jayanam writes: This is a collaboration video of Grant Abbitt and Jayanam for creating a low poly medieval shield with Blender 2.8. It consists of 3 videos. In the first one I modelled the shield with Blender 2.8. Then Grant did a UV unwrapping: And finally he texture-painted it:

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DerekElliott writes: Hey BlenderNation! Check out my latest tutorial on how to put together a professional product animation. We cover the creation of a phone model, lighting, animation, and some tips on syncing with audio. Don't miss it!!!

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Andrew_D writes: Some time ago I created this simple addon that manages 360 ° background of the hdrihaven website which is fantastic and I participate in donations monthly. One of the strong points of this addon is the "Shader catcher FX" which in a single click creates a material that absorbs the shadow of the [...]

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Neat new app authors PBR texture maps via a Substance Designer-like nodal workflow. Blender has a powerful node-based editor for creating 3D shaders, but when it comes to authoring 2D texture maps, many artists turn to commercial tools like Adobe's Substance Designer. What if there were a way to create those textures in an open-source [...]

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Peetie writes: Good news! EV Express 10.1.8 is released for Blender 2.81. EV Express in one word: Huuuuuuge time Saver! (Lighting, rendering, camera and compositing) What is EV Express in few more words: EV Express is an add-on that speeds up tremendously the workflow setting up a scene in EEVEE to showcase your model. No [...]

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3D Artist Ivan Sorokin shows us how he transformed Gerrit Willemse's whimsical Fairytale Bank 2D concept into a 3D model using Blender. Hi! My name is Ivan Sorokin, I’m a 3D artist from Chelyabinsk, Russia and I’d like to share a bit of my creation process of Fairytale Bank. Since I was young I’ve always [...]

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CaasperART writes: Hey iam caasperart, and this is my tutorial about making beef like in the thumbnail, We will focused on material making, the material is procedural and in this tutorial we will just using 100% blender So in the first video you will learn making base mesh. Second video you will learn how to [...]

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of Nodes and Noodles writes: Extra procedural textures for Blender! Architecture themed, and all customisable! Get 4 Roofs, 4 Floors, 1 Wood Facade, a set of custom utility nodes, and a set of ready-made, high-quality materials illustrating how all these nodes can be used. Pick yours up from the Blender Market.

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mmemoli writes: Soft Mod 2.0 is an addon I wrote to be able to create shapekeys in the same way I do in other software like Maya. All the features are showcased in this video below. The add on is free and it can be downloaded here.

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Background Hi, my name is Łukasz Gąska, I'm 27 years old and I come from Poland. I work as an architect. I am self-taught, I have been using Blender since my studies; I started working in Blender in the last year of my studies to present my master's thesis. Although ArchiCAD is the main program [...]

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Paulo Silva writes: I'm very proud to present our recently finished animated short, "Neon Skies". This short was created as an entry to the Unreal Film Jam. We had 6 weeks to create it from scratch to conclusion! It was a rough few weeks but we manage to finish it! Blender 2.80 was used to [...]

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Watch the Suzanne Award entries and vote. Your vote defines the top 5 for nominations.

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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! Alchemist's House by Jessica on Sketchfab NEOPARK by PetraS. on Sketchfab Lightforged Draenei Pedestal by BrunoParrela on Sketchfab Disco Elysium by ruflse on Sketchfab A Fox Selling Sugar [...]

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Devil Soundz has updated Devil to version 2.0.4.1, Devil Bass Module to version 3.1.7, Devil Drummr to version 1.7, Devil Reverb to version 2.0.5 and Vocal Reverb to version 2.0.6.
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BlendFab writes: Guy's we can proudly say that today the BlendFab Online Asset libraries have reached 50GB of different assets for 3D Graphic artists that can be synchronized with anyone's local PC. All the best, BlendFab

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Jonathan Kron writes: This video is all about the new Fluid Engine in Blender 2.82 and show you how to get started with Mantaflow.

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Luis Cherubini writes: Today I explain for beginers what packing UVs are, along with UDIMs and share some ways to automate your process with the UVpackmaster2 addon made for Blender 2.8+.

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henningsanden writes: We cover our top tips in Blender 2.8 which will speed up your work a lot, such as clever selection tips, connecting nodes together, resetting values, using the bevel shader and much more.

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BaldingWizard writes: Node Expressions (Full) now available for free download - generate node groups from a textual mathematical epression. Supports mathematical operators (+, -, *, /, **), trigonometric functions (sin, cos, tan, asin, etc.), modulo, clip, musgrave, point cloud and more.

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Nita Ravalji writes: Hi everyone, let's make some quick artwork.. the method is very simple.. I made this artwork in 4 minutes. believe me if you have the artwork in mind you can make it under 10 minutes too by this technique. It is made in Blender 2.80 EEVEE . Hope you like it, Nita

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