Don’t look at the rather hideous sample video; this 30-minute videotutorial on Blender fluids by Greg Dunn is actually a rather good introduction.

Continue Reading 'CGTuts+: An Introduction to Fluid Simulations in Blender' »

This 45 minute video tutorial by Pelle Johnsen takes a simple stone to carefully illustrate the process of applying several UV maps to a real-time object.

Continue Reading 'Realtime Stone with detail maps in Blender' »

Karan Shah has created an excellant 96 step mega architectural tutorial on CG Tuts .  “You will go through all the motions necessary to construct a complete, photo-realistic kitchen scene in Blender, and then render it with Yafaray (a free ray tracing, open source rendering engine).”

Continue Reading 'Model, Texture, and Render a Photo-realistic Kitchen in Blender and Yafaray' »

Yet another handy tutorial from Jonathan Williamson, this one is about how to use projection painting, a new feature in 2.49.

Continue Reading '2.49 Projection Painting Tutorial' »

In these two videos, Garet Gratien shows an easy technique to model a dog. ” This technique makes it possible to work without exceeding 500.000 faces.”

Continue Reading 'Sculpting A Dog Character Demo' »

It’s time again to start thinking about articles, tutorials and images for Issue # 23 of Blenderart Magazine.

The theme for this issue is “Epic Fantasy”.

Continue Reading 'Call For Content Blenderart #23' »

Kernon Dillon from BlenderNewbie has published a three-part videotutorial on the creation of a magic wand particles effect.

Continue Reading 'Creating a Magic Wand Particles Effect' »

BlenderTips.com contains a large number of video and text tutorials. If you’re new to Blender this may be an excellent way to get up to speed quickly.

Continue Reading 'BlenderTips.com – Tutorials and Tips' »

Pildanovak has developed a very useful composite node which can make bas-reliefs out of regular 3d models. Originally bas-reliefs can be seen throughout the art history but are very difficult to make by hand (be it in real-life or 3d).

Continue Reading 'Bas-relief node in Blender' »

Learn how to make great looking trees in this 30 minute videotutorial by Andrew Price.

Continue Reading 'Videotutorial: How to Create Stunning Trees' »