Blender Siggraph 2011 Reel [Updated]

Posted on by

Mike Pan did an awesome job compiling some of the best Blender artwork in this fast-paced reel! (Switch to 720p and view in full screen to fully enjoy).

Update: You can download the original file from Blender.org.


  • http://deadcyborg.com endi

    cool reel :)

  • http://justflak.com/ Stephen

    some great works.

  • kram1032

    That’s really awesome :D
    I knew most of those works, but a couple where new to me :)

  • DimitrisC

    Lovely stuff but tbh some low res smoke simulations (especially the bluish one on white background)
    look a bit out of place. Congratulations to all the artists and studios included! BTW Ian Hubert rocks!
    BF should definitely get this guy for Mango!
    Thanks for giving us this awesome application people! Wish you all the best!

  • http://www.fablefoxisstronger.com Fable Fox

    awesome! now to put in on Blender main page, just like sidefx software did with their reel.

  • http://freezingmoon.org betasector

    I agree with Fable Fox, it should be on the main page!

  • chimericidol

    It is amazing! Very professional, I also agree that the video should be placed on the main website. Also everyone should spread this video over facebook/twitter etc :)

  • http://www.renderfarm.fi Julius Tuomisto

    Now that I had the chance to see the full reel in peace all I can say is congrats to everybody who’s work is on it. It’s amazing how many talented people are using Blender. Three cheers to Mike also for editing it all together in such a wonderful way.

    @DimitrisC: I agree. In fact Ton announced at the SIGGRAPH Blender Community BOF that Ian will be the director for Mango. :-)

  • okapi

    Fable Fox is right.

  • http://MacroManJr.blogspot.com/ Brian L.

    {…sniff…sniff…} I’ve just, um, got s-something in my eye, that’s all…

  • vblend

    Awesome !
    I agree with Fable Fox, put it on Blender main page !

  • arnaud

    This is so good. Even the walk cycle is exciting here :)
    This is a proud achievement – coders and artists alike (I include the music sound matters too).

    Cheers and thanks to all who contributed,

    Arnaud

  • Chrome Monkey

    We was still robbed though… Sintel didn’t get any awards.

  • AlekB

    @ DimitrisC: They do have Ian Hubert for Mango! Yay!

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/56229273@N07/ Erick

    Genius!

  • http://www.benjaminsohn.de benNO!

    quite nice dear blendermans – like that but I really miss that one here -> http://vimeo.com/18665952

  • PAt

    did I just see a reddit alien?

  • http://wisdomsage.wordpress.com/ Luis

    Exelente, hasta a veces me salían las lágrimas

    Saludos desde tiquicia!

    LC

  • http://www.RemnantStudios.com BlenderBoy

    Nice work. I remember seeing most of the these pieces before (some were new). I really liked the airplane shots by Ovni & the BMW by Mike Pan. Congrats!

  • NollieFlipX

    That’s the Rell that will represent blender at Siggraph 2k11?

    With all do respect since I had no doubts, but for anyone who had a doubt blender could be seen as a professional tool. This is the final dot on that doubt, it looks amazing, simply fantastic! I really wish to shake hands with every man or woman who worked on those clips personally.

    Seriously congratulations! Blender for the win!

  • lecithin

    nice choice of clips,
    w e l l d o n e !

  • MarkJoel60

    The thing that struck me when watching this compilation was how weak Sintel looked by comparison. I liked the look of Sintel when I first saw it — I didn’t understand the guys complaining about it saying it looked “video-gameish” … but looking at it alongside some of the other stuff in the reel… yeah, I think it paled in comparison…

  • whazai

    wow that is impressive

  • http://alexisdesigns.zxq.net Alexis

    I just want to say, thanks to the community. Watching the video inspires (and I also vote it should go on the Blender home page) and makes a person start to dream big about what they can accomplish with open source software.

    I wouldn’t be where I am without all of the amazing support from the community. I’m still fairly mediocre, but I’ve gone leaps and bounds since I first started. I love seeing stuff like this.

  • Alhena

    This is great!
    Big respect to people who created this program!

  • http://arnaud.ile.nc Arnaud (piiichan)

    Very good!
    The cubes at the end are so funny HAHA :)

    Missing those
    http://www.blendernation.com/2010/06/23/tomos-manga-videos/

  • http://deadcyborg.com endi

    here is many people who crying because there is many good works are missing from this reel

    the solution is simple: the community can make an other reel…

  • http://www.ihorace.com Martin

    Anyone have a list of all the videos these are from? I’ve seen quite a few, but a lot I haven’t and would love to take a look at the ones I’ve missed.

    Thnks

  • Extensor

    Anybody have a HQ download link to this?

  • Marimba

    Best things in life are FREE, PERIOD!!!

    Way to go Blender community, YOU ALL ROCK!

  • kijja

    I want more…

  • cekuhnen

    this feels as a reel which does not know what it wants.
    the selected work is way to diverse in quality and depth.
    too much looks like space filler for the very good pieces of CG work in the reel.

  • minn

    cekuhnen:
    Yeah, i had the same feeling of this reel. It would need some kind of “story” and tricks that keeps you intrested of it or thing that continues throught the whole video.

    Of course there is a lot of super nice works and i enjoyed nearly everything, but the directing of this clip did not impres me so much. Iit was just a pile of the differend (nice) videos in the same file with nothig shared.

  • Kimme

    Holy S***

    Some Nice works!

  • code

    Reeeeeel coool!

  • altara

    HAIL BLENDER !

  • CoyoteNZ

    It believe it is less of a demo reel, and more something which would have been looping over and over on monitors in the background. Therefore think it works well. Shows different aspects of blender. Some look like game engine stuff, some modeling, and some full animation.

  • Chrome Monkey

    Sintel still looks damn fine considering it was a Blender Internal animated render.

  • Triskelion

    Discreet must be worried :) Amazing Work. It should be on the blender frontpage.

  • cekuhnen

    It is a simple design principle: the weak material will always distract from the good work.

  • Chrome Monkey

    The corollary to this, is that a little bit of well-placed weaker material can help a strong piece to really pop and stand out.