Helge Maus May 2026
31. May 2026

May 2026 & beyond!

31. May 2026 By admin

Dear Followers,

A creative break of almost a month, combined with a tour through three countries – that’s how Karin and I spent this years May.

I visited my “old homeland” in the Westerwald region of Germany, we traveled along the Rhine, then we went to Graz in Austria to visit family and dear friends.

We experienced buzzing city life and the green Styrian countryside.

To top it all off, we treated ourselves to a week’s beach vacation in Bibione (Italy) before the holiday season started.

It was an exhausting but also very joyful and inspiring time, which we spent together with Bailey and Mickey in various locations and Airbnbs.

Now I’m back in office and I also have some new stuff coming shortly:
First of all the DevLog#3, but also some tutorial capturing is planed for the near future.

I will release these tutorials mainly on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pixeltrain3d

Enjoy!

Helge, Karin, Bailey, and Mickey

9. January 2026

Let’s talk about 2026

9. January 2026 By admin

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:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-talk-about-147466572?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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

pixeltrain | Helge Maus is teaching online Blender & Godot
1. May 2025

New Blender remote courses with Helge Maus

1. May 2025 By admin

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!

Blender 4.4.1 is released!
16. April 2025

Blender 4.4.1 Bugfix release is out!

16. April 2025 By admin

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/

Blender Kurse 2025 mit Helge Maus - pixeltrain
12. March 2025

Blender Schulungen / Blender training courses 2025

12. March 2025 By admin

The new dates for my next Blender training courses (German and English, remote) have been announced. The German-language courses will be held in collaboration with the Visualisierungs-Akademie Schweiz GmbH:

🇩🇪 Blender Introduction Course, March 27 and 28:

https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-einfuhrungskurs/21d29c48-ee8a-4549-a500-6f82f7ff7ddc

🇩🇪 Blender Rendering Course, June 12 and 13:

https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-renderingkurs/98514946-325f-4818-bcdb-4f6b351a490b

🇩🇪 Blender Animation Course, March 3 and 4 July:

https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/de/kurs/blender-animationskurs/68ff897c-f766-4119-bea3-9f3422704d2f

🇩🇪 Blender Modeling Course, July 24th and 25th:

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 are each four half-days long.

More information and all dates can be found on my website:

🇬🇧 https://www.pixeltrain.net/pixeltrains-academy/

Please contact me if you have any questions or specific training requests!

pixeltrain Blender Academy mit Senior Blender trainer Helge Maus
13. January 2025

Blender Fundamentals courses (english / german)

13. January 2025 By admin

A quick reminder for all Blender enthusiasts:
Next week I’ll be starting two training courses for BlenderFundamentals:

⭐ pixeltrain Blender Academy – Fundamentals (with Senior Blender trainer Helge Maus)
starting from January 20th, remote, in 🇬🇧 English:
👉 shorturl.at/e8NG3

⭐ Blender Grundlagen Schulung (mit Senior Blender Trainer Helge Maus)
in collaboration with the Visualisierungs-Akademie Schweiz GmbH
January 23rd + 24th, remote, in 🇩🇪 German:
👉 shorturl.at/cXWj4

There are still seats available in both courses 🙂
I’m looking forward to seeing you,

Helge

Helge Maus with his dog Bailey at the beach.
7. January 2025

Let’s talk 2025!

7. January 2025 By admin

Yesterday was officially my first day at work and I would therefore like to wish you all a healthy, successful and happy year 2025. All the best for you personally and for your creative projects 🎨!

Like last year, I published my annual planning and a few thoughts on my (free) Patreon
👉 https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-talk-about-119489745?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Have fun!
Helge

Blender Goo Engine for NPR Rendering
19. December 2024

Blender NPR Branch and Goo Engine updates

19. December 2024 By admin

Are you a fan of NPR Rendering or Anime in Blender? Big things are coming to Blender.

Screenshot

I’ve written a short article on my (free) Patreon about that:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/blender-npr-and-118284610?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Have fun!

Helge

pixeltrain | Helge Maus is teaching online Blender & Godot
5. December 2024

pixeltrain Blender Academy 2025

5. December 2024 By admin

You are looking for an online class for your Blender Learning Path with a well structured curriculum?
 With our module course system you build your own learning path tailored to your needs. You can book only one or two or all the modules, however you want 🙂

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 we offer:
– 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 🙂

Blender Kurse mit 3D Senior Trainer Helge Maus / pixeltrain
18. November 2024

Last Blender trainings in 2024

18. November 2024 By admin

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.

Blender – Shading, Lighting & Rendering

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.

Blender – Animation & Rigging

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!