Happy 6ᵗʰ Black Birthday, Blendkit 🔗
Six years of Blendkit (formerly BlenderKit)—what a journey! From our first uploads to an ever-growing library used by creators worldwide, we’re celebrating this milestone with a 33% Black Birthday discount all month. It’s our way of saying thanks to our incredible community that brings Blendkit to life. Here’s to another year of inspiration and artistry!
Some stats worth mentioning 🔗
- Almost 1,900 creators uploading assets to our library.
- There are more than 60,000 assets in the library and 30,000 of them are free.
- There are currently about 1,150,000 registered Blendkit users and new ones join daily.
- We have been given lots of love from our community. It is impossible to put a number on it, but your support means everything.
Some updates worth celebrating 🔗
New web gallery
Blendkit has a new web gallery. To ensure a smooth interactive workflow on mobiles and desktops, many features were added while others were improved. You can now enjoy Bookmarks, a new Categories Sidebar, and have more control over the asset appearance order in search.
Free & paid Blender add-ons on Blendkit
It was a long-term dream of ours to assist creators in sharing their add-ons and offer the community a curated list of amazing Blender tools. So, we expanded our library to include all free and paid Blender add-ons. You can now get the add-on of your choice directly on Blendkit. If you are a creator, be sure to upload your add-on/s among the first 100 add-ons to receive 85% commission rate.
The new Node Group category
Blendkit's new Node Group category makes finding, sharing and using procedural geometry setups much easier. We are proud to have more space for geometry nodes in our library.
Blendkit is ready for Blender 4.2 Extensions
We always keep things up to date and Blendkit is now fully compatible with Blender 4.2 Extensions.
Some creators worth discovering 🔗
We love hearing from our creators about their creative process. Find inspiration and awesome tips in our ongoing series of interviews:
- A touch of culture: Interview with Joachim Bornemann
- The artisan under the sun: An interview with Paweł Wałasiewicz
- Asset creation as meditation: An interview with Yordan Zarev
- Behind the scenes of Kanistra Studio: An interview with Sergey Gailiunas
- The monster in the crowd: An interview with Nicolas Swijngedau
- Observe and recreate: An interview with Eleanie
Some tutorials worth checking out 🔗
Learning never ends and each year we produce new tutorials:
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Some events worth acknowledging 🔗
The second BKON in Prague
In collaboration with Polygoniq, we organized the second one-day BKON event in Prague, Czech Republic. The conference featured expert guest lecturers who shared insights into game development, ArchViz creation, VFX, 3D printing, sculpting, add-ons, and even archaeology. Vilém Duha presented a lecture titled A New Approach to Retopology, and our creator and validator, Amanpreet Bajwa, delivered an engaging talk, Game Environment Art, focusing on game art engineering. You can also watch other videos from the conference or read Polygoniq's article about the event.
BCON 2024 in Amsterdam
We were excited to participate in BCON 2024 in Amsterdam! Vilém Duha and Amanpreet Bajwa presented Simulating Tree Growth Using Geometry Nodes, a tutorial demonstrating how to squeeze the best from Geometry Nodes simulation and to grow complex trees with photosynthesis simulation. Watch all the incredible talks and tutorials from BCON 2024 on Blender Youtube channel.
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As we celebrate six years of Blendkit, we want to say a huge thank you to each of you. Everything we do is motivated by the creativity and passion of our community. We can’t wait to see what you create next. Happy Black Birthday and don't forget to collect your gift.
