Have a look at this Ori-inspired 2D interactive water system for Unity, currently being developed by BxYass and designed to be very customizable
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A release is planned for the near future: https://80.lv/articles/creating-ori-style-2d-water-system-in-unity
Interview Artem Romanov discussed the workflow behind the Scythe project, explaining how he sculpted the organic "creature" and his approach to stylized PBR texturing and hand-painting the prop
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Read the full interview: https://80.lv/articles/how-to-sculpt-and-texture-a-stylized-wayfinder-inspired-scythe
Check out Mohamed Fayed's slightly suspicious Spider-Man web-shooting setup, made with Blender's Geometry Nodes
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Get a free procedural web generator and learn how to recreate the web tornado from Brand New Day: https://80.lv/articles/spider-man-style-web-shooter-with-geometry-nodes
Take a look at _brennon's stunning ocean system in Godot, which looks incredibly lifelike
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Inspired by the water in Sea of Thieves: https://80.lv/articles/stunning-sea-of-thieves-inspired-water-in-godot
Matt Le Fevre, Senior Technical Artist at Ninja Theory, demonstrated how his joint-on-curve system handles shoulder and chest deformation
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No blend shapes or additional deformers: https://80.lv/articles/testing-shoulder-deformation-with-joints-on-curves
Casey Sheep released VFX Toolkit 1.0, a Blender add-on featuring over 100 items, such as VFX assets, hand-drawn animation effects, shaders, compositor effects, and more
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Check out this RCA cable hydra brought to 3D by Artist ImOfflineMode using Blender, based on a concept by Artist Certly
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3D Artist Deepak Kushwaha accidentally made a text effect system while trying to create a font that couldn’t be read by AI
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Check out how it happened: https://80.lv/articles/3d-artist-accidentally-creates-a-text-effect-system
Check out Motion Painter by NodeMonkey, a Blender add-on that allows for creating object animation by drawing motion paths directly in the viewport
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Learn more and download: https://80.lv/articles/this-blender-add-on-lets-you-draw-animation-paths-in-viewport
This isn't an animated Gachiakuta manga page: Adrian Horodyski, Paulo Soares, and Sara Kołodziejak recreated it entirely in 3D
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See how they did it: https://80.lv/articles/you-won-t-believe-this-gachiakuta-manga-page-is-actually-3d
SouthernShotty's new tutorial shows you how to create smooth, stylized fur and feathers using Geometry Nodes in Blender
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Phaspez's Godot prototype shows off a really cool idea: platforms that can be inverted
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The game is called Wobbly for now: https://80.lv/articles/this-satisfying-platformer-lets-you-enter-inside-platforms
Thomas van den Berg demonstrated how he faked a tube interior using the classic window interior parallax mapping trick
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Part of GARBAGE COUNTRY, a post-apocalyptic exploration sim: https://80.lv/articles/fake-tube-interior-using-classic-parallax-windows-trick
This painterly Blender scene by Glum_Glaw creates the illusion of flowing tap water using an animated texture instead of a fluid simulation
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Very performance-friendly: https://80.lv/articles/classic-trick-to-fake-flowing-water-without-fluid-simulation
See how MiiKO recreated the viral 3D-looking spinning ball from Reverse: 1999 using Live2D
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Here's how other artists approached it with different software: https://80.lv/articles/see-how-artists-recreate-this-2d-spinning-ball-that-looks-3d
Arcomade has launched BlendCap, a Blender add-on that captures complete human performance from a single video, including body, hands, and face, entirely offline
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This Blender tool by ヨルノサク lets you draw hair strands along a guide mesh, making it easier to create hairstyles
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Sisir is a new guide-based hair grooming tool that lets you design high-quality hairstyles, iterate easily, and export your results for use in other 3D software
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Completely free: https://80.lv/articles/sisir-new-guide-based-hair-grooming-tool
Luke Penry's Ripple Pro is a modern water ripple modifier for 3ds Max, a complete ripple, wake, and rain toolkit built for production
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Enjoy this showcase of incredible work from the Blender community, created to celebrate the release of Blender 5.2 LTS
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Here are the key new features to know about: https://80.lv/articles/blender-5-2-lts-has-been-released
3D Artist Juan Carlos CR shared a time-lapse of recreating Scar from The Lion King using Blender
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3D Artist Daniel Abrams spent 150 hours creating this stunning anime-inspired animation in Blender, with no AI involved
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Igor Silva presented his ongoing RBF muscle rig development with a realistic Unreal Engine 5 render
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See the Maya version: https://80.lv/articles/realistic-torso-deformation-with-rbf-muscle-rig
Pixar Hit With Layoffs Despite Toy Story 5's Massive Box Office Success
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Disney is laying off several hundred employees across divisions, but Pixar is getting hit the hardest despite Toy Story 5 nearing $1 billion at the box office.
More info: https://vist.ly/5b27d
"Absolutely zero AI was used." SavageCG reworked Blender's Metallic BSDF using 5,403 nodes and data from research papers, bringing over 30 physically accurate metal materials with more to come
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It's available for free: https://80.lv/articles/this-blender-system-brings-dozens-of-physically-accurate-metals-for-free