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Blender Foundations is the definitive resource for getting started with 3D art in Blender, one of the most popular 3D/Animation tools on the market . With the expert insight and experience of Roland Hess, noted Blender expert and author, animators and artists will learn the basics starting with the revised 2.6 interface, modeling tools, sculpting, lighting and materials through rendering, compositing and video editing. Some of the new features covered include the completely re-thought interface, the character animation and keying system, and the smoke simulator. More than just a tutorial guide, "Blender Foundations" covers the philosophy behind this ingenious software that so many 3D artists are turning to today. Start working today with Blender with the accompanying web site which includes all of the projects and support files alongside videos, step-by-step screenshots of the trickier tutorials, as well as a direct links to official resources like the Blender download site and artist forums.

Tinkercad is an easy-to-use 3D CAD design tool. Quickly turn your idea into a CAD model for a 3D printer with Tinkercad.MDMQuadrivium3d

.blend file template for walking through an environment in realtime 3D

Free Digital downloadable textures for 3d builders and skinners for every 3d building

Many Blender tutorials in English and French

My Course site

A texture plugin to render colors of the sky as lit by the sun

Online and user supported material archive

Meta Material Library by [Meta-Androcto] with over 400 materials.

The name is a bit misleading as it includes particle based presets for fur, but also feathers, grass or even plastic like strands.

A collection of fur and other hair presets by BrianH (old elysiun topic 57206).

Lots of basic images

RADIANCE is a highly accurate ray-tracing software system for UNIX computers that is licensed at no cost to users for non-commercial use;

Here you will find Blender files that use different techniques to create special effects. Effects ranging from smoke to water

A wealth of images and materials, now in public domain

Different paints, stones, metals, glasses and even microscope fx.

An exceptionally fine Blender site

Download free textures in high resolution quality

An extensive collection of feely available texture and sequence plugins for Blender

A downloadable collection of pre-made Blender materials