r/blender 7h ago

September Contest: Metamorphosis

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Congratulations to /u//u/_EduudE_ for winning August's contest with their Lucid Dream entry.

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

Theme

This month's theme will be metamorphosis. No, not the novella by Kafka, but a deep, thorough, and often quick transformation. It's a term that's used heavily within the biological sciences, but which is also liberally used in more metaphorical ways. For the optimist, a metamorphosis is a kind of rebirth, and an opportunity for new beginnings. For the anxious, it's a farewell to that which is familiar and a foray into the unknown. Regardless of attitude however, this juxtaposition of a "before" and "after" remains a defining element of the concept. Wherever you're starting from and wherever you're going, undergo a metamorphosis 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 September 30th UTC+00:00 * 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 September 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.


r/blender 16h ago

News Voting is open to nominate films for the 2026 Blender Conference Suzanne Awards. There are a lot of interesting shorts available to watch!

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r/blender 11h ago

Original Content Showcase I Created Me and My Girlfriend as PS1 style Characters

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1.0k Upvotes

Made with Blender and Substance Painter, had a great time experimenting with lowpoly models and pixelated textures


r/blender 6h ago

Original Content Showcase small side project, grenades--

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416 Upvotes

Which one would you pick?


r/blender 17h ago

Critique My Work Animating dogs is so hard

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1.8k Upvotes

Finally made (SEMI) anatomically-correct dogs and animating even a walk-cycle took forever 😭 pretty happy with the end result though :)


r/blender 13h ago

Original Content Showcase HAMMER 🔨

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547 Upvotes

r/blender 18h ago

Original Content Showcase I spent 6 months making a video where I sink to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in real-time (no AI used, all done in Blender)

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1.3k Upvotes

r/blender 2h ago

Original Content Showcase I create custom 3D characters inspired by D&D and tabletop RPGs.

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69 Upvotes

I create custom 3D characters inspired by D&D and tabletop RPGs.


r/blender 14h ago

Need Help! Making a car feels impossible

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Hey everyone, I’m trying to learn how to make a car and I’m losing it slightly. I setup my blueprint and am following the lines with the same amount of edges on each end but it looks wrong. I mean it looks fine compared to the blueprint but the shading is off and it feels wrong. Does anyone have any tips when making cars? I really wanna suprise my friend with a model of his car by December.


r/blender 22h ago

Original Content Showcase More Everyday RENDERS by stupidgiant

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1.3k Upvotes

more renders!

this month i am gonna practice cityscapes so expect a photodump by the end of the month!
also i am going to madrid any 3d artist from there?


r/blender 3h ago

Discussion Am I stupid, or does this not look real?

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32 Upvotes

r/blender 1d ago

News Hirokazu Yokohara's Blender add-on randomly starts a game where you have to defend your model from attacks, or lose it if it takes damage

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2.1k Upvotes

r/blender 3h ago

Original Content Showcase First blender project after donut! :)

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34 Upvotes

r/blender 9h ago

Need Help! Comisiones

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74 Upvotes

Hay alguna mínima posibilidad de poder vivir haciendo impresiones 3D o modelos 3D en blender y ganar un dinero medianamente decente?

Y si es así, y yo quiero hacer modelos o impresiones de criaturas, qué tal está mi nivel? (La foto)

Pueden dejarme críticas constructivas o no pos no c, y ya eso era todo :D


r/blender 23h ago

Original Content Showcase Paraffin - Gauntlet of Gods Submission

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1.0k Upvotes

r/blender 11h ago

Original Content Showcase This dagger was my third-ever hand-painted 3D project.

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112 Upvotes

The dagger was modeled in Blender, painted in 3DCoat + Photoshop, and based on a concept by the mighty Baldi Konijn. No AI used.

I made this dagger to really solidify my new workflow. The model looked pretty simple from a modeling perspective, but it turned out there was actually quite a bit to figure out. You've probably seen this concept modeled by a lot of different artists already (and maybe you've even seen my version before xD).

This project became something new for me, but in a completely different way.

I don't really care about likes on ArtStation that much (only in case it helps a project stay on the main page for as long as possible and maybe get noticed by an art lead looking for an artist for their team xD), but this one really blew up. I made it relatively quickly, and it got about twice as many likes as my most popular project ever. It also completely outperformed all the illustrations I'd spent tons of time and effort on, carefully thinking through every detail.

After these two weapons (this dagger and the axe from my previous post) some really cool artists from studios where I'd love to work started following me. And that was very strange, at the time, besides looking for a fulltime illustration job, I was also trying to make it as a commission artist. That meant putting a lot of effort into social media and visibility. And despite all that effort, I never managed to get a stable stream of commissions. With 3d, I wasn't even trying to do anything special. I considered these my first learning projects, and didn't really think they had much artistic value beyond that.

And of course, I had a ton of fun working on this dagger.

This was also the point when I realized that I'd really, truly moved on from 2d illustration to 3d. It wasn't just me trying something new anymore.


r/blender 21m ago

Original Content Showcase Train Cabin | @mustacheplates

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• Upvotes

you can get this blend file on my patreon !. thank you for supporting


r/blender 17h ago

Original Content Showcase Renders I Created in August

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234 Upvotes

What do you guys think?


r/blender 1h ago

Original Content Showcase Nothing phone 4a studio render

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r/blender 13h ago

Critique My Work First model

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89 Upvotes

Consideran que este modelo es decente?

Do you consider this model decent?


r/blender 1d ago

Original Content Showcase I made myself an ant

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4.4k Upvotes

r/blender 8h ago

Original Content Showcase Artwork Number 2002 of creating daily art pieces.

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30 Upvotes

r/blender 8h ago

Critique My Work There is something missing but i dont know what to add

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29 Upvotes

Hey everyone! I’ve been working on this render for about 8 hours now. I’ve gone through a few different versions, but I still feel like something is missing and I can’t really put my finger on what it is.

Feel free to be brutally honest and critique my work. I’d really appreciate any feedback or ideas on what I could improve!


r/blender 11h ago

Free Tools & Assets Geonodes terrain Gen & erosion tool I made - WIP

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r/blender 27m ago

Original Content Showcase my 3D model collection (fan art, OC)

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