New Blender books and sales for Black Friday

This is a special sales weekend, and the first offers are the two new Blender books, set to promotional price during the weekend:

All the full permissions mesh in the main store is marked 50% off.

Also, some selected books, animations and scripts are set to L$60 and L$75. Check them out at the main store, at the sale area.

More news to come when the SL Christmas Expo opens its doors December 5th. This year, Black Tulip has joined as sim sponsor. Keep an eye not to miss them!

Don't forget the new items released for the Creators Winter Market: the promotional price is valid only there!

New Blender books and Mesh for Creators Winter Market

"Creators Winter Market", sponsored by Merchant Resource Central and Builder's Bargains, opens its doors today until December 22th. Black Tulip has joined in, and for this market releases three new items, all of them at special release price while the market is open.

A two books-mini series explaining in full detail how to create a Christmas candles setup in Blender that should use animated texture flames in SL, covering all the stages, tips and solutions to possible issues:

And a full permissions mesh arrangement of said Christmas candles setup, including the baked texture:

There are more upcoming exciting events: Black Friday, and the SL Christmas Expo. This year, Black Tulip has joined as sim sponsor. Keep an eye not to miss them!

New Blender book: UV Mapping and Texture Basics, Part 3

This weekend, "UV Mapping & Texture Basics" continues with the third chapter. We seam and unwrap the model, and in our way, learn more useful functions of the UV/Image Editor, as well as how to proceed in case of trouble. A notecard with the required download links is included.