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Mathias is Born!

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On Sunday afternoon at 13.49, my son Mathias Jorrit was born. Mother and child are doing great. I never knew you could be this happy and proud (and tired ;-).

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.

200 Comments

  8. Michael on

    Congratulations Bart! Best Wishes to you and your family! He looks very beautiful!
    Some things in life are even much more important than blender!

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  14. ccherrett on

    Wow! congrats :)

    I have 4 of my own and when you commented on the tired but proud excited .... it really brought me back :)

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  23. malefico on

    Congratulations for you and the mother ! You know your life as you knew it, is forever gone, don't you ? So, the dutch secret is revealed ! It's Mathias Jorrit ! :-)

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  32. mookie on

    Congratulations! He looks adorable! Now it's time for all of you to have a bit of rest (although I doubt if there'll be any for the next months)...

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  36. wolfmanyoda on

    That's awesome news, congrats! I hope you slept all you could the last few weeks because you won't get any for the next few :) (trust me, I have a pile of kids)

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  37. davidh7426 on

    Congratulations to all three of you...

    ...

    But just wait till he does his first 'Fluid Sim', without the aid of a daiper... you'll be reaching for the Shift-X keys to clean it up... :):)

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  39. musk on

    Welcome to the club. Hope everything goes well.
    @wolfmanyoda: Not always. My kid slept almost 4hours in one piece befor crying for thirst or diaperchange.

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  41. BrianH on

    Congratulations! Looks like you got some nice modeling skills, and the UV mapping is very realistic! Add some vector particles with hair strand rendering and you'll be set! Looks like you'll be cleaning up your .blend after some messy FluidSim tests. Should be as easy as Appending a new diaper object from the diaperbag.blend file. Just wait till more actions are added in the IPO's for some awesome walkcycles, then some of your other scene elements will need to be edited for repair.

    Aside from all the Blender jokes, I wish you and your family well. God Bless. :)

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  44. Mike on

    It's been 19 years since my last one was born, but I still remember the feeling :-)

    Congratulations and best wishes to all of you.

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  52. masternave on

    Congratulations!!! May your lives be blended together as smoothly as a nice vanilla shake......

    Ok, that was corny. Grats man, prepare for the greatest adventure of your life.

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  61. Kukanani on

    Congrats Bart! Best of luck.

    P.S. Hmm...is the name at all associated with Mathias Pedersen? Son of a Blenderhead, name of a Blenderhead.......just kidding. =)

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  62. matos on

    Congratulations!!!
    i imagine what u must be feeling, i have a 6 month old son, im starting to sleep 3 hours in a row only now :)

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  64. maxwildcat on

    AWwwww!

    Congrats!!!

    wishing him the future he desires,
    and hoping you enjoy the pleasures those desires bring...
    (corny maybe....but i turn to mush around babies)

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  74. papapepe on

    I always said: It's easy to make a perfect bionicle. takes just 10month. And like most projects. To finish is the hardest work, it's got to be done by women.....

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  76. TKR101010 on

    Woohoo! Congrats on the new little one :) I hope the two of you have a great time working on father & son projects in the years to come :) :)

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  77. RedBirdiii on

    Congratulations! May he live a happy long life and get the chance to see Blender becoming the best 3D animation suite of all time.. ;)

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  81. johnj on

    he'll teach us how to see reality, wonder and love it; the best way to model and to paint is to come back to childhood, he is the master!

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  88. HumanForum on

    Thanks for sharing this amazing time. I have 3 and since those first moments have felt like I am the luckiest guy on the planet.

    Best of luck to you and yours,

    Kevin

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  108. kram1032 on

    Wow, he's very fast at shaking his hands :D
    I wish you much more sleep than I'd promise you to have, in next days - also to the mother :)

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  113. pastorJohn on

    Congratulations!!! Wonderful! And a beautiful child!

    Take good care of Momma, too. They both deserve your best attention. Blessings upon your family.

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  115. GR8! (Dimitris Christou) on

    Congratulations! May I see a wireframe? ;) (+1)
    I have a two months son. Prepare to be more tired & happy as time passes.
    Hope you all to be healthy and happy!

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  116. Ephalim on

    congratulations!!
    i hope blender will not suffer attention ;).
    but its your decision.

    i wish you a great time with your son.

    vg
    epha

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  124. Eric on

    Congratulations to you and your family!

    You'll know that all of that hard work is worthwhile when little Mathias smiles at you for the first time. :)

    - Eric

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  125. Chuzzy on

    Wow Congrats to you and your fam man. I know im a little late but this cheered me up today :) (Not as much as you and your wife of course)

    Congrats again

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  128. Squiggly_P on

    9 Month render time!! Now you begin post production.

    Congrats man. My sister has just told us a couple days ago that I am going to be an uncle soon :D

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  131. David Mc on

    Congratulations to Mummy and Daddy (good luck kid), you guys will never know a decent nights sleep ever again hahahahahahaha...

    someone get him a mouse to suck on. And something for Mathias too.

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  132. Matt on

    Big congratulations to you and your wife, Bart! After seeing your dedication and enthusiasm in your other endeavours I'm sure you'll be a wonderful father! Here's a virtual beer on me (and a few years' supply of coffee...)

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  141. Thomas 'ChevyVanDudeG20' on

    Hi Bart

    Gefeliciteerd met de aanwinst van Matthis.
    Or for people don't speaking Dutch:
    Congratulations with the new addition Matthias.

    Thomas

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  143. Byron Kindig on

    Wonderful! Congratulations to you all! I know you will be a great father, having seen your attention to detail with all your work here. How wonderful for your son to have a creative dad. I wish you all the best and most happiness.
    From here in Kingsport, TN USA
    Byron

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  145. Rouven Markovic on

    Hi, what a cool shader , hehe just kidding,

    Congratulations to you and your family. And my best wishes for the small Mathias, may his life
    be a good one.

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  178. bassam on

    Welcome Mathias! Congrats to mum and dad, I'm sure you will care for him well. It's fun to think what the world he grows up in will be ( hopefully better ( but how to judge? ) )
    PS I would have made a lame blender joke, but they're alltaken ;)

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  182. blendercross on

    Congratulation to Mr. and Mrs. Bart!!! ;)
    ...and a welcome to Mathias Jorrit!!!

    My Son Fyn is now 7 Month old - the first time is passing so fast - enjoy it !!!!

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  183. Hexa on

    All the best. My son just turned 11 months. Enjoy the first time -- and about being tired .... lets talk about it 10 month`s later ;)

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  189. Fieke on

    Beste Bart en familie,

    Heel hartelijk gefelicitééééééérd met de geboorte van jullie zoon! Wat een fijn nieuws!

    Genietze, tot kijk,

    Fieke Livius
    Volle Maan

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  194. Psion on

    Bart, it's an amazing journey ... I'm two years ahead of you, and I've loved every minute. Even changing diapers seems ... er ... well, it isn't as hard as I thought it would be. Just wait until you get the first smile. Congratulations!

    And welcome to life, Mathias! Go easy on daddy, we need him here.

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  197. Satoshi on

    Congratulations to you, your wife, and new blenderhead, Mathias! ;)

    I think you should save or print this page to show Mathias it someday...

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  198. IamInnocent on

    Way to go Mathias!
    So you got yourself a set of parents: congratulations.
    Just be patient as these take time to raise. Allow them to do their own mistakes.
    When thing gets hairy just remember to look at those loving eyes and you'll quickly feel again why it's all worth it.

    Jean

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