Hey Reader,

Zach here,

With a fresh collection of news from the 3D world.

Today I have a Kickstarter launch for a promising Blender VFX course by InLightVFX, a Humble Bundle of the best add-ons from Blender Market, a pro character animator sharing his 25 years journey, a new Car Render Challenge and a cute animation teaser.

Let’s dive in.
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​"Master 3D VFX in Blender" by InLightVFX on Kickstarter​

Jacob from InLightVFX (who’s De-Lighting tutorial we recently shared) is preparing the Kickstarter launch of his promising looking "Master 3D VFX in Blender" course. By backing the course on Kickstarter, you can pre-order it with a big discount.

Jacob is a master of this craft, and he has a great gift of explaining complex techniques and making them easy-to-follow. If you want to level up your VFX skills, this is a must-have course for sure.

The Kickstarter campaign launches on October 1st.

You can also watch this sneak peek video of what’s inside the course.

​Humble Bundle with the best of Blender Market’s Add-ons 2024​

There is a great Humble Bundle deal for you, if you’re looking to buy some helpful Blender add-ons. This bundle contains a selection of the best add-ons of 2024 from Blender Market.

Humble Bundle is a site offering great "pay-what-you-want" bundles of games, books and software, and donating a part of the price to charities.

You can choose a different amount (4, 13 or 31) of bundled add-ons depending on the amount you decide to pay.

​Get the bundle here​

Hurry up, the deal will be available only for one more week.

​11th Annual Car Render Challenge 2024​

Here’s something for you if you’re missing our CG Boost Challenges. 3dmodels.org (formerly known as Hum3D) announced their annual Car Render Challenge for 3D artists.

I participated in this challenge in 2016 and even won a special prize for my artwork "Final Takeoff" (check it here). This time (as a few times before) I will be one of the judges for the challenge, and I’m excited to see all the creative artworks.

​Previous editions were always very inspiring, with many cool unexpected images among the more typical good-looking automotive renders.

If you love modeling cars and want to give your creative spin to this topic, join the challenge here.

I’m curious what you will come up with.

​3D Animator recreates his first project after 25 years​

Whether you’re just starting with learning 3D or you’re already experienced, it’s good to learn from others who made the journey before you.

John Knowles, a 3D animator and director, shares the lessons he learned from the early days when he just bought a 3D magazine (and was hooked by the idea of making his own 3D animations) throughout his entire 25-year-long career as a professional 3D animator.

Some tips in the video might seem trivial, but in fact, they are really profound and backed by real-life experience.

I hope John’s story inspires you to pursue your dream projects and the desire to try new things, however hard to achieve they might seem.

​Here’s his video to get you inspired.

​"Earthquake Tuners" - Cute Blender 3D Animation Teaser​

Cgsnob - a 3D artist using Blender shared a short but impressive teaser for his animated project Earthquake Tuners. The animation has a nice painterly style and a really cute green creature. The author says he wants to develop this into a whole animated series.

You can also take a look at some more "making of" sneak-peeks at his ArtStation page.

The teaser got me looking forward to seeing more from Cgsnob, I'm sure you'll love it too.
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That’s it from me for today. Have a great week and till next time!

~Zach