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The links are currently being organized so that tutorials meant for older versions than 2.4 have their own page. They may well be useable in newer versions but their screenshots may be misleading at some cases. This doesn't forbid using them though as you may find interesting techniques in them.

When adding Tutorial Links, please try add them in Alphabetical order within a section. In addition, there is a convention for new additions:

* New - Latest entries in the specific topic.
* 2.xx+ explicit - Some Blender tools are backward incompatible (or forward incompatible), tutorials which use such tools are marked that way. Some new tutorials will be candidates for this tag after new Blender release (new particle and some animation tools in 2.50 for example).
* exposed - Some tutorials are just outstanding, mark them with this tag. Who judge the quality of the tutorials? YOU of course! :)
* fixed - To indicate a broken link that is now fixed.

Starting Points

Blender News/RSS

Blender News Blog - BlenderNation * News
Planet Blender * New

Interface

Ron's YouTube videos
Blender Interface Theme Repository
Blender 2.5 Interface Tutorial
Pimp Your Blender - Video tutorial. Customizing the look and feel of the Blender interface.

Importing Objects and Materials

Appending Materials * fixed (01/09) - Video tutorial. How to append external Blender materials to a scene. See Learning Unit #9 - Appending Materials (2nd link).
Appending Objects * fixed (01/09) - Video tutorial. How to append external Blender objects to a scene. See Learning Unit #9 - Appending Objects (1st link).

Mesh Modeling

Ron's YouTube videos
Axis Orientation Copy - Web based tutorial. Illustrates the Script called Object -> Axis Orientation Copy.
Knife Subdivide - This is a tutorial for the new "knife subdivide" (KS) tool added in Blender in rev 2.30.
Making a carving - Modeling by extruding vertices
Modelling Techniques and Strategies
To Easily Remove Orphan Edges and Vertices - Web based tutorial. A technique for finding and deleting vertices and edges that aren't attached or shouldn't be attached to the primary object.

Retopo Tool

Retopo Tutorial - Video based tutorial (Google videos).

Spin Control

Creating a 3D Ring Band - Video tutorial. This tutorial uses the Spin control to create modified bands.

Text

Text - Web based tutorial. This is an extremely short tutorial and doesn't seem to cover anything more than is already found in the manual.

Sculpt

Sculpting a Skull - Sculpt the skull and use it for baking a normal map to a low polygon mesh.

NURBS and Subsurface Modeling

Modeling of Specific Objects

Celtic Knot
Drill Bit
How to make a Winch or a Winder (PDF tutorial)
Ice Cube (PDF tutorial)
Modelling a Nieuport 11 in 3D with Blender - PDF based tutorial.

Animals & Creatures

Turtle

Architecture

Cars

Engineering

Modelling a jet engine - New (01/08) - Web based tutorial.
Various engineering tutorials - Detailed tutorials on engineering objects.

CAD Import

Import models from Architecture drawing software at www.blender-archi.tuxfamily.org

Furniture

Picture frame using curves - PDF document

Human

Head

Dave K's Poly Head Modeling Tutorial (non Blender specific)
Human Head Tutorial
Head modeling tutorial - Web-based tutorial
A Face Rigging Tutorial - Web-based tutorial

Eyes

Pixar looking eyes in Blender - new (01/08) - Web-based tutorial.

Special Effects

Jewelry

Modelling a ring

Nature

Planets, Meteors & Asteroids

Asteroids - Web based tutorial. This tutorial makes some stunning asteroids including impact craters on the surface.
Making a Planetoid - Web based tutorial. This is a simple way to make a planetoid using nodes for processing.

Pipes, Tubes and Wires

How to Make 3D Cables/Wires in Blender - Video tutorial. This short and simple tutorial (no audio) demonstrates how to create pipes using a custom bevel object in association with curves.

Sports

Tennis Ball * New

Water

Water II (PDF tutorial)

Topology

Shoulder Topology Research
Shoulder Topology Research
Subdivision Modeling (part II)
Topology Overview: The Head* New (8/10) * exposed (video tutorial)
Topology Research (non Blender specific)

Texture Mapping

Material Indice Tutorial - Web-based tutorial. This shows how to add multiple materials to the same object.
Material Indices - Web-based tutorial. This shows how to add multiple materials to the same object.
Blender Material and Composite Nodes * fixed (01/09) - Web/PDF-based tutorial.
Normal maps - Web-based tutorial. Creating and using Normal Maps to created 3d reliefs.
Raytraced Reflections
Using Texture Stencils - Web-based tutorial. A great explanation of using stencils with multiple textures.

UV Mapping

Basic Decaling in Blender - Video tutorial. Although not technically UV mapping this tutorial demonstrates how to apply an image (a decal) onto an existing surface by using an empty as the controller for the image's coordinates.
Blender UV Mapper Tutorial * exposed
Complex material for a sword * fixed (01/09)
Ira Krakow's Blender 2.49 UV Unwrapping Basics Tutorial * New
LSCM UV Mapping a Human Head
Sub-Surf and UV-Texturing problem
UV Mapping & Texturing

Displacement Mapping

Displacement Mapping Tutorial - Web-based tutorial. This tutorial uses displacement maps to place foot prints in the sand.
How to use displacement maps in Blender

Bump Maps

Bump Maps for Beginners - Web-based tutorial

Transparency

Desert heat mirage effect - Web/PDF-based tutorial. This tutorial uses transparency to create a heat-haze in a desert.
Raytraced Transparency and Refraction - Web-based tutorial. Introductory tutorial on transparency. Includes shadowing and understanding IOR.

Animated Textures

Animated Procedural Textures (PDF tutorial)
Blender TexMesh Tutorial * exposed
animating masks for simulating ice freeze

Cartoon Textures/Rendering

2D Techniques

This part isn't about using Blender, but about necessary 2D knowledge for advanced Blender users.

Conceptart.org Exposed
Create a seamless tileable texture with Gimp - Web based tutorial.
Dirty Metal Texture
Fixing Lighting Irregularities in Self-Tiling Maps
Gritty Pipelines
Human Proportions
Steven Stahlberg's Tutorials * exposed

Game Texturing

Lighting, Shadows and Rendering

Ambient Occlusion
Area Lights
Blender's Mist
Light - a detailed tutorial
Lighting in Blender Internal* New
Lightning Techniques (Non Blender Specific)
Make a Panorama
Radiosity I
Radiosity II
Ramp Shaders
Rendering with Alpha Channel - Web based tutorial. Illustrates how to render images that contain an alpha channel (transparency).
Simulating Radiosity
Soft Lights (PDF tutorial)
Sketch Rendering with Blender

3 Point Lighting

3 Point Lighting - Web based tutorial.
Basic 3 Point Lighting
Three-Point Lighting for 3D Renderings by Jeremy Birn

Depth of Field

DOF (Depth of Field) - New (01/08) - Web based tutorial.
Making DOF: tutorial * 2.42+ explicit

YafRay

Gamma Correction * New

Indigo

Indigo Tutorial - Web based tutorial. Detailed instructions on using the Indigo renderer with Blender.

Aqsis

http://www.aqsis.org

Armatures and IK

Dancing Flor * 2.4+ explicit

Animation

Effects
Flag Creation in Blender (PDF tutorial)
IPO Mouse Recording Tips
Non Linear Action Editor - NLA I
Non Linear Action Editor - NLA II
Rigging And Animating A Simple Game Character | Mirror (HTML + Flash Tutorial) * 2.41+ explicit
Seascape (PDF tutorial)
Simple Animation
Walking (Non Blender specific)
Walking Blues

Curve Modifier

How to Animate a Cylinder along a curve - Video tutorial. This tutorial demonstrates moving a cylinder along the path of a curve.

Motion/Vector Blur

Blurry Objects - Motion Blur - new (12/07) - Web based tutorial. This tutorial illustrates the concept of Motion Blur.
Blurry Objects - Vector Blur - new (12/07) - Web based tutorial. This tutorial illustrates the concept of Vector Blur.
Vector Blur usage with Blender - new (12/07) - Web based tutorial. This tutorial illustrates the concept of Vector Blur.

Shape Keys

Shape Keys
Shape Keys Tutorial (PDF tutorial)
Shape Key & IPO Driver - Web based tutorial.

Particles

Grass tutorial
Dust Particles - Web based tutorial. This appears to be an old tutorial from a very old release of Blender. It is very short and doesn't seem to add much detail on the subject of Particles.
Making a Rain Effect
Particle Interaction
Stylized Particle Animation - Video tutorial
Vertex group to control speed/emission - Video tutorial. This video is part of the Blender 2.40 release notes. It demonstrates using weight painting and vertex groups to control both the speed and distribution of emission of particles from an object. Direct link to video.
Volcano Tutorial - Web based tutorial. Builds an animated volcano using particles for the lava. The Blender release looks old but the principles should still be the same.
How to make a rain of leaves

Fluid Simulation

Blender Fluid Sim Basics - Web based tutorial
Liquid in a bowl - Web based tutorial
Falling Object into Liquid - Web based tutorial

Soft Body

Architectural modeling with softbodies - Web based tutorial - New (07/08)
Blender Softbody Tutorial - Video based tutorial (YouTube).
Ira Krakow's Blender 2.49 Soft Body Tutorial New (02/10)
Softbody Curtains - Web based tutorial
Soft Body Tutorial - Video based tutorial. Search for "Soft Body Tutorial" on the page. File is called softcomp.avi. This tutorial is based on v2.36 and so is quite old. It illustrates softbody, weight painting and creating/animating a wind force that increases in strength over time.