80 LEVEL·49wClean Animation on Glass Buttons
Reijo creates stunning glass-like button animations using Blender, featuring smooth flipping motions and candy-like visual effects. The artist's 3D work includes interactive UI elements like yes/no options and login forms, showcasing advanced motion design techniques for creating realistic glass materials and smooth button interactions.
80 LEVEL·50wImpressive 3D Tongue Rig Made in Blender
A 3D artist showcased an impressive tongue rigging system for a character created in Blender. The rig demonstrates realistic movement and lighting effects, particularly when compared to the low-poly version. The character is part of an ongoing project that includes detailed facial expressions created using motion capture technology.
80 LEVEL·49wMan Joked He Was Fired for Apple's New Liquid Glass Design
Apple introduced Liquid Glass, a semi-transparent design at WWDC25 that drew comparisons to Windows Vista's Aero interface. A developer named Jon Yongfook successfully trolled the internet by falsely claiming Apple fired him for the design, leading some outlets to report it as real news. The design sparked various recreation attempts by artists using CSS, SVG, and Blender, with notable contributions from Blender creator Jesse Miettinen who created a glass-like interface parody.
80 LEVEL·48wiCity Gets New Terrain Editing Tools & Road System Enhancements
iCity 1.5, a procedural city generator for Blender, introduces enhanced road systems with highway conversion capabilities, custom intersection presets, and improved road customization options. The update includes new terrain editing tools, a background export system supporting multiple formats (GLB/GLTF, FBX, USD), and enhanced park and green area block controls. Additional improvements cover UV mapping, texture resolution handling, and overall performance stability.
Gamefromscratch·50wBlender 4.5 - Vulkan Has Arrived!
Blender 4.5 beta introduces Vulkan rendering support as its major feature, offering significant performance improvements but requiring manual activation. The release includes quality-of-life improvements like dual scroll wheel support for navigation, multi-object UV viewing without edit mode, customizable properties panel visibility, and enhanced geometry nodes with new import nodes and better organization tools. However, this version marks the end of Intel Mac support and removes Collada file format support, while adding improvements to glTF, USD, and FBX export capabilities.