Blender-designed concept aircraft

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November 10th, 2008

This concept aircraft is designed with the use of Blender 3D. The Verticopter is a new breed of STOVL aircraft. According to its website, it is a scalable type of convertiplane by Garrow Aircraft.
The Video directly below shows the concept as it is created in Blender 3D.

Below is a video of its prototype in flight.

Blender Talk at Siggraph Asia 2008

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November 8th, 2008

As you may know Siggraph Asia for 2008 will be in Singapore. The event, which will be held in Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, will be from 10th to 13th of December.
There will be two Blender 3D related talks during the event. It will be on the 11th of December 2008. The speakers […]

Blender 3D book review copy arrived

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November 7th, 2008

Yesterday, I received a review copy of a recently-published Blender 3D book in my mailbox.

The book, is called Blender 3D: Architecture, Buildings, and Scenery . It is a 300+ page book from Packt Publishing. This is a book about creating architectural buildings, interiors and environmental scenery using Blender 3D, the powerful open-source 3D application. This […]

Suite Noire - artistic Blender-made video

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October 25th, 2008

Very nice and artistic video done using Blender 3D. This is the opening for a French show. The movement of the insect is so natural. A creative usage of Blender that is a departure from the typical animation works.

suite noire from matray on Vimeo.
Enjoy the video.

Mini Village - work-in-progress 2

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October 13th, 2008

This is the second work-in-progress update for Mini Village.

Currently, I had modified the Blender file to include new elements such as the mud tracks and mushroom houses. These elements made use of Blender’s newer features such as sculpt mode and subsurface scattering. All modelling works and rendering were done using Blender 3D and its internal […]

Mini Village - work-in-progress Blender Art

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October 11th, 2008

This is still a work-in-progress of an artwork that I am currently working on. I will be modelling more 3D elements. Current status is as shown below. There will be a lot more work to be done. The concept was to create a fantasy-like environment set in a forested area. This forest will be inhabited […]

Tripeace- Nice music video made with Blender

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October 11th, 2008

This is one of my favourite Blender-made animation. Very nice and soothing. In my opinion, the music and animation go very well together.

TripeaceUploaded by tripeace
Enjoy!

Open Source 3D is not free

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October 4th, 2008

I love Blender 3D. I love the fact that such a powerful 3D application can be free. However, as much as I would like to think that Open Source 3D is free, the truth is that it is not entirely so…

Over the years, I have bought quite a few books and magazines to learn Blender. […]

Get the Bridge Starter Pack free

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October 3rd, 2008

For the current promotion, DAZ is now giving the Bridge Starter Pack for free. This pack is designed to be used with DAZ Studio.

This pack includes several nice models such as Aiko, a dragon, a cat, a dog, an elephant and all the necessary textures and accessories that go with them.
To get this current […]

New Sci-fi artwork - Work-in-progress

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September 15th, 2008

I am working on a new science fiction artwork. Currently still a work-in-progress.
The model below was built using Rhino 3D. The rendering was done in Kerkythea 2008, the free high quality renderer that uses true Global Illumination. This scene was partially lighted using a HDRI light probe.

There are still more 3D models to […]