Hi folks,
Today is my first work day in the new year, so it’s time to write my traditional years review on my (free) Patreon:
I wish you all a healthy, successful and creative year 2026.
The world needs more real (indie) artists and art than ever.
Ci vediamo, Helge Maus
P.S. For my upcoming Blender and Godot trainings, please look at pixeltrain Academy | Blender for Production | Godot Game Development for Indies
The year is slowly coming to an end, and with it, our Blender training calendar for this year.
My last Blender Modeling course (2 days) in collaboration with Visualisierungs-Akademie Schweiz will take place online on December 18th and 19th. This is a german course.
Here’s the link to the course:
👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-modelingkurs/ff1b0321-e948-41c1-bca6-1c23651e75ea
If you’d like to learn Blender or Godot online in English, check out the pixeltrain Academy website:
👉 https://www.pixeltrain.net/pixeltrains-academy/
Have a amazing weekend! 🙂
Helge
Here are the next dates for my Blender training courses (German and English, remote).
The German-language courses will be held in collaboration with the Visualisierungs-Akademie Schweiz GmbH:
🇩🇪 Blender Introduction Course, May 22 + May 23:
https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-einfuhrungskurs/21d29c48-ee8a-4549-a500-6f82f7ff7ddc
🇩🇪 Blender Rendering Course, June 12 and June 13:
https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-renderingkurs/98514946-325f-4818-bcdb-4f6b351a490b
🇩🇪 Blender Animation Course, July 3 and July 4:
https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-animationskurs/68ff897c-f766-4119-bea3-9f3422704d2f
🇩🇪 Blender Modeling Course, July 24 and July 25:
https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-modelingkurs/ff1b0321-e948-41c1-bca6-1c23651e75ea
The dates of my English Blender training courses (English, remote) are also available.
These courses consist of 4 sessions, each a half-day long.
🇬🇧 Blender Fundamentals course, starting May 22 + May 23:
https://www.pixeltrain.net/pixeltrains-academy/
🇬🇧 Blender Shading & Rendering course, starting June 09 + June 10:
https://www.pixeltrain.net/pixeltrains-academy/
🇬🇧 Blender Rigging & Animation course, starting July 07 + July 08:
https://www.pixeltrain.net/pixeltrains-academy/
More information and all dates can be found on my website.
Please contact me if you have any questions or specific training requests!
The first bug fix update for the current stable version of Blender has been released:
Blender 4.4.1
https://www.blender.org/download/
This version contains 108 bug fixes. A detailed list of changes and fixes can be found here:
https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.4/corrective_releases/
At the same time, the current LTS (long-term support version) of Blender has been updated to Blender 4.2.9.
Enjoy Blender!
PS. If you are looking for a “Blender Fundamentals class (English)” / “Blender Einführungs Kurs (deutsch)” you can find my details on: https://www.pixeltrain.net/events/
Let’s go into a successful and creative year 2025.
If you want to learn Blender in a structured and practice-proven way, then I would like to introduce you to our pixeltrain Blender Academy.
With our module course system you build your own learning path tailored to your needs. The modules can be booked separately according to needs and prior knowledge.
pixeltrain’s Academy is characterized by small learning groups, well-structured units while keeping room to meet the needs of each individual.
All sessions are held live by Senior 3D & VFX trainer Helge Maus.
Module 1: Blender Fundamentals
20.+21. Jan.’25
27.+28. Jan.’25
Module 2: Blender Shading & Rendering
10.+11. Feb.’25
17.+18. Feb.’25
Module 3: Blender Animation & Rigging System
10.+11. Mar.’25
17.+18. Mar.’25
What’s included?
– Each module consists of 4 live sessions with a total length of 16 hours (4 x 4 hours)
– Each module takes two weeks with two sessions each week (Tuesday + Wednesday)
– Live sessions + downloadable recordings of each session
– Exercises + feedback
– Private discord channel for the students
Information and registration:
👉 https://www.pixeltrain.net/pixeltrains-academy/
If you have any questions, please let me know 🙂
The last Blender training courses for this year still have a few seats available. I’m looking forward to help you deepen your Blender production knowlege.
These trainings are delivered in person by Senior Trainer & Mentor Helge Maus.
Helge teaches 3D-, VFX & Game software and workflows for over 20 years.
If you are interested in an individual Blender or Godot Game Engine training with Helge Maus, you can reach us by email info(at)pixeltrain.net.
Nov. 28.+29, online, German language
👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-renderingkurs/98514946-325f-4818-bcdb-4f6b351a490b
Two days of intensive training for everyone who wants to use Blender to create sophisticated materials, shaders and visualizations for architecture, product design, games & film. In addition to photorealistic rendering, you will also learn techniques for non-photorealistic rendering for animation, motion design, manga, comics and architecture.
Dec. 05.+06, online, German language
👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-animationskurs/68ff897c-f766-4119-bea3-9f3422704d2f
Learn the powerful Blender animation system from scratch. Immerse yourself in the various editors such as Dopesheet, Curves and NLA and learn how to bring your scenes to life. We also dive into the exciting world of rigging in Blender. Learn about organic and non-organic rigging, as well as the powerful built-in add-on Rigify.
P.S. If you are looking for these training in English or for your company, please reach out to me. Let’s talk!
Just added a new lesson to my “Blender Fundamentals” publication about the changes in the Blender 4.2+ Auto Smooth / Normals workflow.
I also made this lesson free for everyone on my free Patreon here:
Have fun!
P.S. Keep in mind, it’s a lesson from a beginners publication 😉
(English below 👇 )
Das zweite Trainings-Semester 2024 hat begonnen und diese Woche starte ich mit dem ersten 2-tägigen Blender Fundamentals Kurs. Wie immer in Zusammenarbeit mit der Visualisierungs-Akademie Schweiz GmbH.
In den jeweils 2 Tagen lernst Du online mit mir in deutscher Sprache Blender praxisnah kennen. Die Gruppen sind klein, so dass jeder genug Zeit bekommt seine Fragen zu stellen und optimal zu lernen.
Wir haben noch frei Plätze 😉
Blender Fundamentals
29.+ 30. August
👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-einfuhrungskurs/21d29c48-ee8a-4549-a500-6f82f7ff7ddc
Blender Shading und Rendering
26.+ 27. Sept
👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-renderingkurs/98514946-325f-4818-bcdb-4f6b351a490b
Blender Animation & Rigging
10.+ 11. Okt
👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-animationskurs/68ff897c-f766-4119-bea3-9f3422704d2f
Blender Polygon Modeling
24.+ 25. Okt
👉 https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-modelingkurs/ff1b0321-e948-41c1-bca6-1c23651e75ea
(english)
P.S. If you are looking for these training in english, please let me know as DM.
I also deliver corporate remote training for all kinds of Blender topics.
The second training semester of 2024 has begun and this week I’m starting the first 2-day Blender Fundamentals course. As always in collaboration with the Visualization Academy.
During the 2 days you will get to know Blender in a practical way online with me in German. The groups are small so that everyone has enough time to ask their questions and learn optimally.
We still have seats available 😉
P.S. If you are looking for these training in english, please let me know as DM.
I also deliver corporate remote training for all kinds of Blender topics.
I’m not sure if you all have seen it, but I started to upload all the tutorial videos of my “Blender Fundamentals” publication to my Patreon for the $5 tier. At the end it will be around 25 hours of content 😉
I plan for the future, that following publications about Blender and Godot will be published as a buyable product and as Patreon videos at the same time. The reason is, that I believe, that Patreons should have all my publication stuff for free as a “Thank you 
” for their support.
https://www.patreon.com/pixeltrain3d/posts
I also published more technical articles and news about Blender and Godot in the last weeks with the goal that you find my free Patreon also a good resource of industry news. And, most important, ad-free. I will invest even more time in that in the future.
Thank you all for your support, have a great day.
Helge
P.S. These tutorials can be found in the Collections Tab under “Blender Fast Forward”. Still many to upload in the next weeks 
https://www.patreon.com/pixeltrain3d/collections
Du möchtest Blender effizient und fundiert lernen und fit werden für die tägliche Produktion?
Dafür habe ich in Zusammenarbeit mit der Visualisierungs-Akademie ein komplettes Kursprogramm konzeptioniert.
Diese Kurse werden online in kleinen Gruppengrößen in deutscher Sprache durchgeführt.Â
Mehr Informationen und die aktuellen Termine findest Du hier:
👉Â https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de
Blender Grundlagen
👉Â https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-einfuhrungskurs/21d29c48-ee8a-4549-a500-6f82f7ff7ddc
Blender Modelingkurs
👉Â https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-modelingkurs/ff1b0321-e948-41c1-bca6-1c23651e75ea
Blender Shading & Rendering Kurs
👉Â https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-renderingkurs/98514946-325f-4818-bcdb-4f6b351a490b
Blender Einführung in Animation & Rigging
👉Â https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-animationskurs/68ff897c-f766-4119-bea3-9f3422704d2f
If you are interested in these trainings in English, please let me know ( info (at) pixeltrain.net ).
I offer cooperate trainings for Blender, one-to-one coaching and also english classroom training.
