It's that time of the year again! The massive month-long celebration when node-wizards crawl out of their procedurally generated caves and shine with their incredible prowess, #Nodevember, is upon us. This year's official prompt list erred on the abstract side, with the goal of having more varied entries per prompt (and me crying even more at the creative geniuses' on display). Speaking of prompts, another particularity of this year's edition is the fact that prompts span 2 days, to mitigate the pressure of daily entries and try to prevent burnout. Blender Artists is also actively participating in this year's edition: Tag your posts with #nodevember to be featured on the official BA Nodevember gallery!
This year we're trying more abstract prompts, to serve as inspiration, rather than a specific "thing" to make.
Hopefully this will encourage even more creativity and variety!
Let's see how this experiment goes 🙂
— Nodevember (@Nodevember) October 31, 2021
Geometry Nodes is the undoubted star of this year's Nodevember, with the toolset having transformed over the past year from the shy new kid on the block to a procedural powerhouse, thanks to the incredible efforts and development speed of the Geometry Nodes development team. This year, I will also be featuring interesting Node-oriented educational material which appeared during the week at the end of the post. With that out of the way, let's jump right into the highlights of the first week of Nodevember 2021, with form-giving prompts galore:
Day 1-2: Three Sided
#Nodevember Days 1-2: Three Sides.
And so it begins...#Nodevember2021 #b3d #Blender3d pic.twitter.com/SIOhN0JYt7— Nugget 🏳️🌈 (@HotdogNugget) November 3, 2021
Days 1-2 | 3 sided
Nodevember is back! Returning to vector displacement all from one sphere#b3d #nodevember #nodevember2021 pic.twitter.com/YsQq7KjYyR— J.C. (@Cuboxel) November 3, 2021
2nd day of #Nodevember.
Fully procedural copper coin🪙 with triskelion symbol. ☣️♻️⚠️♣️
.#Nodevember2021 #Blender #Shadernodes #Cycles pic.twitter.com/HKEpUImnqg— Daniel De Klawn (@DKlawn) November 2, 2021
Day 3-4: Four Sided
#nodevember2021 #nodevember #b3d #sverchok
3 sidedHybrid Flask of Triangularity
Restores your Health, Mana and Stamina at the same time.I think the second one cures depression, gives you pimples and makes you drunk at the same time.
But to be sure, ask your local alchemist ^^ pic.twitter.com/DqNzyhAclT— Clemens Beute (@BeuteClemens) November 2, 2021
Machinary hummed on 4 sides as metal capsules slid through glass tubes. You were sure that the door ahead would lead you out of the dream.
@NodevemberIO #nodevember2021 #b3d #geometrynodes pic.twitter.com/gBc90EXoie— erindale.xyz 🍊 (@erindale_xyz) November 5, 2021
#nodevember2021 day 3-4, 4-sided
Just more subdivisions. Interesting to see the approach from @FaustXins and @Bbbn192. Better randomness (and cleaner node-tree), but not sure how it would work in pure 3D subdiv. #nodevember #b3d #geometrynodes pic.twitter.com/XxD8DtuWKW
— Alex Martinelli (@5agado) November 4, 2021
Day 5-6: Five Sided
#Nodevember days 5 & 6
prompt: "5 sided"#b3d #geometrynodes #nodevember2021 pic.twitter.com/n9erKftRKQ— hemigon (@hemigon) November 7, 2021
The sky, blue and clear, peaked through the tangle of cables which seemed to hold the 5-sided tower together. Ramshackled construction stretching high above in a sorry mix of hope and naïvety.#b3d #geometrynodes #nodevember #nodevember2021 @NodevemberIO pic.twitter.com/6dzYDflSr1
— erindale.xyz 🍊 (@erindale_xyz) November 7, 2021
This one was a bit experimental, but did end up with a result that I like 🐠
Some manual animation with a procedural rig setup using #geometrynodes and some drivers.
Final file + live stream of making the base rig:https://t.co/Xm4GyO3m89#b3d #nodevember #nodevember2021 pic.twitter.com/XlVbZjQL0D
— Simon Thommes (@simonthommes) November 7, 2021
Day 7-8: Six Sided
Nodevember / 6 sided
Another Rubik's Cube animation. This time using geometry nodes.#nodevember #nodevember2021 #b3d #geometrynodes pic.twitter.com/dFqZX6X26S
— Dan Silden (@dsilden) November 7, 2021
#nodevember day 7-8: "6 sided" ✏️#nodevember2021 #geometrynodes #b3d pic.twitter.com/ROG2lCW5Wi
— Sanctus (@Sanctus_Art) November 7, 2021
6sided#Nodevember #nodevember2021 #geometrynodes #Blender3d pic.twitter.com/613geOuEhk
— 100drips (@100drips) November 7, 2021
Educational Material of the Week
This post is part of a series featuring some Blender-based Nodevember posts that I thought are worth highlighting(they are all amazing). Check out this year's prompts here. Tag your Blender Artists' posts with #nodevember to become part of the official Nodevember 2021 gallery and a chance to be featured in the weekly Nodevember roundup here on BlenderNation! You can read all articles in this series here.