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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎨 Every week we celebrate being an artist and do some artnfor an hour together. Come watch or play and make an art piece - in the Discord server or on @trinumedia.bsky.social twitch, as they use Bforartists!

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🎨 "Trading card", "Prism", "Mechanical", "Flow" while Being an Artist! It has been a moment, but we have 4 weeks of weekly art, and 3 weeks of showcase artwork! With much development and exciting experimental code cooking. 👀 Watch more here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g6H...

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🎨"Trading card", "Prism", "Mechanical", "Flow" - Being an Artists 31-34/'26

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

↔️ In Bforartists 5.2, we exposed the UV Move on Axis to top-level operators, so you can assign arrow hotkeys to shuffle UV's over UDIMS, Pixels or grid measurements! Shuffle shuffle!

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

✏️ With the Power User Tools addon, we have a new operator for hotkey users who like to select the Grease Pencil layer under the mouse. Assign a hotkey, then select (and isolate lock) all strokes and layers of a layer at once. Works in all modes too! Only in Bforartists 5.2.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🎞️ Sequencer Compositor assets also gets he same UX as the modifier stack. Search between built in modifiers and modifier assets for the sequencer compositor stack, contained, discoverable. Now in Bforartists 5.2.0, based on Blender 5.3

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🪐Bforartists comes with an offline out-of-the-box usability philosophy, with built-in assets. Download, install, get going. But Blender online assets are also included with the Asset shelf too! Now updated with extra materials and consistent thumbnails this current release.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🔼 New Stacks Open Editor Buttons Every wanted to quickly open up the node editor from the modifier stack, world stack, geometry nodes stack, or others? Now you can. Open a floating window and access the nodes from the stack directly. Only with Bforartists 5.2.0

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

📚 We now have new Asset Library operators, one to open and also clear the Online Assets cache, and another to directly open the Library Paths from the asset Browser. Bforartists is about exposing convenience and control.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🎨 Every Friday we connect in the Discord server to make some art with Bforartists, Blender or anything you love! An open art session. Let's make a piece about a Prism today.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

👀 Being an artists with you making incredible art! These past couple weeks are full of beautiful pieces, animation, and new updates to Blender a long with another official release! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnNN...

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🎨 "Iron Bloom" - Being an Artists 30 & 31/'26

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🔍The new Node Editor Minimap of Bforartists, based on Blender 5.3, allows toggling, swap position to bottom, scale and ratio, to minimize or use node colors - all tunable! Get this for free today.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

📺 A new fresh feature video of Bforartist 5.2.0 based on Blender 5.3 of the future has come out of the oven! Fresh and tasty. See what's new here: youtu.be/ZvsdGbKPzv0

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Bforartists 5.2.0 - Official Release - 🔍Nodes Minimap and Quick Favorites Upgrade

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🔍+🏃‍♂️ Bforartists 5.2 has love to the Node Editor Minimap, so you can navigate trees, and with the Quick Favorites Menu, so it's easier to re-order, see and edit directly from the short-hand menu. Oh and a tonne of performance, stability and polish from Blender too.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🩵+ 🧡 Bforartists 5.2.0 is based on Blender 5.3 alpha and 5.2 This means you get the latest of the latest when it comes to stability, performance and new features!

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🩵Bforartsits 5.2.0 is about the Nodes Editor Minimap and new Quick Favorites iconography and customization - with much polish everywhere. Upgrade for a stable, performant release! 100% free.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Bforartists 5.2.0 is around the corner! And we just finished a major sprint to tie up some loose ends - hear and see more about it here! 🥰 Watch the latest Being an Artist show: youtu.be/QTGVt1Z-THQ?...

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🎨 "Splashscreen" - Being an Artists 28 & 29/'26

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🐴 Hello. I'm the new splash screen for Bforartists 5.2.0, by Belzunze.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🎨 "Golden Compass" - Being an Artists 27/'26 Get the low down of the latest art from the Bforartists community, where every Friday there is an open art session, and we talk of what is coming, including a call for splashscreens! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY15...

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🎨 "Golden Compass" - Being an Artists 27/'26

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

👀 Call for Splashscreens! Bforartists 5.2.0 is around the corner, but this means the software needs you! Your artwork could become the next face of Bforartists as a Splashscreen. Submit your art before Friday the 24th and be in to win.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🧡 Blender 5.2 has released! A new polished era, an accumulation of the 5.x series, and a fine nod to performance and stability. Bforartists 5.2.0 is coming right up! We cooking hard to tie up some loose ends, then it's a go next week.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🎨 Being an Artists challenge! With the words "Golden Compass" Starting in 45 minutes in the Discord Server, join in this week and submit a finished art piece here or in the Discord server!

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🎨It's Friday again! This means we can be an artist with a a new week and idea. Last week we did the Emerald Horizon, and these were the results! #artthreads

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🎨 Last week we had the word "Emerald Horizon", and now this week I'd like to invite you to make some art about the "Golden Compass" 🧭😁 Happy to share! Watch the weekly showcase: youtu.be/PaiHrQ6nUnA?...

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🎨 "Emerald Horizon- Being an Artists 26/'26

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🎨It's Friday, that means we will continue to make another art piece! Here were last weeks pieces about the "Fire Hydrant", a modeling challenge. Guess which one was done in Bforartists. 👀

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We have a new weekly video of 🎨 Being an Artist! This is about community art, a weekly word for an art piece done together, and about Bforartists updates. Subscribe, give a like and enjoy. 📺 youtu.be/yZTBU5-Jffc?...

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🎨 "Fire Hydrant" - Being an Artists 25/'26

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🎨 "Debris" with work from Alex, Jonas, Tom and Draise! Every Friday we have a new word to make, and now a weekly video showcasing your art on Youtube! Join and be an artist.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🎨 Welcome to the Being an Artist Weekly Showcase! In these videos: 🔑 Reveal of next week’s subject so you can join in! 🖌️ Highlights artists pieces of the weekly subject 🌟 Showcase finished art 📰 Weekly Bforartists development updates and news www.youtube.com/watch?v=pteH...

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🎨 "Debris - Being an Artists 24/'26

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🎨 "Hidden Moss". In the Bforartists discord server, we do a weekly word for a piece of art! Every Friday live or during the week! Join in! Make an art piece.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🔍 This latest release has a Node editor Minimap and it's a lot of fun for big trees! #blender #nodes

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The new materials are thanks to the Curtis Holt's community with CC0 materials! We rebuilt the thumbnails to follow the new Blender online Essentials, and we included our own CC0 wooden materials too! Enjoy with Bforartists 5.1.2

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Would you like a Node Editor Minimap, customizable Quick Favorites menu with icons, and new out-of-the-box materials? Well then... this version is for you! 😙 Bforartists 5.1.2 has released, based on Blender 5.2 and 5.1.2.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🧙‍♂️One of our little Wizard based assets Smart Mesh Blend by Proximity gets a big upgrade on performance! Intersection removal, and simpler controls. Now in Bforartists 5.1.1, based on Blender 5.2. Help us by using the developer builds. #ArtTools

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

😳 Have you tried the new UV nodes? Gizmos for uv control. Shaft uv unwrapping live as you model, triplanar uvs for procedural meshes, it's packed! Even had camera projected UVs running live.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

🏁🏇The UV Nodes release gets a hotfix! With some extra goodies including a Raycast Edges asset, better Grease Pencil support with Curves to Tubes modifier, and much polish. Download today.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

👁️With version 5.1.1 around the corner with a couple of extra goodies, we can't help but notice that the Topbar Editor and Topbar customization has improved a lot! Now more accessible, usable and consistent.

Screencapture and title card of the new topbar customization panel, showing visibility toggles and sub-group settings

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Bforartists is always about refinement and polish, details. We try to make all assets well curated, commented, and beautiful - and thus the Grease Pencil assets get a quick update! ✏️ #greasepencil #blender3d #assets

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

📺 Want to get the low-down of everything new in Bforartists 5.1?? It's a lot! Here is a video that covers all the new key features, work and much more coming in from Blender 5.1 (and 5.2)! youtu.be/PM0lft4NtN4

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Bforartists 5.1.0 - Official Release - 🏁 The UV Nodes Version

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

✏️ Whats exciting about this latest release is the ability to sync surface distance with pen pressure, allowing grease pencil to draw on 3D geometry without clipping.

An icon of grease pencil showing radius with the new surface distance to pressure radius sync settings for Grease pencil.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

💙+🧡Bforartists 5.1.0 is based on the Blender main to the date, which includes Blender 5.2 and 5.1. This is the version with most fixes, performance and love! Though, rumor has it that Blender 5.1.1 will come out mid April, stay tuned for another round of polish!

Splashscreen of Blender 5.1.0 from the Blender studio with information of the latest main trunk Bforartsits forks from.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🏁 What are procedural UV nodes in Bforartists 5.1? They are node groups that contain UV unwrap methods that run realtime on islands, selections, and evolving geometry - live. From triplanar to Smart UVs, camera projected, to a new Cut Cylinder one for quick facial UVs!

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

✨This Bforartists 5.1.0 release focuses on interface polish and procedural UV Geometry Nodes assets! Now you can get you unwrap game on as you model live. Based on the Blender main: 5.1 release and 5.2 development.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🏁Bforartists 5.1.0 is out! This is the procedural UV Nodes release with much interface polish and love - keeping everything from Blender 5.1.0 and 5.2 in sync! Download for free, enjoy and have fun making 3D art! 🔗Links below:

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🏆 The Bforartists 5.1.x splashscreen winner is @krysidian_ (Instagram) and the @Umbraven_cu (Instagram) team! The new face of this fork! With an incredible arty entry taking the cake 🎂, with many incredible additional entries from you entered and evaluated. Soon we release. Stay locked!

Bforartists splashcreen in a painterly style, for a GUI focused fork of Blender. Has a character standing on a lamppost in the dark of a blue night in a mideival city.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🎨 Call for Splashscreens! Someone needs your art! - and in not a lot of time, just enough for you to either create or submit an already created splashscreen with your Art to win prizes! The best could be picked for the next official release of Bforartists 5.1.x this Friday!

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Blender is getting awfully close to another release, but that doesn't stop us from experimenting! Right now we are trying out an idea to sync Grease Pencil pressure with surface distance. ✏️✨

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🎨This artwork leans into the realistic Star Trek vibes! Made in Bforartists by @seanr1978 ! Yet3 another detailed immaculate and accurate piece. If you post your finished art in the official Discord server with the "✨Showcase Me" tag, then we will share it here!

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

✏️ New Annotation icons in the Toolshelf. The toolshelf icons update is happening! Now with consistent annotation icons.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Bforartists is about Animation🏃‍♂️With ability to key multiple single channels on all selected objects & bones while holding down ALT, or keying from the sidebar directly without a keyboard, with customizable animation toolbars and panels and top level key type control in headers.

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Bforartists @bforartists.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

In our Discord💜 community!

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