Blender has long been a loose confederation of artists, programmers, and hobbyists. And with Blender becoming more and more powerful, people, schools, and studios are beginning to have the need and desire to use Blender in their organizations. However, there is often a great hurdle that must be overcome with Blender: Learning how to use it.
In a recent post we spotlighted a video tutorial available on BlenderNewbies. Now we will take a quick look at BlenderNewbies itself.
Jason van Gumster wrote:
I’m showing Elephants Dream this Sunday (24 September) as a “pResentation” at Project Resolution, a monthly filmmakers’ event here in Richmond. The whole event starts at 7:00PM at the Firehouse Theater. For more information on Project Res and directions to the Firehouse, go to http://www.projectres.com
Wheeee!
Blender has quite a presense on YouTube. If you haven’t heard of or visited YouTube its a website for people to watch and share original videos.
If you have been considering learning Python and are confused about how and where to start, there are several good suggestions that have recently been posted over at BlenderArtists.org.
We were contacted by Sandra Gilbert, the editor of BlenderArt Magazine. She is looking for volunteers to help them in the translation process of the Magazine. If you’ve been meaning to help out in the Blender Open Source scene then this is a great way to do so!
We continue the journey through the Blender Summer of Documentation with the Introduction to Materials by material master Colin Litster.
We’ve previously posted about “The Sprint” which is a project to get Blender to work in a VR/CAVE environment. Now the Blender Sprint project has set dates and is calling for participation.
The Sprint is set for September 21st through 25th, 2006. With the dates set, you can start checking your calendar and applying for a spot on the project which will be based in Innsbruck, Austria.Â
Earlier this month, David Revoy (DeeVad) posted about his short animation “Little Fairy” that he made using Blender. It’s certainly nicely done, especially “with a knowledge of 3d coming only from internet tutorials and forums; all of this during the freetime out of my job…”
TomLog over at BlenderArtists recently posted a really good video tutorial on how to make a Spanish style roof tile and then repeat the shape across an entire roof quickly and easily.
