Learn a super-easy way to create a motion-blurred mesh in Blender 2.7-2.8.

A lot of non-realistic rendering requires some visual tricks for motion blur. Smear frames and extreme motion blur are not uncommon when it comes to toon-shaded work. As a 3D artist, you have a few choices for creating a smear frame from a 3D animation; one of them is to distort the actual model.

Check out this quick tip tutorial from Inamura JIN, which shows how you can easily create blurred mesh using Blender using modifiers and hooks. The result allows you to see a motion-blurred mesh right in the viewport in near real-time!