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Check out self-taught animator SouthernShotty's inspirational animation breakdown for his 13-minute, one-person Blender short.

Monday, April 22nd, 2024

Free tool to prevent generative AI models from learning artists' personal styles from online images is now faster and more robust.

Monday, April 15th, 2024

Create professional-quality turntable renders of your 3D models for your portfolio with VFX artist Cristian Spagnuolo's handy Maya template.

Sunday, April 7th, 2024

Handy free web app lets creature designers and animators manipulate real-world animal skeletons in 3D, and even see them in motion.

Sunday, April 7th, 2024

Open-source framework should help devs write plugins to send files between Substance 3D apps and tools like Blender and Maya.

Friday, April 5th, 2024

Get over 100 species of grasses and flowers in FBX or Alembic format, or for use with the Gscatter Blender plugin. For commercial use.

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024

Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D app, from better baking to improvements to Cycles and the Sequencer.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024

Control Max with text commands: type in a description of what you want to create and have this GPT-based plugin do the work for you.

Thursday, March 21st, 2024

Download free, fully rigged human characters with Reallusion's animation-friendly CC3+ Base topology. For commercial use.

Wednesday, March 20th, 2024

Handy new free add-on turns curve-based Blender hair to faster-rendering geometry for use in games and real-time apps.

Monday, March 18th, 2024

Get Sentient Art's detailed free Unreal Engine 5 sci-fi interior environment, including over 150 free 3D models. For commercial use.

Friday, March 15th, 2024

New plugins make it easy to use NVIDIA's free AI-based facial animation system to create lip sync for iClone animations.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2024

Promising 3D sketching app lets you create concept designs on an iPad or in a browser, and export them in glTF or OBJ format.

Sunday, March 10th, 2024