Kristian Skeie (aka Elk) has just premiered a music video made using Blender for its 3D visuals. The song is Take Off by Christian Welde, from his album 'Fairytales'.
The music video is...
Lucas Martell has been working for a long time now on a 6 minute short called Pigeon: Impossible. Hes recently been posting a video blog which gives and interesting and humorous insight into the...
This is a fun little animation of a Troll and a cube created in Blender. Video embedded after the cut. Or view it directly on Vimeo here.
Troll vs Cube from Jet Boy on Vimeo.
Nicholas Bishop has uploaded a series of screencasts demonstrating the work he has done on Multires for the Google Summer of Code.
See the all current screencasts embedded after the cut. I've...
Pablo (venomgfx) has made an interesting 10 minute video demonstrating a few different ways of using nodes and some GLSL features for real time game effects.
It features a new way of creating mist,...
Would you like to learn how to export your scenes to the MAP file format? This is a format supported by some Id software's games like Quake. If you want to create scenarios for these games with...
Do you remember Project London? The independent feature film, which uses Blender for 3d animation and some effects, has a great clip with a sample animation. And again, the clip has some impressive...
Since Blender 2.46 has been released, ResPower has now added support for it.
If you are looking to speed up your rendering time or in a crunch to complete a project, check out ResPower. They offer a...
Brandon Phoenix - aka Dim on Blenderartists.org has completed a huge document detailing the many aspects of Video Games. The document is a great reference and learning tool for anyone interested in...
Battelle game engine is an open source project made on Blender 2.45 by Guillaume Coeur and Bertrand Lapraz in order to complete their bachelor degrees at the University of Geneva (CH). This project...
The Seventh Blender Conference will be again in Amsterdam, and we most likely will return to the original venue "De Waag"!
Dates: fri-sat-sun, 24-25-26 October, Amsterdam, the...
Petri Rantanen aka Falgor of Finland, a freelance animation artist, made three commercials , one for TV and the internet, and the other for showing in clubs. They where made with Blender and...
I just received an acceptance as a media representative for BlenderNation from SIGGRAPH to cover this years event. Like last year, I'll cover all of the Blender conferences and interview your...
Rocketman has been working lately on an impressive online comic using Blender and several other open source programs. The comics follow a small group of robots, throughout several humorously...
A new version of LuxRender, the unbiased open source render engine was released a few days ago. And this release presents a lot of new features.
Here is a word from Tim Suess, about the release and...
Well if you've been around Blender for a long time, you may recall "The Official Blender 2.0 book put together by Ton and Carsten Wartmann several years back. I know that I wore out that...
SIGGRAPH 2008
Wednesday, 13 August, 8:30 - 10:15 am
Petree Hall C
In May 2008, the Blender Foundation released their second open-movie project: "Big Buck Bunny," a funny and furry 3D short...
The artist's showcase is always a great way to see what other people are doing with Blender. If you like to show work during the Monday afternoon of the Blender Birds of Feather, contact Ton...
I was intrigued about this animation by David Liger, it's his first animation and I enjoyed the use of the cartoon edges. An avid Blender user, he created this piece in celebration of the birth...
Here is a fantastic work from Promotion Studios. Great job guys!
James Neale (producer), Stefan Wernik (animation director), Matt Ebb (lighting/shading/td), Tristan Lock (lead modeller), Jeremy...
There is a interesting article on 'Big Buck Bunny' from the render hardware perspective on a news letter regarding grid computing:
"Network.com provided the more than 50,000 CPU-hours...
Tomas Clergiot of France created two TV commercials. He used blender for the Healts Vision Santé commercial, using Blender to model and map the bottles and kitchen. For the Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2007...
We are always happy to support and encourage translations of Blenderart Magazine into other languages. So I am happy to announce that Juan C. García has written in to let us know that he has started...
I'm really happy to let you know about a successful Blender Course which I taught to one of the biggest Advertising Agencies in the world - Leo Burnett. It lasted 5 days and was taught on-site....
If your in the process of learning Blender, John R. Nyquist has created a series of videos on tips in using Blender. You can check them out at YouTube.
Ton Roosendaal of the Blender Foundation has just announced that he will be attending along with Andy Goralczyk and Nathan Vegdahl, the SIGGRAPH 2008 conference.
It's finally on the official...
Check out Shawn Kelly's lastest animation tips on Animation Mentor's new Tips & Tricks blog. In his first entry, Shawn talks about workflow and process. The blog complements a Tips...
Just wanted to send a big hello to all you Blender Nation folks! I had the opportunity to meet Ton Roosendaal last year at Siggraph. While we were talking, I remember mentioning that with the...
I'm happy to announce that Eunice Park of Animation Mentor will be writing for BlenderNation about the industry and as a liaison to AnimationMentor.com. She will be giving us first hand...
This animation by Jorge Rausch is short, at only 33 seconds long but a very funny gag. Also check out his Negrito Returns. I don't know what he's saying, but it's commical just the...
Gaute Neslein Korsnes wrote to tell us about a Norwegian blender community site. Blender3d.no.
It's certainly fun to see all these Blender sites popping up around the world.
I was just looking...
macouno is running an informal contest. Something that's just for fun, and the rules are loose.
"This week I received something rather nice in the mail. An absolutely gorgeous prototyped...
We all know very well the great tutorials from Montage Studio. And now they are offering some free models to download as well! The first one is a male body model.
Here is a description from Jonathan...
This extensive tutorial set, created by the renowned Blender artist Andy Goralczyk, teaches artists how to craft a fully finished 3D animated scene. Tracking the evolution of an idea from creation to...
News release from Oscar Alvarado of Mexico:
"This is an animated short film inspired by Mexican folklore and people's cult to death. "Llorona" is a typical folklore song that...