This 3-part video tutorial series will show you how to create a magic wand particles effect, the sort of visual effect you might see when a “magic wand” is waved. This will be similar to a “pixie” dust effect, although not so complicated. In Part 2, we’ll take a look at how to create the particle system that will be used with the sprite graphics created in Part 1.

Because you never know who you might sit next to on the bus…

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Creating the snowflake pattern using simple poly-modeling techniques along with Blender’s Mirror modifier and Spin tool

André Luan Chiquetto Nascimento (Brutto AVT) has published on his personal website a tutorial for Sunflow newbies. The tutorial covers the basic steps to render an simple scene and introduces the sintax of a sunflow file.

Perfect for advertisements, logos and animations! This tutorial teaches you useful techniques such as modelling with curves, creating a glow effect and making a curve emit light.

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Let’s face it – rendering is tedious. Your machine is unusable for hours on end, leaving you with nothing to do but twiddle your thumbs, watch TV and generally get distracted. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could harness the power of those idle computer’s lying around the house, and shave this boring task down to a fraction of the time? In a few easy steps you can!

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