Here are two upcoming workshops at the end of this week and next week in Spain and Austria.
Workshops: Spain, Austria
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Dark Scarab Blender Tutorials
The Dark Scarab site has many tutorials for blender users, cover car modeling, cloth, etc.
Hello China!
The Chinese blog Crossmovie diligently translated our articles into Chinese. Hello unknown author – now YOU’re on BlenderNation too! :) Would you care to introduce yourself to the community?
Visualization of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct for the BBC Wales
See3D recently completed work on a visualization of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
It is due to be aired on BBC Wales for their premier episode of ‘Hidden Histories’, a series documenting great engineering achievements of the Industrial Revolution.
Blender Appearance at Intel Core i7 Launch Event
Randall Rickert (professional 3D animator, used to work for Not a Number) showcased Blender at the new Intel Core i7 launch event.
Goodnight Moon
Here’s a short animation by Dan Finlayson inspired by the song ‘Goodnight Moon’ by Shivaree, a large portion of it was made using Blender and some rather intriguing techniques.
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
For those of you who are interested in learning to draw by hand, this book may be a big help: its concept is that all people can learn to draw what they see by using techniques to trick the right side of the brain to take over and block out the left side. This right side is the artistic side the left side the more analytical.
Inspired 3D Short Film Production
Covering every aspect of the short-film production pipeline, this book demonstrates each concept and technique through a combination of general theories, examples, exercises, case studies, and interviews with short-film directors and industry specialists. Full of amazing imagery and one-of-a-kind content (including a robust DVD filled with dozens of award-winning short films) it is a must-read book for current and future animated filmmakers.
Blender Gamekit 2
Second edition, Full Color!
Playing with 3D games technology
Blender is the first of the 3D packages to integrate a game engine as well as tools for editing game-logic and creating interactive animation. This book is the ultimate guide for artists interested in exploring this part of Blender.
This fully revised and updated second edition has been written with Blender 2.48, and covers all improvements for game creation thanks to the Open Game Yo Frankie! project.
The Blender GameKit starts with an extensive section for people who are new to 3D – explaining all basic concepts – or new to Blender; with a full introduction to the interface. Then it shows in step-by-step tutorials the fun of creating models, adding motion to them, and how to turn them into simple games. Experienced 3D artists will appreciate the more complex game demos, the character animation tutorials, the introduction to Python, a tutorial with the Frankie character, and the advanced reference section.
The CDROM contains several playable and editable Blender game demos, created by renowned artists from the Blender community. It also contains all the files needed for the tutorials and Blender V2.48, for all platforms.
Special discount for early orders! Book expected to ship December 15, 2008.
- Full Color printed, 320 pages
- Edited and updated by Carsten Wartmann
- Design and DTP by Samo Korosec
- Produced by Ton Roosendaal, Blender Foundation
- Book revenues will be fully used to support Blender projects.
TODAY: Free Blender workshop, Sao Paolo, Brazil
This came in just this morning – if you live in Sao Paolo and you don’t have plans for this afternoon then here’s a nice chance to hook up with some Blenderheads.
