Bforartists
@bforartists.bsky.social
Bforartists is a fork focused on UI and usability made from the popular opensource 3D software Blender 📥 Download for free today! And enjoy.
🌍 Official Website
https://www.bforartists.de/download/
🌍 Official Website
https://www.bforartists.de/download/
🍝 We have been cooking! Here is a fun little tease, the node editor got SO much love this cycle for Bforartists 5.0.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🍝 We have been cooking! Here is a fun little tease, the node editor got SO much love this cycle for Bforartists 5.0.
📰Coming soon! Blender 5.0 will launch. We are tying up some loose threads, packing up some sweets for you, and polishing documentation! Then Bforartists 5.0 will release too!
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📰Coming soon! Blender 5.0 will launch. We are tying up some loose threads, packing up some sweets for you, and polishing documentation! Then Bforartists 5.0 will release too!
🏆 Bforartists 5.0 is coming out soon! And we have a spot for YOUR art to become the next Splashscreen - the next face of the next generation of this software!
⏰ Submit your piece before the 20th of November to be in to win!
⏰ Submit your piece before the 20th of November to be in to win!
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🏆 Bforartists 5.0 is coming out soon! And we have a spot for YOUR art to become the next Splashscreen - the next face of the next generation of this software!
⏰ Submit your piece before the 20th of November to be in to win!
⏰ Submit your piece before the 20th of November to be in to win!
Doing #Nodevember in Bforartists! With our new assets coming soon.
🎨 Nodevember - Day 2 - Fire: distortion and shapes included as procedural assets in Bforartists. This in theory used a shear and whirlpool distortion on a tear drop shape and linear light noise distortion with an up-vector #Nodevember2025
👀Watch!⤵️
youtu.be/amR1W3Fg950
👀Watch!⤵️
youtu.be/amR1W3Fg950
🎨 Nodevember - Day 2 - Fire
YouTube video by Andres Stephens
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Doing #Nodevember in Bforartists! With our new assets coming soon.
⏱️The Animation Editors will be getting a short hand access to the timeline! Along with footer controls.
The Timeline was removed, then added back by Blender, but they are still the same as the Dopesheet - so we made a header button to toggle the Dopesheet to Timeline mode.
The Timeline was removed, then added back by Blender, but they are still the same as the Dopesheet - so we made a header button to toggle the Dopesheet to Timeline mode.
October 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
⏱️The Animation Editors will be getting a short hand access to the timeline! Along with footer controls.
The Timeline was removed, then added back by Blender, but they are still the same as the Dopesheet - so we made a header button to toggle the Dopesheet to Timeline mode.
The Timeline was removed, then added back by Blender, but they are still the same as the Dopesheet - so we made a header button to toggle the Dopesheet to Timeline mode.
🎨 Being an artist - first iteration! We connected for an hour and had fun making a render with @SmallzKillin , SanojLeOne, Shadenfreude, and Draise!
Theme: The Dark Mountain
Theme: The Dark Mountain
October 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🎨 Being an artist - first iteration! We connected for an hour and had fun making a render with @SmallzKillin , SanojLeOne, Shadenfreude, and Draise!
Theme: The Dark Mountain
Theme: The Dark Mountain
🎨 Being an Artists 001! By popular demand, we will be doing a new weekly event! Join live to model, light and render an art piece based on a weekly theme. We'll be creating a 1 hour art piece live, to vote then share!
⏰ Every Friday at: 14:00 CST / 1900 UTC
📻 Event
discord.gg/uFSu4JSf?eve...
⏰ Every Friday at: 14:00 CST / 1900 UTC
📻 Event
discord.gg/uFSu4JSf?eve...
October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🎨 Being an Artists 001! By popular demand, we will be doing a new weekly event! Join live to model, light and render an art piece based on a weekly theme. We'll be creating a 1 hour art piece live, to vote then share!
⏰ Every Friday at: 14:00 CST / 1900 UTC
📻 Event
discord.gg/uFSu4JSf?eve...
⏰ Every Friday at: 14:00 CST / 1900 UTC
📻 Event
discord.gg/uFSu4JSf?eve...
🎨What's coming to Bforartists 5.0? Well the new Blender 5.0 essential assets! We are adopting them, adding our asset thumbnail style and language - with polish! (And more?)
October 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
🎨What's coming to Bforartists 5.0? Well the new Blender 5.0 essential assets! We are adopting them, adding our asset thumbnail style and language - with polish! (And more?)
Updates to Nodes coming to Blender/Bforartists 5.0!
With some differences with Bforartists - we also get these these updates: 1/3 🧵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKR...
With some differences with Bforartists - we also get these these updates: 1/3 🧵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKR...
Bundles, Closures and New Geometry Node Sockets in Blender 5.0
YouTube video by harry blends
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Updates to Nodes coming to Blender/Bforartists 5.0!
With some differences with Bforartists - we also get these these updates: 1/3 🧵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKR...
With some differences with Bforartists - we also get these these updates: 1/3 🧵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKR...
🧾With Blender 5.0 comes elements of Bforartists 5.0 to keep in mind!
1. This is based on the Blender main, meaning we are in the 5.0 series will release on 5.1 development.
2. File compatibility backwards will be limited, so push forward!
3. Test addons with latest always.
1. This is based on the Blender main, meaning we are in the 5.0 series will release on 5.1 development.
2. File compatibility backwards will be limited, so push forward!
3. Test addons with latest always.
October 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🧾With Blender 5.0 comes elements of Bforartists 5.0 to keep in mind!
1. This is based on the Blender main, meaning we are in the 5.0 series will release on 5.1 development.
2. File compatibility backwards will be limited, so push forward!
3. Test addons with latest always.
1. This is based on the Blender main, meaning we are in the 5.0 series will release on 5.1 development.
2. File compatibility backwards will be limited, so push forward!
3. Test addons with latest always.
🖥️HYPE! Blender 5.0 will branch in a week - but have we all COOKED! We will be getting a nodes group visual overhaul and colored backgrounds as an opt in! 👁️🌈
October 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🖥️HYPE! Blender 5.0 will branch in a week - but have we all COOKED! We will be getting a nodes group visual overhaul and colored backgrounds as an opt in! 👁️🌈
So much is cooking from Blender into Bforartists that November will be packed with much! 💙+ 🧡
- Essential assets for Geometry Nodes and Compositor
- Compositor Modifier for sequencer
- 3D Sequencer mode (now built-in)
- Closures and Bundles also in Shaders
⚠️ Help test!
- Essential assets for Geometry Nodes and Compositor
- Compositor Modifier for sequencer
- 3D Sequencer mode (now built-in)
- Closures and Bundles also in Shaders
⚠️ Help test!
September 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So much is cooking from Blender into Bforartists that November will be packed with much! 💙+ 🧡
- Essential assets for Geometry Nodes and Compositor
- Compositor Modifier for sequencer
- 3D Sequencer mode (now built-in)
- Closures and Bundles also in Shaders
⚠️ Help test!
- Essential assets for Geometry Nodes and Compositor
- Compositor Modifier for sequencer
- 3D Sequencer mode (now built-in)
- Closures and Bundles also in Shaders
⚠️ Help test!
💙This Asset Shelf Usability hotfix update has a accumulation of two point version stability, with much stability from Blender!
📥Download, try it out, share how you use the assets.
📥Download, try it out, share how you use the assets.
August 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
💙This Asset Shelf Usability hotfix update has a accumulation of two point version stability, with much stability from Blender!
📥Download, try it out, share how you use the assets.
📥Download, try it out, share how you use the assets.
💙 Bforartists 4.5.2 has been released! The Asset Shelf Usability version gets quite a large chunk of hotfixes: based on the Blender 5.0 main and Blender 4.5.2.
📥Download today, for free.
📥Download today, for free.
August 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
💙 Bforartists 4.5.2 has been released! The Asset Shelf Usability version gets quite a large chunk of hotfixes: based on the Blender 5.0 main and Blender 4.5.2.
📥Download today, for free.
📥Download today, for free.
🏛️ Bforartists 4.5.1 – Officially Released!
The Asset Shelf Usability Upgrade hotfix. This is a stability update to the release that has brought us much much love to the Asset Shelves usability with many new accumulated details and features from Bforartists and Blender 4.5.1.
The Asset Shelf Usability Upgrade hotfix. This is a stability update to the release that has brought us much much love to the Asset Shelves usability with many new accumulated details and features from Bforartists and Blender 4.5.1.
August 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🏛️ Bforartists 4.5.1 – Officially Released!
The Asset Shelf Usability Upgrade hotfix. This is a stability update to the release that has brought us much much love to the Asset Shelves usability with many new accumulated details and features from Bforartists and Blender 4.5.1.
The Asset Shelf Usability Upgrade hotfix. This is a stability update to the release that has brought us much much love to the Asset Shelves usability with many new accumulated details and features from Bforartists and Blender 4.5.1.
🐰Another new asset is the Mesh Lines and Silhouette nodegroup - where you can get some tried and true inverse hull Geometry Nodes.
Features:
- Color and width controls
- Randomization
- Poligonization
- Weight Paint controls for width
- Flattening of silhouttte
- Intersections
Features:
- Color and width controls
- Randomization
- Poligonization
- Weight Paint controls for width
- Flattening of silhouttte
- Intersections
July 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🐰Another new asset is the Mesh Lines and Silhouette nodegroup - where you can get some tried and true inverse hull Geometry Nodes.
Features:
- Color and width controls
- Randomization
- Poligonization
- Weight Paint controls for width
- Flattening of silhouttte
- Intersections
Features:
- Color and width controls
- Randomization
- Poligonization
- Weight Paint controls for width
- Flattening of silhouttte
- Intersections
💜New asset! Blend normals by proximity on a collection of objects, for "fake SDF"
Available as a default asset now! Drag and drop from the Asset Browser or Asset Shelf under the Normals category.
Available as a default asset now! Drag and drop from the Asset Browser or Asset Shelf under the Normals category.
July 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
💜New asset! Blend normals by proximity on a collection of objects, for "fake SDF"
Available as a default asset now! Drag and drop from the Asset Browser or Asset Shelf under the Normals category.
Available as a default asset now! Drag and drop from the Asset Browser or Asset Shelf under the Normals category.
📺 Official Release Video - 🏛️ The Asset Shelf Usability Upgrade! The video covers core features adopted from Blender, new features added, and the artwork that played! Hope you enjoy!
youtu.be/SAkbKwW3teE
youtu.be/SAkbKwW3teE
Bforartists 4.5.0 - Official Release - 🏛️The Asset Shelf Usability Upgrade
YouTube video by Bforartists
youtu.be
July 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
📺 Official Release Video - 🏛️ The Asset Shelf Usability Upgrade! The video covers core features adopted from Blender, new features added, and the artwork that played! Hope you enjoy!
youtu.be/SAkbKwW3teE
youtu.be/SAkbKwW3teE
Bforartists is based on the Main Trunk of blender, meaning all official release fixes and the future of Blender 5.0 is part of this release, with 6 weeks differences from the official branch of Blender!
⚠️Test, report, help us polish!
⚠️Test, report, help us polish!
July 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Bforartists is based on the Main Trunk of blender, meaning all official release fixes and the future of Blender 5.0 is part of this release, with 6 weeks differences from the official branch of Blender!
⚠️Test, report, help us polish!
⚠️Test, report, help us polish!
🖼️ The default Presentations Slides addon has a new operator to make new slides! They are scenes with some presets, frame duration and sequential insertion to make slides... easier than ever!
Scenes are very powerful!
Scenes are very powerful!
July 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🖼️ The default Presentations Slides addon has a new operator to make new slides! They are scenes with some presets, frame duration and sequential insertion to make slides... easier than ever!
Scenes are very powerful!
Scenes are very powerful!
🎁 What makes this release special is the Geometry Nodes Mesh Lines and Silhouette and Blend Normals by Proximity asset that does "fake SDF" blending on a collection of objects.
Drag and drop from the asset shelf or browser to scene to use. 🧙♂️
Drag and drop from the asset shelf or browser to scene to use. 🧙♂️
July 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🎁 What makes this release special is the Geometry Nodes Mesh Lines and Silhouette and Blend Normals by Proximity asset that does "fake SDF" blending on a collection of objects.
Drag and drop from the asset shelf or browser to scene to use. 🧙♂️
Drag and drop from the asset shelf or browser to scene to use. 🧙♂️
🏛️The Asset Shelf and Browser now supports linking in Blend file assets and automatically adding Library Overrides, only with Bforartists.
Not to mention we have a top level opt in for instancing and set position to world center! 💙
Not to mention we have a top level opt in for instancing and set position to world center! 💙
July 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🏛️The Asset Shelf and Browser now supports linking in Blend file assets and automatically adding Library Overrides, only with Bforartists.
Not to mention we have a top level opt in for instancing and set position to world center! 💙
Not to mention we have a top level opt in for instancing and set position to world center! 💙
🟦 This new release also comes with some social media preset dimensions and ratios for the modern era of media! Vertical, Square, Portrait, and Landscape proportions.
To use, go to the output panel in the Properties Editor, use the presets dropdown from the header, and viola!
To use, go to the output panel in the Properties Editor, use the presets dropdown from the header, and viola!
July 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
🟦 This new release also comes with some social media preset dimensions and ratios for the modern era of media! Vertical, Square, Portrait, and Landscape proportions.
To use, go to the output panel in the Properties Editor, use the presets dropdown from the header, and viola!
To use, go to the output panel in the Properties Editor, use the presets dropdown from the header, and viola!
💙Bforartists 4.5.0 is about Asset Shelves: where you can drag object mode assets into the 3D View and Node Editors with automatic Library Overrides! And another 169 touches of love.
Based on Blender 4.5 and Blender 5.0
Based on Blender 4.5 and Blender 5.0
July 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
💙Bforartists 4.5.0 is about Asset Shelves: where you can drag object mode assets into the 3D View and Node Editors with automatic Library Overrides! And another 169 touches of love.
Based on Blender 4.5 and Blender 5.0
Based on Blender 4.5 and Blender 5.0
Say hello to Bforartists 4.5.0! With Asset Shelf import propertiese, drag and drop with auto-
overrides, Blend Normals by Proximity drag and drop wizard for collections - with Blender 4.5.0 & 5.0.0!
📥 Download for Free today! Let us know what you think of this big release!
overrides, Blend Normals by Proximity drag and drop wizard for collections - with Blender 4.5.0 & 5.0.0!
📥 Download for Free today! Let us know what you think of this big release!
July 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Say hello to Bforartists 4.5.0! With Asset Shelf import propertiese, drag and drop with auto-
overrides, Blend Normals by Proximity drag and drop wizard for collections - with Blender 4.5.0 & 5.0.0!
📥 Download for Free today! Let us know what you think of this big release!
overrides, Blend Normals by Proximity drag and drop wizard for collections - with Blender 4.5.0 & 5.0.0!
📥 Download for Free today! Let us know what you think of this big release!