Author Ian Pitkanen

I have been using Blender for well over a decade as a hobbyist. In the last couple of years I went freelance and now spend my time making motion graphics and editing videos on projects for Slack, Sprout Social, Greg Stewart, and others. See more of my work at: http://inthebeginningstories.com/

July 2, 2020 0

Blender Used for Slack Connect Launch

Ian Pitkanen writes: Hey Blender Nation! We’re excited to share some of the development of…

June 7, 2020 0

Creating Cyclical Animations Along Paths

Ian Pitkanen writes: This video covers some basic animation in Blender's timeline and graph editor…

May 15, 2020 1

C4D > Blender: Recreating a GSG Stitching Quick Tip in Blender

Ian Pitkanen writes: I've started to re-create images and motion design projects from C4D in…

January 10, 2019 2

Blender 2.8 Eevee Grain Shader Tutorial

Ian Pitkanen writes: I created a tutorial about making a grain shader in Blender Eevee…

November 15, 2018 1

Eevee Toon Shader and Grease Pencil Introduction

Ian Pitkanen writes: A brief tutorial showing how I set up a toon shader with…

September 25, 2018 0

Blender Eevee Photoscan and Time-lapse

Ian Pitkanen writes: As Blender 2.8 is becoming more stable I have been testing out…