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🚀 [Resources] Blender YouTuber Channel Hacked + Update for Master Cinematic Storytelling + More 3D News

Hey Reader, Today, we’ll start a bit differently, by sharing a message and a call for help from one of our fellow YouTube creators whose channel has been hijacked. Film Stop YouTube Channel Hacked - Let’s try to help! You may have come across Quinn Collier’s TY channel, Film Stop, and his Blender-related content. We wanted to share this deeply disturbing story about the hijacking of his channel and Google's tone-deaf reaction. They don’t do much to help Quinn regain control of what was a...

about 7 hours ago • 2 min read

🚀 New Cinematic Storytelling Chapter: Make a 3D Short Film

Hey Reader, When we launched our Master Cinematic Storytelling course, the goal was to provide a film school for 3D artists. In the course, we cover how to create cinematic shots by teaching filmmaking fundamentals like color, composition, lighting, camera language, sequences, and more. But what about making an actual 3D short film? More than a cool sequence of shots, but a real story with a beginning, middle, and end, all created inside Blender. And not just the visuals either, but editing,...

1 day ago • 1 min read

🚀 [Resources] New Blender Open Movie + Create Cars Like a Pro + More 3D News

Hey Reader, We are back with our new bi-weekly schedule, with a fresh dose of news, inspiration, and resources from the 3D world. Today, we have the new Open Movie ‘Singularity’ by the Blender Studio, an impressive stylized girl animation breakdown, a special 25% discount for a professional automotive modeling course in Blender, and the 30% Spring Sale from Blender Secrets. Let’s dive right in. New Open Movie by Blender Studio: ‘Singularity’ A new Open Movie, ‘Singularity’ from the Blender...

14 days ago • 2 min read

🚀 6 Reasons You Shouldn’t Learn 3D Character Creation

Hey Reader, Creating 3D characters in Blender isn’t for everyone. To make characters truly feel believable is no easy task, and there are no shortcuts or hacks. It requires studying anatomy, all the way to hair grooming. It's a craft-intensive and demanding journey for 3D artists to embark on. Our very own Mastering 3D Characters course has grown into a deep dive into the entire process, now expanded to cover production-level workflow like texturing, shading, and hair grooming. To take on the...

24 days ago • 5 min read

🚀 [Resources] Free 2D Animation Blender Course + Pulling Off Big Projects + More 3D News

Hey Reader, We are back with a fresh dose of news, inspiration, and resources from the 3D world. Today, we have a video on how to stick to long-term projects, a free Blender 2D animation course, and a cute Kirby fan animation (with a breakdown). Let’s dive right in. Newsletter Switching to Bi-Weekly Schedule First, we want to explain why we’ve decided to test a new bi-weekly newsletter schedule (starting this May). With the world buzzing with news and so much information and content noise, we...

28 days ago • 2 min read

🚀 3D Hair Grooming using Geometry Nodes in Blender

Hey Reader, Hair is one of those features that’s easy to overlook, but plays an important role in making a character feel truly real and alive. Character from Javier Benver “Wild Hair” By the time you reach character grooming, you’ve usually gone through sculpting, modeling, retopology, texturing & shading. Your initial energy and passion can start feeling low, and the temptation to rush your character's hair is real. But this is the very moment to slow down and lean in. Hair can be one of...

29 days ago • 2 min read

🚀 Texturing 3D Characters entirely in Blender

Hey Reader, Today I want to expand on the Master 3D Characters Part 3 update and specifically why we teach you to texture an entire character without leaving Blender. First, tools like Substance Painter are widely used for good reason, we are not agains it at all, it’s a industry standard powerful tool. But, it’s also valuable to stay in creative flow, inside one program like Blender. So you can move from sculpting, to modeling, to texturing, to lighting, without breaking your flow. That is...

about 1 month ago • 3 min read

🚀 [Resources] Free Blender Workshop + Stylized Character Workflow + More 3D News

Hey Reader, We are back with a fresh dose of news, inspiration, and resources from the 3D world. Today, we have a full 3D character creation process in Blender time-lapse, a funny animated series about bugs, and finally, a free workshop on painterly 3D creations in Blender. Let’s dive right in. Stylized 3D Character Creation in Blender (Time-lapse) As we’re full steam into 3D character creation after our latest texturing/grooming update to Jim Morren’s course, we wanted to give you some extra...

about 1 month ago • 1 min read

🚀 [Resources] New Blender Rigging Course + Free V-Ray for Blender + More 3D News

Hey Reader, We are back with a fresh dose of news, inspiration, and resources from the 3D world. Today, we have ToAnimate’s Ultimate Rigging Course Kickstarter, a fun retro animation made in Blender, and finally, the news about The Free V-ray Community Edition for Blender users. Let’s dive right in. Master 3D Characters Course Update and Sale Before we begin, a quick reminder that yesterday we launched our Master 3D Character Course texturing, shading, and hair grooming update (read more...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read

🚀 Our biggest Master 3D Characters update just released

Hey Reader, This update has been a long time coming, and we're excited to share that we’ve just launched Part 3 of our Master 3D Characters Course. This update includes several new chapters of advanced texturing, shading, and hair grooming workflows, all inside Blender. 👉 Click here to check it out During the research of this course we realized that there are many good, and even great, character courses out there, but most of them get just one or two subjects right. For example, sculpting and...