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Meet-the-CG Cookie-Member Caleb Shetland: "I use Blender for my startup!"

This lifetime member made the transition from Blender as a hobby to Blender as a tool for his business.

"Meet the Member" Martin Starchel found Blender after a major accident

In our new series we introduce long-term members of CG Cookie community. Let's get to know each other! Our first featured member is Marti...

Meet Orange Turbine, the New Home for CG Cookie’s Blender Add-ons

The tools section of the CG Cookie business is moving over to our newly created sister company, Orange Turbine, which is a specialized co...

What's New in Blender 3.2?

It's already time to update Blender again! Blender 3.2 comes with a solid list of improvements and speedups that should make your (3d) li...

HUMAN: 13 Best Renders inspired by Kent Trammell's Blender Course

HUMAN is celebrating its 6 months anniversary and more than 2,700 copies sold.

Mental health tips for (not only) artists, by a recovering overthinker

Feel like your mind is working against you sometimes? It's pretty normal - here are a few tricks that can help.

"I don't have time to learn Blender!" Yes, you do.

From your personal "Why" to the X Effect, these tried-and-tested tips will help you make sense of learning (not only) Blender.

Are you a student? Learn Blender from CG Cookie this summer for half the cost.

Active students and teachers enjoy a 50% discount on their first year enrolled with CG Cookie. Apply today to get a head start on learnin...

I'm learning Blender. What should I do next?

Wondering what the next step in your Blender journey should be? We got you.

What's in the Oven - April 2022

Curious what the Blender team is preparing for the rest of the year? 2022 is looking to be a very exciting year to learn Blender with CG ...

Top 5 Blender Modeling Tools (And a Simple Project to Try Them All Out)

Learn how to make anything in Blender with bevel, extrude, merge, loop cut and grid fill. Then make your own pen, using all of them.

Everything New in Blender 3.1

Find out what's changed in the latest version of Blender!

Hello, Amber! New captain to steer the CG Cookie Ship

Amber is the new CG Cookie project lead, giving Wes Burke time to focus on high-level control of CG Cookie and offshoot projects.

The Ultimate 2022 Guide to the Best Blender Add-ons

With so many Blender add-ons, which do the community find the most helpful? Let's find out!

Welcoming Paul Caggegi, CG Cookie's new Blender instructor, 2D specialist

Paul will be focusing on grease pencil and 2d creation in Blender. He brings 20+ years of experience in digital creation to the CG Cookie...

Completing Collab2021, Plans for Collab2022

This short film is the result of a collaborative project between CG Cookie instructors and more than 130 Citizen members! After nearly a ...

CG Cookie is moving: our new home on Mavenseed!

CG Cookie is moving to our in-house platform, Mavenseed. Expect brief site outages, a (hopefully) smooth migration and improvements to th...

"I stopped worrying about mistakes": Interview with Keith Tomlinson

Blender artist Keith Tomlinson talks to CG Cookie about his journey with Blender and why he loves transforming concept art into 3d.

What's new in Blender 3.0?

Everything you need to know about Blender 3.0: from new user interface to modeling changes and virtual reality as well as new modeling to...

Pierrick Picaut: "There is a lot of failure I don't show"

Pierrick Picaut is a Blender educator and animator. With his courses like Alive! and The Art of Effective Rigging in Blender, he is build...