In this Citizen exclusive Blender 2.5 video tutorial, we begin the process of modeling a full female head. The series will be taking an in-depth at the techniques needed to accurately model the subject, including accurate anatomy and topology. In this final part 6 tutorial of this head modeling series we take it a step further [...]

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In this quick Blender 2.5 video tip we demonstrate how to easily fake reflections for objects when you do not have an environment around the object to reflect or do not wish to use raytracing.

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Igor Sabbetti told us about an Italian television program “Superquark” which features an experimental wind generator with the images of  “Carousel” made by Igor Sabbetti and...

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This is SO going to make your day!!

The Making Of

Pretty cool huh? I think I watched the video three times in a row ;-) Very, very well done everyone! Link

More background about this project:...

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In this quick Blender 2.5 video tip we demonstrate how to effectively submit bug reports. This includes general guidelines on what and what not to do and how to actually report a bug for the developers.

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In this multi-part series, I’ll be covering how to box-model a stylized dragon, making heavy use of the various sculpt tools. The texturing will cover creating tangent normal maps and using the “toon shader” to get a nice cel-shaded look. I’ll also go into some intermediate rigging with some nice animations; from walking to pouncing [...]

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A large Australian highschool movie project contains a solid chunk of Blender work. Gordon Collis writes: Two and a half years in the making and our short film, ‘Fourteen Frets & Faith’ is nearly complete. The Premiere is booked at the Bigscreen Cinemas, Hervey Bay for the 1st of September. This 27 minute film made by Hervey Bay [...]

“Why Can’t We Be Friends” is a nice short film being done using Blender 2.5 by Pavel Siska. As Pavel told us, the movie may be released on the break of summer and autumn. Pavel wrote: I am planning to release it on the break of summer and autumn, I am giving myself some extra time to [...]

The following video was made using the Lagao physics engine – not in Blender. The first one to re-create it in Blender gets a cookie – and a spot on our homepage ;-)

Two Blender shorts (well, one of them was made ‘mostly’ in Blender’) made 2nd and 3rd place at the Short Film competition at Assembly 2010. Assembly is Finland’s largest computer festival. Manu Järvinen wrote: The just finished Assembly Summer 2010 demoparty released the results of the Short Film competition. The short film in the third place, called [...]

In this Blender 2.5 video tutorial series we go through the complete process of creating a apple. This includes the modeling, texturing, lighting, and rendering process. *After review of this video we noticed some artifacting in certain areas throughout the video. Though these only last for a second or two, and do not impede the learning [...]

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In this multi-part series, I’ll be covering how to box-model a stylized dragon, making heavy use of the various sculpt tools. The texturing will cover creating tangent normal maps and using the “toon shader” to get a nice cel-shaded look. I’ll also go into some intermediate rigging with some nice animations; from walking to pouncing [...]

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In this Blender 2.53 video tutorial, I show you how to add the Human Meta-Rig, and set it up with constraints and such for easier and faster rig creation. I also will walk you through how to recover your project files from a crash. My project crashes halfway into the video, so you will [...]

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‘Grey Justice: Puncher of Men‘, has won prizes for the best use of character, and for the best special effects at the Richmond 48 Hour Film Project. Congratulations guys!!

In this Blender 2.53 video tutorial, I show you how to add the Human Meta-Rig, and set it up with constraints and such for easier and faster rig creation. I also will walk you through how to recover your project files from a crash. My project crashes halfway into the video, so you will [...]

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Two weeks ago we could watch a group of Blender artists work on a 48-hour project, live on video. Jason van Gumster presents the results and talks about the project. Jason van Gumster writes: On the weekend of July 16th, Hand Turkey Studios again entered into the Richmond 48 Hour Film Project with the insane goal of [...]

Daniel Martinez Lara writes: Everything: modelling, animation, illumination, the render is Blender Internal and all the comp is Blender too. I’m happy with the work of students :) I’ll post some blends with the setup of lights and comp on BlenderArtists later. Some Facts:)

The production time was 3 months, 3 students work on full time and another 3 [...]