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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ruiwang writes: Learn about Making High-Quality Commercials ln Blender is a comprehensive guide on how to create professional and visually appealing commercials using the popular 3D modeling software, Blender, The course covers all aspects of commercial production, including pre-production planning, story boarding, animation, lighting, camera work and post-production editing. Students will learn how to create [...]

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Gottfried Hofmann writes: Simulation Nodes in Blender can at times be daunting, but not anymore. This beginner series shows how to create your very own particle system from the ground up.  

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Scottish 3D artist, illustrator and musician lacruzo created this cute animated illustration and walks us through the techniques he used to create it. The scenes of combines both 3D objects and 2D with Grease Pencil!

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Julian Poessnicker writes: In this video, we explore the strengths of temporal denoising with vector pass and compare it against common AI denoisers such as Optix. We’ll show you how to use motion vector passes to relate pixels in different frames to one another, resulting in smoother denoising results over animations. We’ll also demonstrate how [...]

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Pixxo 3D shows how to create these Oreo cookies in record time. Anyone up for adding a fluid sim and dunking them into a cup of milk? :)

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Greetings, Blender enthusiasts on BlenderNation! In this comprehensive exploration, we'll delve into the dynamic realm of render farms and their pivotal role in elevating the quality of Blender projects. As we navigate this landscape, we'll shine a spotlight on the impressive capabilities of 3S Cloud Render Farm, a standout option in the world of render [...]

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Leo from MediaWay writes: Create a fantastic car animation in Blender in just 20 minutes, using only free assets and free software with this tutorial. We're going to cover physics based car rigging, where to get free models, sculpting, using multiple cameras, and loads more pro tips. The Car Rig is a free asset available [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Meta | Technical Artist, Metaverse Senior Concept Artist at Splash Damage For more jobs, look here.

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Albin worked on a nigh-end commercial video for Bell & Ross, and once again pulls of a high-end production in Blender! I am truly happy to share with you one of our recent project done at Le Truc Studio. I worked as Senior CG artist and Director on this commercial 100% made in Blender. This [...]

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tacha writes: Hey all! We collaborated again with Formando Rutas for a new film about the problems of censorship in funding awarded sustainability content, specifically about the mining industry. Carrying the humorous approach of the previous video (2D animation made in Grease Pencil), we wanted to explore a 3D medium to tell this story. Representing [...]

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The third episode of Blenderheads is out! This documentary series takes a look at the people behind the Blender project on a quarterly basis, and offers beautiful insight into the wonderful people that make Blender tic!

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sujat001 writes: Blender Addon Beginner's Guide: Unleash the Power of Blender with Custom Addons! Are you ready to take your Blender skills to the next level? Dive into the exciting world of Blender addons with our comprehensive guide designed specifically for beginners. Whether you're an aspiring artist, designer, or developer, this book is your gateway [...]

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INTRODUCTION Hi, I’m Geoff and I have worked in 3D since 2008 when I was in middle school, but only recently came back into the field as a hobby in 2020 when I began learning Blender. I’m a programmer by trade in New England, and work on projects in my free time mostly over weekends. [...]

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Modules & Projects 2023-09-05 Nodes & Physics Module Meeting 2023-09-05 Render & Cycles Meeting 2023-09-07 Animation & Rigging module meeting New Features and Changes Geometry Nodes Add Skip input to Simulation Output node (commit) (Jacques Lucke) Hide node group selector for asset modifiers (commit, commit, commit) (Hans Goudey) Improved defaults when creating new tool (commit) [...]

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Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: Character Artist at TransPerfect Gaming Stealth Startup | 3D Generalist Realistic hair comission particle system / hair dynamics Senior 3D Artist - Character at Fortis Games For more jobs, look here.

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3DSinghVFX writes: Hi. In this video tutorial, I have shown how to pack Circles, Spheres, and Cylinders on Points or Mesh with the Index of Nearest Node of Geometry Nodes in Blender 3.6x. Happy Noding ... :)

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Blender's latest Open Movie is out! The stylized 3D/2D Hybrid short film packs a punch at the top of its 4-minute run-time, showcasing to the world the talent of the Blender Studio team and the power and flexibility of the world's best open source creative software! Like every open movie, a slew of behind the [...]

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polygonrunway writes: Let’s play around with shared editor and create procedural grunge mask around the object edges to get more interesting textures in Blender.

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RealCloud is a Blender add-on and Asset Library that allows you to add high-quality clouds to your artwork with just a few simple steps. Key Features: One-click transformation of meshes into realistic clouds Optimized RealCloud Shader for faster rendering performance Library of 200 VDB clouds for easy selection and application Control interface in the N-Panel [...]

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