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 GmbHJanuary 23rd + 24th, remote, in 🇩🇪 German:👉 shorturl.at/cXWj4 There are still seats available in both courses 🙂I’m lookingRead More
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
Are you a fan of NPR Rendering or Anime in Blender? Big things are coming to Blender. 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
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 byRead More
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 usRead More
I’ve released a new Blender tutorial on YouTube. In this tutorial we will talk about the work with instanced collections in production, why they are so important but also which problems will come up if you don’t organize them correctly. We talk about some strategies to find the source collection of the instances in one scene, but also when they are linked from the outside. Then we look into aRead More
I’ve released a new “Blender for Production” tutorial. Today I talk about ways to bookmark the Blender 3D view, generate cameras from the current view and how to animate camera switches easily. Have fun! Helge P.S. You can also get this and many more Blender tutorials on my Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/pixeltrain3d
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: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-blender-112301874?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 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 😉Read More
Today I want to share an article I found online about Indie productions in animation, games or even other media, why they exist and most importantly what drives them. It answers questions like “Why can an animated short can be produced, when companies like Disney or Pixar need millions of dollars and huge teams?”Why are indie productions really often more attractive than mainstream media? “Indie stories are magic. They haveRead More