About Hi! It’s Jakub Wysocki and I am 29yo who decided 1.5 years ago to finally go after his long delayed plans to become a 3D artist. My daily tool is Blender, but I am also supporting my workflow with other tools like Substance Painter, SketchUP, ZBrush, World Creator and many more one task programs. [...]

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TheOnlineAnimator writes: This is a month long contest for everyone to participate in! Come on in and have some fun and test your skills and get feedback. We won't be having just one this time; they'll be every month! For the month of February and into the future, we have another sponsor joining the prizes: [...]

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Here's my latest overview of the best Blender work on Sketchfab this week. And remember: add the #Blender tag if you want me to find your work! Hunter by chironamo on Sketchfab T?hoku earthquake - 2011 by Loïc Norgeot on Sketchfab Day 22 - Beast : Jungle by Noss on Sketchfab Ana The Valkyrie by [...]

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Simonsanchezart writes: In this video you will learn how to make an auto-retopology with Instant Meshes for free. With this tool you can quickly make clean meshes with quads.

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Juan Gea writes: Recording of Live #10 !! I talk about what computer do you need to work in 3D, specially, but not only, with Blender! I talk specifically about CPU`s, what do I recommend and why and about GPU´s and the same, what do I recommend and why :)

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Jan van den Hemel writes: If you want to have a truly accurate isometric camera, which you can use for correct tiling in games for example, you need to use some very specific angles. This quick tip shows you how to set that up with just one click.

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infin8eye writes: Sydney Blender User Group third meet up: Wednesday, December 13, 2019, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM If you are in Sydney or greater NSW and you are interested in Blender, this event is for you. This is a monthly group meeting, to help learn, share knowledge, work on projects together and more. Wednesday 13th [...]

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Chipp Walters writes: We're happy to announce KIT OPS FREE, the kitbashing INSERT tool for Blender is now available for 2.8! KIT OPS PRO has been avalilabe for Blender 2.8, and now the FREE version will allow anyone to quickly add KIT OPS INSERTS. It comes with a number of ready to use INSERTS including [...]

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ChrisP writes: In this video series we take an early look at Animation Nodes 2.1 in Blender 2.8 THIS IS PART 6: Taking the "memory" concept from the last video to the next level ;) The complete playlist is here. Tools used in this video: Blender 2.8 Beta Animation Nodes 2.1

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pavla writes: Edge detection and cavity masking are very important characteristics of procedural materials. Edge wear is common to any object with age along with cavities and crevices that are constantly attracting dirt, dust, and grime. So it's a good idea to know how to generate procedural factors (masks) for edges and crevices. The "pointiness" [...]

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Emmanuel Okafor writes: In this tutorial, I will be showing you guys, an easy and quick method for creating a Zipper Rig in blender. Enjoy !!!

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Jan van den Hemel writes: Here's a quick tip about what you can do with and how to add Hooks in combination with a Laplacian Deformer modifier.

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callphoenix writes: Hi fellow blenderers :) I'm so pleased to share my first video with you! Blender is one of my favorite software because he (yes he) is so full of hearted people... We can sens all the creativity, the dev skills and the emotion through the default cube... This is my contribution to the [...]

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Darkfall writes: In this video we will be creating another Digital Matte Painting called Siren's Bay. I wanted to create a coastal shot with an almost moody vibe. Using a few Movie clips and some Edited Images we can compose a pretty nice Digital Matte Painting. Be sure to post links to your Digital Matte [...]

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abdoubouam writes: Ultimate Screen Shader is your complete solution for creating realistic LCD, LED and CRT screen materials easily and with a high degree of configuration and freedom. It's 100% procedural and works perfectly with EEVEE and Cycles, and it is suitable both for beginners who expect it to work out of the box, and [...]

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YanSculpts writes: I created Kirby in Blender 2.8, to test how far I can go with the texturing. There are still a lot of crashes and unstable features but it turned out to be a cool experience. Here is the full time-lapse! Hope you enjoy this cute fan-art time-lapse of Kirby ;).

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Jan van den Hemel writes: Here's a quick tip on how to give random colors to objects with a simple node set-up.

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Mohamed Salah writes: Testing blender 2.8 beta and playing with eevee. i had some fun with shading and look development , lighting , depth of field and volumetric lighting . Hardware configuration: poor hp z400 workstation and nvidia gtx 450 graphics card .

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My name is Louis du Mont. I’m a digital artist and director at weareformation.com, a London, UK based animation company I started with producer and friend Jon Reidy. Collectively we produce commercial animation, mainly for digital campaigns, including interactive projects. I also like to work on passion projects like ‘Visiting’ and more recently ‘Isometropolis PD’, [...]

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Sergey Metelskiy writes: In this short tutorial I'll show you how to create fully procedural super-easy, fast, yet flexible stylish countdown, using Blender 2.8 and Animation Nodes 2.1

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