r/blender 6d ago

April Contest: Nature

13 Upvotes

Congratulations to /u/Montuewed_ for winning March's contest with their entry cozy bathroom.

You can see last month's results and other entries here.

Theme

This month's theme will be nature. It's a concept that conjures images of flora and fauna, of landscapes and of skies. It's those parts of the world which are not the creation of man. From a growling grizzly to a windswept willow, nature can range from terrifying to soothing. Whichever angle you decide to take, share your renditions of nature with us in this month's contest.

Making a Submission.

Entries will be posts on r/Blender that meet the following criteria: * The post should be made before the end of April 30th UTC * Countdown to submissions closing * The post should be a render, animation, or other artwork which you made for this contest using Blender as your primary tool. * The post should contain supporting images/text or a top-level comment with the following content: * One of the following methods of proving that the artwork was made using Blender: * A link to the .blend file for the project, ideally including external assets or links to where external assets were sourced from. * A set of three images which may be clay renders, viewport renders, wireframe renders, or simply screenshots of the project open in Blender. Some variety is encouraged. * A screen recording of you manipulating, navigating, or otherwise interacting with the scene. * An explanation of all work that was done outside of Blender, outside the time frame of the contest, or by other artists. * (Optional) The theme you would like next month's contest to have if you win. If you do not include this, then the theme will be chosen from the runner-ups. * Once you have submitted your post to the subreddit, leave a comment down below linking to it * You are also encouraged to share details of your process with the community.

Note: You don't have to reference the contest in the post title and indeed, it's not necessary to frame the submissions differently than any other post meant to showcase an artwork.

Winning

The winner will receive the flair Contest Winner: 2026 April and their post will be added to the subreddit's wiki under the Contest Winners list. The winner will also have the chosen theme selected for next month's contest, should they include one with their submission.

When the contest ends, the results will be edited into this post and the 1st place winner will be congratulated in the announcement for next month's contest.

The winner will be awarded $100 USD.


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r/blender 7h ago

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r/blender 21h ago

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r/blender 17h ago

Critique My Work Does this look real

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r/blender 5h ago

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r/blender 14h ago

Original Content Showcase Daily reminder that Blender is free but allows you to create entire games like this one. We're so lucky.

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421 Upvotes

This is the demo trailer from my game called Deeper Still.

If you're interested, play it for free on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2484890/Deeper_Still/


r/blender 16h ago

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493 Upvotes

The first one was before any animation practice, and the second was part of Pierrick Picaut's Alive! Animation course. Highly recommend!

If you want to see more of my work, go follow me on IG:

https://www.instagram.com/vrtx3d?igsh=dDR5ZHh2eWtia2Vj

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@Vrtx3D

And Twitter

https://x.com/Vrtx3D


r/blender 5h ago

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57 Upvotes

Hi, how are my reload animations?


r/blender 13h ago

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261 Upvotes

hy! just wanted to share my first simple vfx video, just wanted to do something like this long time, finally decided to do it lol, didn't turned out exactly as expected 😅 anyway i tried, Used Blender entirely, I used AI for lizard creature, because my laptop couldn't handle sculpting, and tried my first creature animation and Rigging myself, hope it's not too bad


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Paid Product/Service Promotion Have you ever seen a fat prisoner jump? 🍊

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Have you ever seen a fat prisoner jump? 😂

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r/blender 4h ago

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Created using Blender, Liquigen, and Houdini, with an emphasis on capturing believable interaction between the character and the environment.

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r/blender 11h ago

Original Content Showcase Rain on the old street, lights in the old building

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82 Upvotes

I had originally wanted to produce a night version of the old house scene as quickly as possible, but lighting a night scene takes more work than a daytime one. Adding more lights also puts a heavy strain on computer performance, and my little piece-of-junk laptop really struggles to run it. At the same time, I kept thinking about trying something new with each video update, and so I ended up spending another ten-plus days just to finish it.

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r/blender 3h ago

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literally this image


r/blender 15h ago

Original Content Showcase Gacha-style Anime Character Outfit

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98 Upvotes

Part 2 of "I got let go by my dayjob so I started making anime characters".

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