Blender is shaping modern creative pipelines as 3D animation software becomes faster and more specialized. In 2026, many tools deliver stronger viewport performance optimization, handling massive ...

If you fancy starting a career in 3D animation you might be interested to know that the latest Blender 3D animation software has launched this month and is now available to download as Blender 4.0.

Light painting: there’s something that never gets old about waving lights around in a long exposure photo. Whilst most light paintings are single shots, some artists painstakingly create ...

[Staacks]’s Blender plugin to animate growth is behind the sweet animation seen above. It’s an add-on that cleverly makes creating slick growth animations easier when using Blender. It isn’t limited ...

SIGGRAPH 2025 has passed by in Vancouver in a blur of groundbreaking advances in AI and robotics (and a tribute to 30 years of Toy Story). But highlights for many 3D artists were a couple of demos of ...

Zilbalodis tells IndieWire about working in Blender to create an emotive, evocative animation style. Focused on a cat, who reluctantly ends up in the same boat as a set of other animals amid a flooded ...