The Blender 2.0 Guide has long been sold out. However if you want to have a look at it, you can now turn to Google Books.
Blender 2.0 Guide on Google Books
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Monthly Archives: January 2007
BlenderNation Fundraiser Result: $4120!
Our birthday party is over and I’m overwhelmed by the result. Initially, I had my reservations about us being able to reach our goal, and never had I expected you to be this generous! On the fourth day we had already collected $3350 and the school-o-meter turned into an explode-o-meter :). Read on for more information about the donations and about the next steps.
Tutorial: Building A Better Eyeball
Jon McKay (Ammusionist) has posted a pdf on BA about creating an eyeball. Been there, done that you say? Think again. Jon breathes new life into creating an old favorite.
Interview with Ton in Linux User & Developer Magazine
Last month we mentioned that issue 68 of LinuxUser & Developer magazine featured an interview with Blender’s lead developer Ton Roosendaal. Editor Daniel James then promised us we could publish the interview text later on and he kept his word: here’s the full interview! Thanks, Daniel!
San Pedro Boys and Girls Club is Looking for Blender Teachers
Alex Monita wrote to us about the San Pedro Boys and Girls Club in San Pedro, California, where they are successfully teaching Blender to teenagers. They are looking to expand their initiative and to do so they need Blender Teachers!
Chemical Structure Import Script Updated
We posted a while back about a script for bringing in chemical structures that are in the standard pdb (protein data bank) format into Blender. After several months Malte Reimold (intermalte) has updated the script.
Free Character Reference
Here’s a site with free character references. It’s from Got3d – 3d Models and Textures. Each character is a high resolution, full body in front of a green screen, All sides are projected. There are also some free models made in light wave and 3Dmax that can be imported into Blender. Though the edge loops were a bit screwy but maybe that has something to do with the Blender import script.
Time-lapse Video of Head Modeling
Here’s something nice to watch if you have some time left this weekend. Roger did some alien head modeling in about 35 minutes, recorded it all and plays it back at twice the speed.
Scientific Visualisation with Blender
Ralph Jimenez wrote to us about a visualisation he did of the “heme domain of FixL” molecule. The image was an entry for a competition at the University of Colorado and it was selected for an exhibition.
Excellent sculpt image.
Maqs at the Subdivisionmodeling forum has posted some incredibly detailed examples of using Blender sculpt.
