It’s time again to start thinking about articles, tutorials and images for Issue # 36 of Blenderart Magazine.

The theme for this issue is “Odds n’ Ends: props and accessories”

Welcome back to a new year of Blenderart Magazine. We are going to kick off 2012 with a look at how to create all the Odds n’ Ends that make images and animations look great. No character is complete without their clothes, armor and all the various accessories that complete their look. And scenes are flat and lifeless without a variety of well placed props to add detail and depth to tell your story. Read the rest of this entry »

You may have noticed that our release scheduled over the last few issues has become rather erratic. Which tells us that we need to take a break to regroup and recharge our batteries.

Winter holidays are fast approaching, making this the perfect time for BAM to take a short vacation. We will return with the new year fully recharged and ready for more blender fun.

We will post a brand new call for content the first week of January and get the blender ball rolling once more.

Have a great holiday season!

So by now you should have in your possession the concept art for David Revoy’s Little Bot Bunny, that he designed just for us to play with and practice our modeling skills. He is a wonderful little character that will provide great modeling practice, as well as texturing and rigging fun.

I invite all of you to post your results to our facebook page. David and all of us here at Blenderart are waiting to see what you come up with.

And before I forget once again, here is the licensing info for Little Bot Bunny. David has given Little Bot Bunny to us with a very permissive CC-By license. So enjoy and don’t forget to post your results.

from David Revoy:

I offer it to the Blender community and for internet in the very permissive CC-By licence. I really hope it will help book writers or maker of video tutorial to work on a fancy character. Also, if many blenderheads can try their modeling skill on it, I would be happy My wish for this character ; have the honnor to see it animated one day doing crasy stuff with the carrot light saber. I hope it will inspirate some 3D artist.

So , 2 versions ; black&white for 3D viewport friendly , and a colorfull one for indication about my idea on shaders and material.
Of course, as long it’s CC-By , user can do what they want as long as they keep attributing me the model-sheet and the character design.
( ex; change the color for a black one as well as the design a bit , to do a fighting )

If you have not yet downloaded your copy of Little Bot Bunny, he can be found in the blend file zip for issue #35.

Welcome to Issue #35, “Character Building”

“Almost anything can be animated to give the appearance of life and possibly intelligence. But just because it moves, does that make it a character? ” That is the question that we are exploring in this issue of Blenderart Magazine. Just what makes a great character. And just to add a little fun, we not only have articles and tutorials, but some great character models for you to play with as well as a bonus surprise

So grab your copy today.
Also be sure to check out our gallery of wonderful images submitted by very talented members of our community.

Table of Contents:

• TIK / FK switch
• The Locust Swarm
• Making of: Wouldo
• Making of: Ruby
• Making of: Rihanna
• Dr. Madblood 35th Anniversary Halloween Special
• Shape key and shape breakdown

And Lot More…

Due to scheduling issues, I have decided to extend the submission deadline for issue #36 “Mechanical Mayhem” from October 5th to November 5th..

In addition to giving the BAM staff a little more breathing room, it will also give contributing authors and artists more time to create and submit awesome articles, tutorials and images. So get your “blend” on and get those submissions in.

Otherwise I will be writing multiple articles on “Flintstone” style cars getting flattened by falling rocks or stomped on by dinosaurs. Actually that isn’t a half bad idea….

Anyhow, BAM is delayed but not out of the race.

Remember Novemeber 5th is the new deadline.