My Blender 3d Lenses

Blender Resource Lenses 

Character Animation with Blender 3d

I have been a huge fan of cartoons ever since I was a kid, something that hasn't changed in the last 30 odd years. So it really isn't any great surprise that once I discovered Blender 3d and the ability to animate my own characters, that I would beco...

What is Blender 3D?

As the Managing Editor of Blenderart Magazine and a long time blender user, I take every opportunity to promote Blender and educate new users to the creative possibilities made possible by such a powerful open-source program. So What is Blender? (ta...

Learn about 3d Character Rigging in Blender 3D

Rigging, is a process used in computer animation, particularly in the animation of characters, to efficiently mimic real world skeletal systems for animation purposes. This technique is used by creating or using a series of "bones" to form skeletons....

Where to find Blender 3d Documentation and Educational Resources

Okay, I won't sugar coat it, learning how to use Blender 3d is going to take some effort on your part. Don't expect to open it up and immediately create stunning artwork. There are a lot of buttons, options and menus to learn how to use. And if you a...

Animation Basics with Blender 3D

So just what is animation? Animation is the art of creating moving images with the use of computers or by more traditional means. Yeah that was really helpful, now wasn't it? Animation is all about creating the illusion of motion and movement. Trad...

Blender Artist Spotlight 

These lenses are fanpages for my favorite blender artists as well as one about me!

Tony Mullen (bugman_2000)

By day, he walks the halls of Tsuda college in Tokyo where he lectures and teaches not only modeling and animation classes with Blender 3D, but also programing in python. But when his secret blender decoder ring starts blinking, he dons his Blender...

Who is dreamsgate?

Now that is an interesting question. Oddly enough, there isn't that much about me online. Well discounting all the totally dumb and boring stuff that you can find out about anyone, that is. If you Google "dreamsgate", about 7,000 odd listings will a...

Kernon Dillon: A Blender Community Treasure

I would like to introduce you to a friend of mine, a rather modest man who has quietly undertaken the task of educating the blender community. Realizing that there are a great many questions asked by Blender users and not content to merely sit on th...

How to and Tutorial lenses 

Bobo the Blenderbug: Modeling tutorial (part 2)

In the previous section we modeled a head for Bobo the Blenderbug. Which turned out pretty well. So now it is time to add the rest of him. Well unless of course you are only interested in modeling character heads, in which case, you can just stop he...

Bobo the Blenderbug: Adding Materials

By default, objects in Blender are colored an unappealing gray, which works well for the modeling process, but doesn't provide a lot of "WOW" appeal. In this tutorial I will show you various ways to add materials/textures to Bobo. We will start by l...

How to model Bobo the Blenderbug in Blender 3D

As a Blender user, one of the things I find the most fascinating is seeing how other artists work and use Blender. No matter how much you think you know about a technique or tool, watching how someone else uses it, will always show you something that...

Miscellaneous Blender Related Lenses 

My Favorite Blender 3d Blogs

Absolutely everything! Well okay, maybe not absolutely everything. But blogging is the perfect vehicle to share all kinds of information about blender. Now granted the whole on-line experience is geared towards sharing information, so why blog? Beca...

How I use Blender 3d to Create Unique Gifts

Blender 3d is a great program that gives you all the necessary tools to create great images. That in itself is pretty cool. You can amuse yourself for years doing just that (and I have!). But eventually you might just end up asking yourself, "Now wha...