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Make Crystals with Geometry Nodes

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:45:50 +0200

Joey Carlino writes: In this one we create clusters of crystals from scratch, with most of the work being done with geometry nodes. Once the geometry nodes are set up, you can use use any shape to generate clusters.

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Video: Greedy

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 12:40:46 +0200

Two young crocodiles fight for their food in this video by The Gebonions.

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Blender Rigify - how to get NEW Rig Types

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:35:19 +0200

Todor Nikolov writes: Extensions (or Featuresets) are a somewhat hidden feature of Rigify. They provide additional or alternative rigs that you may find useful. In the video below, I'll show you where to find such extensions, how to download and install them. There is a quick overview of the rigs but showing how to use [...]

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Extrude in Sculpt Mode

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:30:03 +0200

Jan van den Hemel writes: Using the Mask brush in combination with the right Stroke settings, you can quickly create complicated mask shapes that you can then extrude and remesh. This can be convenient for creating hard surface shapes in Sculpt mode.

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Sprite Fright's Approach to Simple Character Design

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:32:28 +0200

Blender Studio Lead Character Artist and Master Sculptor Julien Kaspar shares the process behind the creation of Sprite Fright's deceptively simple yet expressive characters in a post on the Blender Studio Blog. In-depth article by Julien on the process of creating "simple" characters for the Sprite Fright project. Spoiler alert: it's not that simple! #b3d [...]

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How I Created Microbial Effects in Blender 3.0

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:34:28 +0200

Curtis Holt writes: Hi everyone, In this video, I'll be providing you with a breakdown of my recent microbial style experiments in Blender while also giving you a few geometry nodes tips, including how to paint semi-transparent microbes on a plane using voxels. Thanks for watching and have a great day!

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The Best Blender Art on Sketchfab: 2022, week 3

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:45:16 +0200

Here's this weeks overview of the best Blender work on Sketchfab this week. And remember: add the #Blender tag if you want me to find your work!

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Blender Jobs for January 17, 2022

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:16:54 +0200

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists: Looking to bring this into 3D form - D-Day Ambush operator from Warzone realistic 3d character models with textures needed (PAID) For more jobs, look here.

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How to use Nishita sky in Blender

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:40:37 +0200

Mohamed BENIANE - Benianus 3D writes: a short video to explain the new sky texture nishita in blender, it's really useful rather than wasting time on searching for HDRIs

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Recreating Animation Style of RWBY Creator Monty Oum

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:35:53 +0200

Jump writes: Working in a team of animators, sound designers, and writer we created a full length fan made episode of our favorite show RWBY. All of this was in an effort to recreate the style of our favorite animator, the late Monty Oum. The project itself was made using Blender. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6UMW1v15k8

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DIY Turntable for 3D prop scanning, photogrammetry

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:50:26 +0200

kilbeeu writes: Short timelapse of full process - from puppet to animated 3d prop, semi-automated. Some time ago I had a dream... well.. an idea of DIY turntable for 3d prop scanning. With a black background (or white, when photographing dark items) it should be easy to key out everything but the item itself, right? [...]

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Blender Hardsurface Modeling & Sculpting with Quad Remesher

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 22:40:12 +0200

jayanam writes: In this short tutorial I use the Quad Remesher addon to turn a hardsurface mesh with NGons into a Quad Mesh to be able to use modifiers like the Simple Deform to deform the mesh. In Sculpt mode I use the Pose or Elastic Deform for this purpose.

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Creating Realistic lightning in Blender 3.0

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 18:55:31 +0200

Learn how to use Geometry Nodes to generate realistic lightning from drawn curves in this tutorial by Bad Normals.

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Super Easy Analytics (SEA) - Major update to version 1.2.1

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 16:50:21 +0200

defenderblender writes: It's time to update your Blender Analytics Addon. The addon has been renamed to Super Easy Analytics, since it's now a part of the Pidgeon Tools Family. The new version comes with a massive usability improvement (The initial setup is a lot easier) and more than 15 new features. If you already downloaded [...]

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Book Update - Modelling Methods Principles & Practice [$]

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 14:45:42 +0200

robbur writes: 3D Computer Graphics Using Blender 2.80 - Modelling Methods, Principles & Practice has been updated and includes a new Appendix 5 - Interface changes between Blender 2.8, Blender 2.9 and Blender 3.0. This new information allows the reader to identify the few small changes you will need to know so the book can [...]

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Blender Jobs for January 16, 2022

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 13:15:46 +0200

Here's an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists: Commissioning Character Model For more jobs, look here.

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Add-on: Finding Duplicate Motion Tracks

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:40:26 +0200

Johan writes: I have updated the Find Bad Motion Tracks addon to also detect duplicate tracks. Previously, it could detect single tracks moving differently from all the others, simplifying cleaning up your tracks. This new version detects overlapping tracks. What I found when I tried this is that some tracks overlap for a bit, and [...]

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Extensive Blender Geometry Nodes PDF Manual

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 09:58:29 +0200

Silverjb has published a 50+ page PDF guide on the use of Blender Geometry nodes. I have written a paper describing what Geometry Nodes are and the basics of how to use them. New enthusiasts may find this helpful when starting out with Geometry Nodes. Please feel free to circulate.

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Simply Warp Pro Add-On for Blender 3.0 [$]

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:30:08 +0200

Mr3D writes: With Simply Wrap Pro you can create a wrapped mesh/ curve around an object or character in seconds. And in the given video i have showed you how to use it

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How I created the 'Supra vs Champagne' REEL in Blender 3.0

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 20:26:49 +0200

Damian Mathew created a short clip in Blender and talks about its creation:

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