Linux for Designers

Ubuntu Berlin Graphics Workshop

UPDATE: Here is a PDF of my talk (in german).

Of course you can read through "Blender 3D: Noob to Pro", try out a lot of tutorials and watch detailed video tutorials for getting a pro in Blender - but you can study the step by step issues of "Bits of Blender" too

The new issue #16 of the Blender Art Mag features articles and tutorials that adds the "Wow Factor" to your 3D stuff:
* Skin Shading using multi-layered SSS
* Realistic Smoke in Blender
* Twirl of Smoke in Blender
* Making hair for Wolf
* Gone with the waves
* Burn Them All
* Procedurally Driven Scene
* Making - Meet the Eye
and much more

The new issue #15 of the Blender Art Mag covers animation basics and "beyond with a variety of articles and tutorials that will help you take your animation from ok to wow":
* Taking Your Animation to the Next Level
* Acting for Animation
* Product Modeling: SDS and Details
* Product Rendering
* Hero’s Blender Animations
* Facial Expressions in Stupidus
* Einstein Dwarf
* Blender in a Classroom

The new issue #14 of the Blender Art Mag bring you a lot of nice stuff about cartoon modeling and the Blender game engine:
* Modeling & Rigging a Cartoon-looking Spider
* Making a Low Poly Character from High Poly
* Material Retouching using Node & Vertex Color
* Creating a Cartoony animation with Blender
* Learning the Blender Game Engine
* Blender Game Networking
* Making of Orion Tear
* Making of Teenage Duck
* Making of Monkey Game Project
* Case Study Blender Realtime Engine

The new issue #13 of the Blender Art Mag is full of Fanatsy. It brings everything you need have to jump start your own 3D fantasy project. This time not only it does not take an inside look into the minds of some very talented artists only, it also showcase two new games created in blender and a python script sure to inspire a fantasy or two.

With 63 pages full of Organic Modeling goodness BlenderArt Mag issue #10 is released and of course a lot of other interesting stuff.