Blender/External resources
< Blender
- http://www.blender.org/ - Official Blender website
Documentation
- The Blender Manual
- Blender Basics- 3rd Edition - Classroom based tutorial book
- Essential Blender Full book on learning Blender
- Materials in Blender
- Fluid simulations in Blender
- Byte of Python
- Official Blender 2.0 Guide (Google Books)
Tutorial Websites
- Blender Tutorials - The Blender tutorial site
- CGCookie - Excellent source of tutorials teaching Blender
- Categorized tutorials for Blender
Tutorials
- A lighting tutorial
- Another lighting tutorial
- A few tutorials
- Realistic portrait tutorial (large)
- Character animation tutorial
Blogs
Forums
- http://www.blender.org/forum/ - Blender Forum
- BlenderArtists.org - An extremely popular forum among Blender artists
Useful Threads
Models
- Blendswap - Large collection of free Blender models
- Free models
- Yobi3D - 3D model search engine and see results in 3D
Animations/Rigs
- Otto - Free rigged character
- Several other free rigged characters
Textures
Plugins
- Labyrinthe 3d Maze Generator
- Ivy Generator - A "creeping ivy generator" for Blender
Development
Rendering
Tools
- InnerWorld - A terrain generator for Blender
FAQ
Demonstrations
Other courses
- 3D Animation (Sam Hinton, 2008, University of Canberra)
- Blender 3D Design (by Neal Hirsig) - Course intended to offer an introduction to 3-D modeling and animation