Hey Reader,

Zach here,

With new inspiration and resources from the 3D world.

I’ll start with the Blender Conference 2025 and news about Ton Roosendaal stepping down from leading the Blender Foundation.

Next, I’ll share info about the upcoming Blender Conference in Austin, Texas 2026, Top 100 "Rampage Rally" montage, and Interniq 2.0 - a huge asset library for 3D interiors.

Let’s dive in.

​BCon 2025 - A new Chapter for Blender​

If you’ve ever attended one of the Blender Conferences in Amsterdam, I’m sure you want to go back there once more (I know I wish I were there now with Martin Klekner 😀).

There are many great talks and presentations (all of them are available to watch on the official Blender YouTube Channel), but it’s not the talks that make these events so special, but the amazing people, and the friendly atmosphere of a true Blender Fest!

This year’s opening speech by Ton Roosendaal (Blender’s original creator and the driving spirit of the whole project) shook the entire community as he announced he will step down by the end of the year as the Chairman of the Blender Foundation, passing the responsibilities to Francesco Siddi and his fellow young team.

I remember when I first met Ton at one of the Blender Conferences, he warmly greeted me with an "Oh, hey, the ‘AgenZasBorthers’ guys!". He knew me from the YouTube channel I used to run back then with my brother, and I immediately felt at home as part of the Blender family.

He also impressed me by being very tall (and I’m not the shortest person in town 😜).

​Blender Conference USA (Austin, Texas) - Spring 2026​

If you didn’t make it this year, or perhaps Amsterdam is too far for you to go, there’s good news that another BCon is about to take place in the United States in the Spring of 2026.

Exactly on 13th-14th April 2026 in Austin, Texas.

To get updates about the event, you can subscribe to the organizer’s (Autotroph) newsletter.

​"Rampage Rally" - Pwnisher’s 3D Challenge Top 100 Montage​

Pwnisher’s challenges are always a great celebration of 3D creativity, and the final Top 100 Montage videos are on my radar every time.

"Rampage Rally" resulted in a dynamic video of vehicle jump animations looped together. A truly wild ride through a hundred unique worlds.

There are great prizes for the top 5 winners, but the biggest prize is being part of this incredible collective work that we can all enjoy! I think even those who didn’t make it to the top 100, but submitted their artworks, can feel like winners. After all, the challenges are all about creative joy and growth!

Many artists are also sharing their breakdown videos so we can learn some tricks from those who have succeeded. I’ve picked two that use Blender in their workflow.

​One is the 1st Place Winner 🎉 by Jack Horsburgh:

​The second one by Roman Demichev provides a more in-depth explanation of how he achieved the result using Blender, Substance Painter, and Marvelous Designer.

​Interniq 2.0 Launch Sale - 33% OFF​

If you’re making 3D interiors of any sort (archviz or just realistic scenes that need some furniture and props), you’ll surely appreciate the freshly released Interiq 2.0 from Polygoniq (creators of such popular add-ons like Botaniq and Traffiq).

Interniq is a vast library of 3D assets for interior scenes (+450 new ones added, which makes a total of 1263 assets), including: home and office furniture, lighting, and decoration props.

To celebrate the launch, Polygoniq is giving customers 33% OFF.

Coupon Code: boostiq

​Grab Interniq 2.0 on Superhive (affiliate link)

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That’s all from me today. Have a great weekend, and till next time.

~Zach