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Editor’s Note
BlenderArt Magazine - 2009-12-31 17:23:43

It would seem that  I have upset the order of the Blender universe by posting Issue #26’s Call for Content before we had released Issue #25. That was not my intention. Issue #25 is on schedule to be released in about a week or so. You have not missed it, it isn’t canceled. It is coming.

I have been monitoring the number of articles submitted for each issue and the time needed by the writers to complete their submissions and came to the conclusion that a little more time would be helpful. So as a test run, I released Call for Content early to see if more time helps both the writers and my staff out.

Sandra

Kaboom Part Two
Reyn's Blog - 2009-12-31 17:19:00

Another funny test we did. ^_^Whistle bomb away!Edited with BlenderShot with my Fujifilm Finepix S9600 (Akita).

Kaboom Part One
Reyn's Blog - 2009-12-31 17:14:00

A pre-New Year's Eve test. ^_^The nasty "bawang" did it again.Edited in Blender.Shot with my Fujifilm Finepix S9600 (Akita).

More epic in 2010!
Sintel, the Durian Open Movie Project - 2009-12-31 16:36:17

I’ve just made quick screenshots of the lone soldiers here… they’re still at work, but in 30 minutes I’ll get the beer, Lee gets the playing cards and we’ll have some old fashioned fun. Then Angela arrives too, and we go to our favorite thai - even open this evening for us - and around 23.30 I take everyone into town to watch Amsterdam explode at midnight!

On behalf of the entire Durian crew, I wish everyone here a totally amazing & happy new year! New chances, new opportunities!

-Ton-

(Soenke, Nathan, Lee, Ben, Campbell, Oliebollen).

Using Indirect Lighting in Blender 2.5
thisroomthatikeep - 2009-12-31 15:13:00



My latest tutorial for cgtuts has been published today. I had to produce it in a few days and I feel the result's quite clumsy, but, well, may be worth a watch.

http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/3d-art/using-indirect-lighting-in-blender-2-5/

Creating an Urban Stairway Scene (Part 4 - Technical Review)
Blender Newbies 3D Video Tutorials (Learn to Create 3D Graphics with Blender!) - 2009-12-31 14:34:00



In this 4th part of the Urban Stairway Scene tutorial we’ll review some of the most common techniques and tools used while modeling the scene.

Topics covered include:

• Snapping Basics
• Creating New Objects by Separating Geometry
• Bevel Basics
• Linking Object Data
• Aligning Objects using “Copy Attributes”
• Using Spin Duplication (or Spin) to Create Pipe Elbows
• Creating Custom Transform Widget Orientations
• Using Edge Loops to Control Hard Surface Edges
• Using the 3D Cursor as a Rotation Pivot
• Using the Array Modifier to Create Steps
• Using Tapered Extrusions and Imperfect Alignments for Increased Construction Realism

Tutorial Level: Beginner

You can check out the tutorial at BlenderCookie.com

technorati tags: Blender3D, 3D, graphics, Blender tutorials

Crediting : Janne Karhu
Tinker Code - 2009-12-31 09:25:01

Hi all, this is the blog maintainer. for those who are new to this blog and are impressed by the work of Stephen and Farsthary, be aware that all these additions would not have been possible quickly without the impressive particle system from and continuously improved by Janne Karhu, and by him kindly advising them.  So [...]

Sad walk
KICHAVADI - 2009-12-31 09:25:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQYKzWEkEBI

Flora
Reyn's Blog - 2009-12-31 05:47:00

Shot with Akita. ^_^Thanks to Blender and rooks for the AUGUST LOOP music.

2009 CG Cookie Year In Review
Blender Cookie - 2009-12-31 05:13:22

CG Cookie started out in October of 2008 as just a few pages of a Word Press installation and 2-3 tutorials to start. Today we have 2 main education sites, over 100 streaming video lessons and this number is growing each week. Over this past year we have been able to launch new features, new [...]

http://blendercookie.com

Creating an Urban Stairway Scene – part 4
Blender Cookie - 2009-12-31 02:30:52

In this 4th part of the Urban Stairway Scene tutorial we’ll review some of the most common techniques and tools used while modeling the scene. Topics covered include: Snapping Basics Creating New Objects by Separating Geometry Bevel Basics Linking Object Data Aligning Objects using “Copy Attributes” Using Spin Duplication (or Spin) to Create Pipe Elbows Creating Custom Transform Widget Orientations Using Edge Loops to [...]

http://blendercookie.com

参加したかも(BlogPet)
CG系blog - 2009-12-31 02:00:23

きのう輪ゴムが、参加したかも。

*このエントリは、ブログペットの「輪ゴム」が書きました。

Digital Painting a cover illustration with bleed for my CreativeSpace book, in Photoshop, Tutorial stage 2
Starbright Illustrations (blog) - 2009-12-31 00:52:32

Last time we saw this image it looked like this. It’s the very first design sketch with only the most important elements, placed in the guide psd provided by CreateSpace, and a few colours. I have put each element on a separate layer. The cat’s on one layer and the sky on another, and I’m ready to go. And I can already see the first problem with the composition, the title is getting a bit lost.

To make the title easier to read I shrank the mirror using Photoshop’s free transform, so that the title doesn’t have to be written over it. Having the mirror on a separate layer makes shrinking and moving it a whole lot easier. I also darkened the title by painting over the typed text. This gave the text a darker more hand painted and interesting look. I painted each letter on a separate layer to give me the option of shrinking, growing, twisting and moving them to make the text in the digital painting even more organic and interesting.

The landscape behind the cat was looking a little empty so I added some grass, trees and mountains to the midground and background of the image. I also worked a little on the cat to make it a little smoother and less sketchy. There is a long way to go with the cat, but every little helps.

Next I sketched in some clouds very roughly with the graphics pad stylus – I’m doing pretty much everything on this image using just Photoshop and my inexpensive little Bamboo fun graphics tablet. To make these white hatched lines look more like clouds I just poked at them a little bit with the smudge tool. It’s quite effective, in this detail from the illustration the left of the cloud is smudged and the right is still scratchy white hatching lines created with the graphics tablet.

Next I worked on the trees. I created a layer beneath the initial sketches and added colour to make the trees a little more real looking. I also did some more work on the cat. The cat is going to be the focus of this image and little by little I’m going to be doing dabs of work on it until it’s done. This latest stage of the illustration took a couple of hours and I’m going to be coming back for a few more hours work on it real soon.