BlogPosting with AI

BlogPosting with AI

Since the advent of ChatGPT into our lives, as someone who strives to stay “on top of” information technology (at…

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Burning stuff with Blenders’ new sim nodes

Burning stuff with Blenders’ new sim nodes

This summer, the Blender Foundation finally released the long-awaited Blender 3.6. Personally, I had been eagerly anticipating it because it…

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My very first VFX shot

My very first VFX shot

My good old friend found this gem on his hard drive. This is the very first VFX shot i've made.…

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PUBG mobile music video

PUBG mobile music video

Recently I have finished working on a quite big (for a small team) project of a promo music video for…

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Surface Tracking addon development. First Tests.

Surface Tracking addon development. First Tests.

Just started developing a new addon, that automates surface tracking process in blender, utilizing it's native tracking abilities. This might…

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Music video for Ali Gatie. FLIP fluid sim in Blender.

Music video for Ali Gatie. FLIP fluid sim in Blender.

Recently I took part in making a music video for a pop singer Ali Gatie.  My part were shots with…

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Retrowave highway scene

Retrowave highway scene

Earlier this year I took part in making some stylish “retrowave” themed commercial. My part was to create a few…

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VFX for new music video by David Guetta and Sia

VFX for new music video by David Guetta and Sia

Recently i took part in making of a new music video for David Guetta and Sia, for their new single…

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I’m alive!!

I’m alive!!

https://blenderust.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Animated-GIF-original.mp4 Hey, guys! Yes, 2020 has been a tough year (and it’s not over yet). But despite my absence, I’m…

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Low-poly art practice

Low-poly art practice

Just practicing low-poly art. Blender 2.82, Cycles, After Effects. Most of the geometry from Sketchfab, by Brynn ©

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Music video for Pitbull

Music video for Pitbull

A fresh music video by Pitbull and Blake Shelton had just been released, in which I took a little part.…

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Creepy dolls and digital tits

Creepy dolls and digital tits

Recently I've done a little, but interesting project – a very short video for an instagram blogger Elena Sheidlina. Here…

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Quick Tip #5: Look under the hood

Quick Tip #5: Look under the hood

Working in any application with complicity similar to Blenders' it is very useful to know how things works underneath GUI,…

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Digital Food with Blender 2.8

Digital Food with Blender 2.8

Recently I’ve done a little project that I want to share with you. Whats interesting about it (and basically new…

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Testing Eevee

Testing Eevee

Your browser does not support the video tag. Just testing out new Eevee renderer. Some sketchfab models thrown into the…

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New showreel!

Hello, everyone! Finally! I've made myself a brand new snowreel with some of my works for TV and film for…

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First milestone!

First milestone!

Blenderust youtube channel just got 500 subscribers! This is first important milestone for me. It really gives me motivation to…

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Quick Tip: Easy controls for complex test setup

Quick Tip: Easy controls for complex test setup

In this quick tip I'll show you how to make your life much easier, working with text objects in Blender,…

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Hand-painted textures in Blender 2.8

Hand-painted textures in Blender 2.8

Just gave a try to a texture paint feature in Blender 2.8. Also, this is actually my first serious attempt…

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Stylish procedural countdown with Animation Nodes

Stylish procedural countdown with Animation Nodes

Hi, folks!In this short tutorial I’ll show you how to create fully procedural super-easy, fast, yet flexible stylish countdown, using…

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Gothic scene with Blenders’ Eevee

Gothic scene with Blenders’ Eevee

Just gave a try to eevee with this 2.5D scene, instead of traditionally building this kind of setup solely in…

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Alarm and Shutdown addon update to v1.2 beta

Alarm and Shutdown addon update to v1.2 beta

Don't like to read? Here's the video version of this articleHello, folks!While a couple of full-fledged tutorials are currently in…

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Tutorial: Procedural Christmas Lights with Blender & AN. Part 2

Tutorial: Procedural Christmas Lights with Blender & AN. Part 2

And now to the second part of our Christmas Lights setup, where I'm going to show you how to distribute…

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Tested the Fracture Modifier Build

Tested the Fracture Modifier Build

Finally got a chance to give the Fracture Modifier Blender build a try in a real production. The result may…

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Tutorial: Procedural Christmas Lights with Blender & AN. Part 1

Tutorial: Procedural Christmas Lights with Blender & AN. Part 1

Here’s the first part of two part series on creating procedural Christmas lights rig. This method is also useful for creating…

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Quick Tip #4: Go procedural

When creating an asset, whether it be a game prop or a character rig try to use so called procedural approach…

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Face off. Cleanup case study

Face off. Cleanup case study

Finally got to try out new technique for digital makeup. And while conceptually, the technique itself isn’t that new, it…

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From rainy russia to sunny Italy

From rainy russia to sunny Italy

Finished an interesting project a few weeks ago. Got to work on set as a VFX supervisor and then did…

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“Look, ma, no hands!” Cleanup case study

“Look, ma, no hands!” Cleanup case study

I do cleanup for ads, music videos, feature films almost on a daily basis, and there is not much things…

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A little glance at my animation routine

A little glance at my animation routine

I’m not a super professional character animator myself, but once in awhile I got to move some bones. When it…

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Quick Tip #3: Use versioning

Few things are more frustrating than being unable to get back to something you've been satisfied with in your work.…

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Quick Tip #2: Use “empty objects”

In different software they called differently: empties, nulls, locators, etc; but the idea stays the same - to organize objects…

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Quick Tip #1: Name your objects/layers/data-blocks

Quick Tip #1: Name your objects/layers/data-blocks

As obvious as this tip might seem, throughout my CG experience I can tell, that project, where everything named and…

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Welcome to Blenderust!

Welcome to Blenderust!

Good day, everyone! Sergey Metelskiy here, and welcome to Blenderust.com Finally! After 6+ years in my professional career, and 14+…

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