease pencil assets over 3D comic-shaded sets. A big shout-out to VeryHotShark who gave me permission to share his modified human reference model in the working files here. Shoutout to ExpertMan for reporting this tutorial first!

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This weekend, Abby Crawford has been with BlenderNation for exactly two years. Her main activities are producing our Behind the Scenes and Meet the Artist series and this weekend, she reached the milestone of 300 articles! Abby also takes over site management when I'm on vacation or otherwise unavailable for work. You're a big help [...]

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polygonrunway writes: Quick tip tutorial about using Mantaflow smoke simulation to enhance your 3d scene or illustration. https://youtu.be/0y74QdzlQQM

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stylizedstation writes: Tracking down the perfect tutorials for your needs isn’t an easy task, so I’ve researched and compiled the top best free Blender tutorials for absolute beginners. These tutorials are picked because they are clear, concise and idiot proof for people like myself. They are all great jumping off points for people looking to [...]

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Andre Janse van Vuuren writes: I remember the first time I saw Sintel- on a PC Gaming Disc (NAG) way back in high school. -at first, I just thought this is a cool short film, is there any more to do with this? After googling the 'Blender Foundation' - I saw this amazing demo reel [...]

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Dina writes: Tutorial on how to make a checkerboard with the checker texture in blender 2.8 and blender 2.9. https://youtu.be/GcC171wwtJ8

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index3d writes: in this tutorial, we will rig the Luxo Jr Pixar lamp. Part 1/2 Basic Rig: creating armature, blinding object to the armature, and setting up constraints to build IK rig Part 2/2 Advanced Rig: rigging spring, create a Pole target controller, and creating custom bone shapes

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Hum-bee writes: The goal of the animation is to show scenes of surreal moving elements that are usually fix and stiff such as stairs and bridges.The visual concept was to embed more contemporary designed objects in an environment that is inspired by the architectural style of brutalism. Credits: Music: Wander by Emmit Fenn Modelling and [...]

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Justin writes: THIS HALLOWEEN ... Turn yourself or your friends into zombies today with Blender Frenzy's ZOMBIE FACE! Zombie Face (Starter Pack) teaches you the fundamental principles of how to transform faces from real video footage into zombie faces! Pre-Order now on Gumroad.

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About Hi everyone! My name is Leonardo Veloso and I would like to share my personal and technical challenges while making my first commercial game: Human Diaspora. First, I am a self-taught 3D artist working in Brazilian TV broadcasting since 1999. But my heart always had a special place for video games, so I’ve finally [...]

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pavla writes: In the gloomy light of Halloween, CG Cookie is happy to introduce you to a bright selection of useful Blender add-ons to make your project less scary. See the full list with a countdown of top 3 (per category) on CG Cookie.: Modeling and Sculpting Lighting and Rendering Animation and Video Editing You [...]

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Joseph writes: Hey Blendernation! In this video I breakdown the third of the new 3d cg shots in the new CityBuilder 3d add-on trailer for Blender. You'll see some simple but effective tips in creating large scale environments in Blender. We will be releasing the last 4 parts in the coming weeks! Enjoy! Brad Our [...]

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TheGiven writes: Blender 52 is throwing another one of its famous Model Jams this Saturday 24th October. What is a Model Jam? 4-5 10min modelling sessions based on random word prompts. For example, I provide the prompt of "Insane Banana" and everyone has 10min to model something. At the end of the 10min, we all [...]

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Blender 2.83.8 LTS (Long Term Support) has just been released, adding no less than 16 bug fixes to one of the stablest and most well maintained versions of Blender yet. Hey Blender LTS users! ? Version 2.83.8 just came out with 16 fixes since the last release, making 2.83 rock solid. ?? Download now at [...]

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