DUIK Bassel, or DUIK 2 released.

The free animation and rigging script DUIK has been updated and is now available. Not only does this super useful script help animators who use After Effects set up IK (inverse kinematic) rigs, it also includes many handy work-flow tools and expressions, for example, being able to select multiple key-frames on different layers, and copy paste them without creating new layers, that is just one tiny thing among others that even non character animators would want.  Sure there are plenty of commercial animation assistant scripts out there, but DUIK is free, widely used and well tested.

More Bevel after Boolean characters.

I've been enjoying getting back into Blender to create a series of character designs, making use of the the Bevel after Boolean add-on.

Heavypoly on his switch from Modo to Blender

Bevel after Boolean, a character build.

I made this using the Bevel after Boolean addon written by Rodinkov llya.

The addon allows you to boolean geometry together and then run it to create clean beveled seams where the geometry meets.

I wouldn't normally model an organic character this way, it was a test see if I could use it for non mechanical subjects, you couldn't comfortably animate this creature because of the polygon flow, however for a still character sculpt of this type it's viable, and you could re-topologize to get better poly-flow. 

Tree Creature - Blender 2.8 development test

No comment, I'll let the video speak for itself.

OctaneRender for Blender review by Lino Grandi

Lino Grandi, formally an official spokesman for LightWave, provides a concise review of the Octane plugin for Blender.

BlenderPro - A template for 3D creatives who might want to try Blender?

There's almost too many things going on with Blender these days, it can make your head spin.




Having given it a spin, I really appreciate the ease of use here, however, there are some functions of Blender that seem hidden away by the template, or perhaps I'm not clue-y enough to find them. I look forward to more tutorials from the author, especially about modeling