Blender Underground’s video tutorials are free, and you are under no compulsion whatsoever to pay for them. However producing these videos and maintaining the website is hard work. Hours upon hours of time goes into development and production of a video series worthy of Blender. If you have benefited from these Blender video tutorials, consider making a donation in an amount that is satisfying to you. Your donations help Blender Underground continue to provide you with quality video tutorials and support.

Any contribution is appreciated. For the casual user, any donation is valuable. For the corporate user, consider what this training would be worth to you in retail dollars; cut it in half, cut it in half again; consider making a donation in that amount.

 

Other Ways to Support Blender Underground

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Link to Blender Underground from your website: When you link to Blender Underground, you help increase exposure for Blender and provide access to learning tools for people who may not have heard of Blender, or may have thought 3D modeling was too hard for them.

Add Blender Underground to your RSS or social bookmarking site: Adding our website to your Bloglines, Google, Yahoo, or even your Del.ico.us or Technorati account helps increase Blender Underground’s exposure, and generates traffic for the site.

Write a review for StumbleUpon: If you’ve never heard of StumbleUpon, it’s a great way to check out the best of the web, and discover new sites that you never knew existed, as well as discover new video content. Writing a review of Blender Underground for your StumbleUpon account lets people know it’s a site worth checking out.

Review our preview video on YouTube: Since there is a 10 minute content length limit on YouTube, Blender Underground has posted a brief preview of the series on YouTube. Adding a rating or comment review of the material will help increase Blender Underground’s exposure through YouTube.

Tell your family and friends about Blender Underground: Word-of-mouth is a great way to increase exposure to Blender. By steering them to our website, you’re providing them with the tools to learn a powerful and full-featured (not to mention free) 3D modeling and animation package.