Virtual Museum of Computers, Offers .Blend Library

The Virtual Museum of Computers in Ciudad Real, Spain, offers a walk through the history of computers. Next to their display of a cool array of old computers, they have also created a virtual walkthrough, using Blender in the process. And guess what: they’re offering .blend files of all their models under a Creative Commons license. I talked to the technical director of the project, Carlos González Morcillo, who explained how they used Blender.

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Short Site Outage – Fixed

Earlier this afternoon BlenderNation went down. Exactly 20 minutes after reporting the issue, our ISP had replaced a broken power supply and everything was back to normal. I think that deserves a pat on the back: Anywise have provided us with great service for years and they’re always available if I need help. Cheers, guys!

Image: ‘Lights Out’ by Amitubal, via Flickr [cc license]

Cut out animation in Blender

While some of you may be familiar with these animations, (one was nominated for the 2007 Suzanne awards) they are some excellent examples of cutout animation done utilizing Blender and GIMP. And well worth spotlighting. See a couple videos embedded after the cut and a link to more at their Vimeo gallery.

You can for more info about the artists at their blog here.

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