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I'm on Vacation!

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240383824_1a03e1514c.jpgAfter working on BlenderNation every single day for the last year and a half, it's time for me to take a break. My personal live is quite busy at the moment: I bought a new house that I'll need to work on, my own company is doing very well and last but not least, I'm going to be a father in October! :) Sometimes it's just too hard to also spend 1-2 hours a day on running BlenderNation so I decided I could use a 'vacation' from running this website.

Don't worry though! We have a great team and they'll be running the show from now on. As the entire process of receiving news leads and approving posts was far too dependent on me, we've made a few organizational changes. Every editor now has publishing rights, the contact form is sent directly to the editors mail list and the team has full control over what will be published.

Of course we can still need more help. Becoming a regular editor is still by invitation only, but the best way to get yourself noticed is to regularly submit news in a ready-to-use format.

When I have some energy left, I'll continue writing posts for BN. Otherwise, you should see me back around the 15th of July!

Have fun!

Bart

About the Author

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Bart Veldhuizen

I have a LONG history with Blender - I wrote some of the earliest Blender tutorials, worked for Not a Number and helped run the crowdfunding campaign that open sourced Blender (the first one on the internet!). I founded BlenderNation in 2006 and have been editing it every single day since then ;-) I also run the Blender Artists forum and I'm Head of Community at Sketchfab.

35 Comments

  3. Mal Duffin on

    Enjoy your holiday Bart! The BlenderNation news is an invaluable source of knowledge for me, and is something I check practically ever day, so many thanks for setting it up!

    Mal

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  4. Kram1032 on

    A very merry funny nice relaxing creativity-gaining beautiful joyful colourful happy .... ok, slowly, I run out of words... imagine 1000 more wishworth things :P
    holydayvacation :D

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  7. Cubedude04 on

    Have a great time Bart. This is the only blog i check everyday and post on. It's always full of great news and tutorials.

    Have a great time and relax =D

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  10. olivS on

    Congratulations for your fatherhood, as it appears to look the most important to me and that nobody mentioned it yet in the comments ;)
    I have a little article pending that I sent you by e-mail: should I submit it again via the form or our valliant editors have been forwarded it?

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  13. Bart on

    @olivS: I've forwarded your article to the editors, it will be taken care of. And your suggestion about the text box is a good one; I'll see if I can easily fix that, thanks.

    @Everyone else: thanks for the nice comments :) By the way, I'm not really going away, just taking a break from the BlenderNation work! I'm hoping to come back full of energy and new ideas..

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  16. Alden on

    See ya later, Bart! Thanks for all the great articles. I don't know what I would do without your website.

    ;-)
    -Alden

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  22. IamInnocent on

    I wish you all the best for all you projects and the release of your first born.
    Just remember that sleepless night, diapers, rashes and belly cramps (yours ans his/hers) are features not bugs. ;)

    Jean

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  23. johnj on

    1. once upon a time... there was no BN; now it seems like the sun that always rises up and shines; but it's not a right, it's a gift, a present of every day; like life, and the sun; if we stay without you for 2 or 3 monthes may be that in july we remember how beautiful this present is.
    2. if you don't relax for a while you become crazy, and BN may become too strange; so i hope you'll have all you need to enjoy yourself and to love all the good things of the real world; a house and a child are very good meshes to model in the best way; i'm waiting for images...
    sorry for my english

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  26. Nathan Letwory on

    Enjoy your vacation, b@rt. Also, enjoy the time you and your wife are pregnant. Do lots of fun stuff and remember to surprise her on a regular basis. Every special moment now will be worth double after you become Father.

    /Nathan

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  33. JimC on

    A house that needs work... and most importantly... a father! Congrats! You'll soon be so busy that you'll forget what Blender is! (but being a father will be your most important job)

    Best wishes Bart!

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  35. pictorali on

    Gratz Bart, and thanks for all the work you have done making BlenderNation such an excellent resource.

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