Learning Blender: A Hands-On Guide to Creating 3D Animated Characters

The History of Blender

Lots of people think that Blender is relatively new, but that’s not accurate. Blender was born in the early 1990s, making it more than 20 years old. Recently, an “ancient” file—Blender’s first bit of code—was found by the Blender Foundation’s chairman Ton Roosendaal and it dated back to December 1992. However, it is true that the software became much more relevant to the public within the last few years with the release of version 2.50, which included a completely revamped, written-from-scratch interface and core that make it more user friendly and powerful than its previous versions.

In 1988, a new Dutch animation studio, NeoGeo, was cofounded by Ton Roosendaal. Not long after, the new studio decided it had to write new ...