The Golden Age 3D

Remember the Nature Academy intro I posted a while back? Well, look at this:



All made in Blender using the knowledge from that I suppose... Awesome isn't it?

Collected Blender Resources

So yea, I've spend a lot of time in Blender lately because it's so cool!

Blender 2.59 was recently released, and I can't wait for the 2.60 release which will include Google Summer Of Code stuff as well! You can do stuff like this:

(camera tracking and dynamic paint)





Blender 2.59 has cool add-ons such as:
* Ivy generator
* Sapling (Create trees)

And Blender 2.60 is supposed to be out in a month or so... end of September... And will supposedly also include Cycles!

Fun with Cycles from Jikz on Vimeo.

http://www.blendercookie.com/2011/05/02/feature-preview-cycles-render-engine/

Ton Roosendaal Interview at Siggraph 2011
(original creator of Blender)

Blender Foundation - Siggraph 2011 from 3DTotal.com on Vimeo.

Also, pay attention to the screen in the background showing some awesome renders done in Blender.

News:
http://www.blender.org/
http://www.blendernation.com/

Tutorials:
http://www.blenderguru.com/
http://www.blendercookie.com/
http://www.benamend.com
http://blendernerd.com/
http://www.blendercycles.com/tutorials
http://blenderdiplom.com/
http://www.blendtuts.com/


There is a lot going on with Blender these days, and I can only see it increase! Blender is really taking shape. Which remind me... this is also quite entertaining to watch:

Reasons why I want to punch Autodesk Maya in the face... from Josh Robinson on Vimeo.

And there is a new Node Particle System coming up for Blender:
http://phonybone.planetblender.org/