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From your first cube to professional 3D renders, animation and Grease Pencil shorts - Learn Blender brings together free tutorials, courses, the best add-ons and production-ready assets so you can focus on creating.
In-depth Blender tutorials
Step-by-step guides on modeling, shaders, animation, rigging, rendering and Grease Pencil.
Honest tool comparisons
Blender vs Maya, vs SketchUp, vs Unity - real reviews to help you choose the right 3D software.
Free Blender resources
Downloadable rigs, HDRIs, textures, demo files and a printable Blender shortcut cheat sheet.
Blender Rigging Tutorial
Rig a character in Blender: armature, weight painting, IK, and reusable controls.
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Blender Beginner Projects
Ten beginner-friendly Blender projects that teach real skills - from a donut to a low-poly island.
Blender Hard Surface Modeling
Hard surface modeling in Blender: workflow, bevels, booleans, and the add-ons that change the game.
Blender Volumetric Fog
Create atmospheric volumetric fog and god rays in Blender with both Eevee and Cycles.
Blender Motion Blur Tutorial
Add realistic motion blur to your Blender animations in Cycles, Eevee, or the compositor.
Blender STL Export for 3D Printing
Export a 3D-print-ready STL from Blender: scale, manifold mesh, and slicer-friendly checks.
Blender Eevee vs Cycles
Eevee vs Cycles in Blender: speed, realism, use cases, and which one to pick for your project.
Blender Shortcuts PDF Cheat Sheet
Download the free Blender shortcuts PDF cheat sheet - every essential hotkey on a single printable page.
Blender Archviz Tutorial
Create photorealistic architectural visualizations in Blender: modeling, materials, lighting, and rendering.
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Our Blender courses - beginner to pro
Complete step-by-step Blender courses taught by Timothée Meyrieux Parreño. Lifetime access, downloadable project files, certificate of completion and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Blender for Beginners - Learn Blender in 14 Days
Model your first 3D robot from absolute zero. 19 videos, 4h25, interface, modeling, materials, lighting, rigging and rendering.
Blender Grease Pencil - 2D Drawing & Animation in 3D
Master Grease Pencil: draw and animate in 2D inside a 3D space. 19+ videos, 6h25, stylized scenes and full animated shots.
Blender for Architecture - Interior + Exterior ArchViz
Complete archviz bundle: interior visualization and photorealistic exterior rendering with Cycles and Eevee.
Blender Animation - Character Animation Fundamentals
Learn the 12 principles of animation applied in Blender: walk cycles, acting, timing and polish for production-ready shots.
Blender Character Creation - Sculpt, Retopo, Rig
Create a stylized 3D character from blocking to weight painting: sculpting, retopology, UVs, texturing and rigging.
Blender Hard Surface Modeling
Master hard surface modeling in Blender: bevels, booleans, subdivision and clean topology for mechanical assets.
Blender Product Packshot - Photorealistic Product Renders
Light, shade and render photorealistic product visuals in Blender for e-commerce and marketing.
Blender Shaders A-Z - Materials, Nodes & UVs
Master every shader type in Blender: diffuse, glossy, glass, emission, procedural, PBR and UV mapping. 35 lessons.
Blender AI Hybrid - AI in Your 3D Workflow
Generate 3D assets, textures and motion capture with AI, then finish them professionally in Blender.
Game-Ready Character PRO - ZBrush, Blender & Substance
Sculpt, retopo, texture and rig a production-grade game character using ZBrush, Blender and Substance Painter.
Objectif Freelance 3D - Build a Profitable 3D Career
Find clients, price your work and build a 3D freelance business. Templates and scripts included.
Free Blender resources & assets
Hand-picked free Blender rigs, production files, HDRI environments, PBR textures and our printable Blender shortcut cheat sheet - all ready to download and use in your projects.
Snow Character Rig
Production-ready character rig from Blender Studio with hair and cloth setup.
Wing It! Production Files
Full production files from the Blender Studio short Wing It!.
Blender 5.1 Splash: Singularity
Official splash scene for Blender 5.1. Full .blend production file. 670 MB.
Studio HDRI Pack
High-resolution studio lighting environments for product renders and lookdev.
PBR Texture Library
Seamless PBR materials with full map sets from 2K to 8K.
Free Blender character rigs to practice animation
Download production-ready Blender character rigs from Blender Studio and practice rigging, animation, posing and facial expression - all under a Creative Commons license.
Snow Character Rig
Production-ready character rig from Blender Studio with hair and cloth setup.
Rain Character Rig
Iconic Blender Studio character with facial controls, cloth simulation and shape keys.
Settlers Rig Pack
Stylized characters with full rigging, perfect for animation practice and short films.
Popular Blender add-ons
The best Blender extensions picked by the community to speed up modeling, UV unwrapping, rendering and workflow automation - free and paid options.
Best Blender courses online
Hand-picked Blender courses to go from beginner to professional 3D artist: modeling, character creation, animation, rigging, environments and architectural visualization.
Movies made with Blender
From award-winning animated features to iconic Blender Studio open movies - proof of what Blender can do on the big screen.
Open MovieSingularity
2026A painterly space adventure about a small critter facing a cosmic event.
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FeatureFlow
2024Academy Award-winning animated feature made almost entirely in Blender.
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Open MovieWing It!
2023An uptight engineer and a wannabe-pilot in an out-of-control space shuttle.
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