The theme for this issue is Shadow Showdown: Achieving Light/Shadow Balance

Light without shadows is just, well bright. Good lighting generally shows a good balance of light vs. shadows. This never seems to be an easy task, even with improvements to the Blender code. So once again we go in search of the perfect lighting solution.

And since there never seems to be a single solution that works for all situations, in addition to your best lighting rigs for general purposes & specialized solutions, we are looking for all your secrets, tips and techniques on:

• Lighting game levels and characters, images, animations
• Atmospheric lighting
• Nodes/compositing for great lighting effects
• Colored shadows
• Ambient Occasion
• Lighting groups
• Textured lighting/shadows

Also wanted, great shaders, materials and node setups for great looking materials and effects.

Articles

Send in your articles to sandra
Subject: “Article submission Issue # 27 [your article name]”

Gallery Images

As usual you can also submit your best renders based on the theme of the issue. As the theme of this issue is Shadow Showdown: Achieving Light/Shadow Balance, we are looking for any and all well lit images. Please note if the entry does not match with the theme it will not be published.

Send in your entries for gallery to gaurav
Subject: “Gallery submission Issue # 27″

Note: Image size should be of 1024x (width) at max.

Last date of submissions April 5, 2010.

Good luck!
Blenderart Team

It can be pretty much any 3Ddesign, so let your imagination go wild!
The 3 winners, who will be selected by our jury, will receive a unique bookend set. You are able to submit your design until Thursday February 18, 9AM (GMT+1)

We will 3Dprint the model, so there are a few basic rules:

• The model needs to fit in a bounding box of 8cm by 8cm, with a height of 12cm (use Blender units as reference)
• Mind too small details, as 3Dprinters are not able to print those. As a rule of thumb, any detail bigger than 1mm can be 3Dprinted.
• The model needs to consist out of one piece (we will add a ground plate to connect it with the bookend)
• Don’t worry about file preparation for 3Dprinting, we will do that for you.

You want to join?

• Register on Blenderartists.org : http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=179003
• Submit 3 screenshots (top, side and plain views) of your design by using ‘reply option’

By joining

• You state that you are the sole author of the 3Dmodel
• You give i.materialise the right to use pictures of your design for marketing purposes.

Good luck guys! We hope to see many entries.
If you have any questions, feel free to post them.

Special thanks to both groups for their dedication & translation skills, and for helping us reach out to more Blender users!

There is something mesmerizing about watching snow gently fall. The soft fluffy look as it piles up here and there. Then there are the lovely shades of blue that seem to paint winter landscapes in enchanting hues of winter chill. So while the weather outside is frightful, the articles and fun to be had inside are delightful.

Check out our Winter Wonderland issue filled with heartwarming winter and holiday fun.

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:

Tutorial – Christmas Ball
Tutorial – Making Santa
Making of – Cyclone
Making of – Winter Scene
Johny Blender Training DVD
Interview: Jonathan Williamson
Book Review: Incredible Machines
And Lot More…

I have been monitoring the number of articles submitted for each issue and the time needed by the writers to complete their submissions and came to the conclusion that a little more time would be helpful. So as a test run, I released Call for Content early to see if more time helps both the writers and my staff out.

Sandra

It’s time again to start thinking about articles, tutorials and images for Issue # 26 of Blenderart Magazine.

The theme for this issue is “Ready, Set, Play! • Blender and Gaming Content”

We are going to explore the world of computer gaming and all the fun ways Blender can be used to create gaming content.

So whether you use:

• Blender’s game engine
• External game engines
• Have written your very own game engine
• Create characters, props, levels for use in established commercial games (ex. world of Warcraft, Doom etc)
• Create characters, props, levels, just for fun with no game in mind

… and you use Blender anywhere in your production pipeline, we want to hear about it.

Also wanted, great shaders, materials and node setups for great looking materials and effects.

Articles

Send in your articles to sandra
Subject: “Article submission Issue # 26 [your article name]”

Gallery Images

As usual you can also submit your best renders based on the theme of the issue. As the theme of this issue is “Ready, Set, Play! • Blender and Gaming Content”, we are looking for any and all gaming content. Please note if the entry does not match with the theme it will not be published.

Send in your entries for gallery to gaurav
Subject: “Gallery submission Issue # 26″

Note: Image size should be of 1024x (width) at max.

Last date of submissions February 5, 2010.

Good luck!
Blenderart Team

]]> http://blenderart.org/2009/12/29/call-for-content-26/feed/ 4 http://blenderart.org/2009/12/11/blenderart-magazine-issue-17-now-available-in-french/ http://blenderart.org/2009/12/11/blenderart-magazine-issue-17-now-available-in-french/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:53:40 +0000 Nam http://blenderart.org/?p=350 The French translation team has released another issue of Blenderart Magazine in French. Issue #17 ‘Lights, Camera, Action!’ or as they say in French ‘Lumières, Caméra, Action!’ is now available for download on the issues page. Blenderart Magazine would like to thank the French translation team for all their hard work and for being so dedicated to providing a French translation for the French community. This month we’ve seen the speedy work of the French translation team as it has been only several days ago since we last posted issue 16! We have no doubt that issue 18 is close at hand.

This book touches on modeling, rendering, and animating realistic machines with Blender 3D.

Contents:
• Walk through the complete process of building amazing machines
• Model and create mechanical models and vehicles with detailed designs
• Add advanced global illumination options to the renders created in Blender 3D using YafaRay and LuxRender
• Create machines such as a handgun, a steam punk spacecraft, and a transforming robot
• & More!!!

View sample content from the book here (Chapter 6 ‘Steampunk Spacecraft’ 1.7mb PDF)

You can view details and pre-order the book at http://www.packtpub.com/blender-3d-2-49-incredible-machines

We would like to thank the French translation team for all their hard work and for being so dedicated to providing a French translation for the French community.

* On a side note, when you go to the issue download page, you can see which issue are available in other languages for download. Most of the issues at this point are available in more than one language.

In addition to down-loadable versions of Blenderart Magazine, there are also links to www.issuu.com for each issue so you can read them online at your convenience.