Being that it’s Christmas, I decided to put my blender skills to the test by creating a Christmas card for my friends and family. It’s one of the first times I’ve gotten my work professionally printed, so it was all very new to me. The result wasn’t perfect but I learnt a few things that I thought I might share with you.

Learn from my experiences in the video below!

In the true spirit of Christmas, I’m also giving away the source file to my log cabin scene. Feel free to pull it apart and see how it was made!

In 2009, we’ve seen the biggest attendance on record for a Blender conference as well as the massive milestone release of version 2.5, so it has definately been a good year for Blender.  A big thank you to the community and the developers for upkeeping the true spirit of open source. I can’t wait to see what 2010 brings.