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Blender 16yo winner of UK young animator of the year
- mattigames 3y agoYeah I'm skeptic until I see a bit of the behind the scenes.
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- Cloudef 3y agoLooks awfully similar to something by Ian Hubert https://www.youtube.com/@IanHubert2/videos https://www.youtube.com/@IanHubert2/videos he is the one guy who also started "super fast but very information packed" blender tutorial video concept as well
- mattigames 3y agoYeah, thanks, that shreds light into how he could have done it.
- nightpool 3y agoWhy does the video get cropped when you activate full-screen? Is this something that Chrome does automatically, or something in the CSS of the website? https://imgur.com/a/bZdZ2sl https://imgur.com/a/bZdZ2sl
- Ambroos 3y agoIt's an inline object-fit: cover set explicitly by the website's custom JS. I can't figure out a good reason to do this either. A quick document.querySelector('#player').style = '' in console allows proper fullscreen viewing.
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- rubyn00bie 3y agoIn Firefox it behaves strangely too. I noticed if you pop out the video player with the picture-in-picture mode it looks correct.
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- Blaiz0r 3y agoThis is a love letter to Ian Hubert for sure, but well done.
- CamperBob2 3y agoI think you misspelled "Ridley Scott," but... yeah.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoWill you two just kiss and makeup, pleeze?
- jonchurch_ 3y agoIm not a 3d artist, but I still find Ian Hubert's blender tutorials[1] very cool to watch. He comes off as an artist who immensely enjoys their craft. I have also really enjoyed his Dynamo Dream series [2] which are a labor of love for him. He's only released like 3 episodes over several years, but hey labor of love. Ian was also chosen as the director of Tears of Steel (2012) which is one of the Blender Open Movies [3] the foundation produces. You might not recognize that film, but many of you have heard of at least one Blender Open Movie, Big Buck Bunny! A big nod (IMO) from the Blender foundation that he represents the spirit of the project and community, as well as has the skills to oversee a project meant to demonstrate Blender's capabilities. These Open Movies are projects that HN can likely appreciate, as they are created to showcase and help push capabilities of the open source Blender software, are licensed under Creative Commons, and their assets are provided to the community for free. (This comment is a love letter to Ian Hubert) [1] https://www.youtube.com/@IanHubert2 https://www.youtube.com/@IanHubert2 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsGZ_2RuJ2A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsGZ_2RuJ2A [3] https://studio.blender.org/films/ https://studio.blender.org/films/
- reactordev 3y agoI was going to say "Someone was studying Ian Hubert's work". Glad I wasn't the only one that got those vibes.
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- armchairhacker 3y agoHow much of these assets did he make himself? Regardless this is extremely impressive. There's nothing to distinguish this from something made by a group of professionals with infinite time and resources.
- quadrature 3y agoThey likely created a large portion of these assets themselves. There might be some kitbashing but the amount of detail here is certainly doable for a motivated 16 yr old. Theres a lot of creative ways to add details using scans, texture projection and scattering.
- reactordev 3y agoHard surface modeling in blender is pretty easy if you go the kit bash route. You still have to have some concept of what you're building. You also still need environments, rigging, lighting, camera work, compositing, and post.
- jojobas 3y agoOr, you know, coding.
- Kye 3y agoFrom what I understand, Blender's nodes increasingly replace the need for code with each version.
- jojobas 3y agoYeah, geometry nodes almost feels like a cheat. On the other hand, it's like Scratch and from my distorted worldview exposing it as code would be more straightforward.
- Kye 3y agoMy brain just seems to prefer having a tool to reach for with a clear purpose. For me, availability of a thing that does what I want is generally the difference between being able to do it or not. I've tried learning to code on my own, but I always hit a "now what?" situation since the available tools for the things I make are already better than I have any interest in improving on. I'm not a programmer by interest and don't foresee ever being one by trade. I wrote some words on the topic: https://kyefox.com/2022/08/05/learn-to-code-or-dont/ https://kyefox.com/2022/08/05/learn-to-code-or-dont/ Node editors like Blender's are the best thing for me: you get all the tools, but they're composable with other tools. Your hammer can be a screwdriver. Worst case, I need a new tool no one's figured out how to make with nodes, but odds are someone already wrote that code as a plugin. Looping back to the "now what" issue: it already exists in a state beyond anything I could get up the motivation to improve on.
- gardenhedge 3y agoThat is honestly amazing. Congrats to the winner.
- mrtksn 3y agoHere are the nominees but unfortunately the videos don't seem available: https://younganimator.uk/nominees https://younganimator.uk/nominees
- countrymile 3y agoOther winners are here: https://younganimator.uk/winners https://younganimator.uk/winners
- Ambroos 3y agoYou can cheat with URLs to watch all of them. Grab the ID from the gif thumbnail URL, throw it in something with HLS stream support with this URL: https://stream.mux.com/<id>.m3u8 https://stream.mux.com/<id>.m3u8 (Safari and iOS browsers work, on Windows and Android you might need to get creative with something like VLC).
- thrdbndndn 3y agoChrome Android can directly play m3u8. (I'm always wondering why they don't bring this feature to desktop version.)
- dchung333 3y agoHuh, looking at the other nominees a part of me wonders if it was created by someone else and they just had a child stand in to take the credit. This is incredibly suspicious to say the least but who knows. There's nothing wrong with a parent or someone else helping them but to the extent of this...
- SoftTalker 3y agoYou could be right; I'd hope the competition vetted the entries. But 16 isn't really a child. There's a lot of variation, but there are a lot of very talented people that age or even younger.
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- BorisTheBrave 3y agoImpressive stuff. I wonder if he's inspired by Ian Hubert's work?
- mkaic 3y agoAlmost certainly. As a longtime member of Ian's Patreon, I recognize more than a few specific techniques being used here that he's posted tutorials for on it. Not that the inspiration takes away at all from the final product! The fact that a 16yo made this would be insanely cool even if it was a shot-for-shot remake of an existing movie scene, so any originality that it has beyond that only makes it more cool!
- quadrature 3y agoAgreed, It's really impressive how well they nailed the atmosphere of Ian Hubert's work.
- DonHopkins 3y agoWhat I love about Ian's astonishing work and performance is the sincere, spectacular excitement and enthusiasm he conveys, that shows how tremendously fun it is to be that skilled, talented, and well practiced. It serves not just as a proof of what's possible, but also as an inspiration to put in the hours to learn Blender that well, whichever of its many facets appeal to you.
- Matumio 3y agoAnd in art, you are even encouraged to copy anyone's work, except your own. Getting inspired by another artist is great.
- marcod 3y agoI don't know much about this, but my first association was with Fifth Element :)
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- HatchedLake721 3y agoWow! Reminded me of Cyberpunk 2077
- DonHopkins 3y agoRobotic + Organic but tasty instead of gross.
- tunnuz 3y agoThis looks insane!
- owenpalmer 3y agoIan Hubert vibes
- DonHopkins 3y agoAbsolutely, which is an enormous well deserved complement! He makes it seem so easy, but he's got a ridiculous amount of skill. He's on his way to giving mind blowing presentations at Blendercon too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whPWKecazgM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whPWKecazgM
- fbdab103 3y agoHuge frustration at whoever edited/shot that video. Frequently zoom in exclusively on the speaker when he is actively diagramming a visual he built. Miss several scenes he was presenting.
- imranq 3y agoSuper cool! I like the fluid movement with the robot
- wslh 3y agoI would love to see a video with the production flow.
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- adiabat 3y agoIt's very good in the field of young people making amazing things in Blender, but IMO not the best. That would be Impetus[1] [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJeEhfhyO5Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJeEhfhyO5Q
- EB66 3y agoImpetus is certainly more artistic and thought-provoking, but is there anything that makes Impetus a greater technical achievement than Street Food? From my (very) non-expert perspective, Street Food seems much more technically impressive.
- yellow_lead 3y agoThe fisherman scene in that film looks a lot like Guilin, China. Could be based on Vietnam also.
- anon115 3y agoIMO the best street food takes the win
- richardw 3y agoDec 25, so wouldn’t be animator of the year for 2023. Besides, celebrate rather than compare: "When you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. Your tastes only narrow and exclude people. so create.“ - _why the lucky stiff
- ushakov 3y agoI'm at loss of words
- drumhead 3y agoHonestly better work than I've seen in a lot of films and tv shows. He's got a lot of talent.
- lukebitts 3y agoIncredibly well done! Showcases a lot of Blender’s systems as well
- gobins 3y agoWow! Very cyberpunk. Is that name a pseudonym?
- __fst__ 3y agoWow, that looks astonishingly real.
- tsuru 3y agoI'm really craving dango now. Well done.
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- larodi 3y agoI'm starting to like 3Ds again with these kids' productions. <3
- jayd16 3y agoI suppose it could be intentional but the actual animations seem off to me. The hammer appears to slow before impact and there is no slight pause when piercing Takoyaki. Again, they're robots which means it might be a stylistic choice to have mechanically fluid motion. Taken as an entire piece, its very good.
- einichi 3y agoThey’re Dango, not Takoyaki
- majani 3y agoThat's where you give him a pass since he's 16 years old doing this in his spare time
- stavros 3y agoI don't, though. I'm not saying he sucks, or that this doesn't look good, or anything. I'm saying that this could be improved by having the animations looking more real by behaving more like they would in reality. Saying something can be improved is not the same as saying that something is crap.
- prmoustache 3y agoWell we can definitely start doing that from any movie in that case because all of them include totally unrealistic stuff regardless if it about physics or narrative. In that case, voluntary or not it give that bigger robotic feeling. But guess what, that is also part of what makes movies interesting.
- stavros 3y agoThere is such a thing as suspension of disbelief, though, so I disagree with you.
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- nickvec 3y agoLooking back on where I was at in my life as a 16 year old kid, this is insanely impressive and the other comments implying that it's "all right" sound incredibly snobby.
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- marklubi 3y agoIt is insanely impressive! Last time I dipped my toes in these waters was high school >25 years ago. I was doing my best with an Amiga Video Toaster and Lightwave 3D. There was so much I wanted to do and just simply couldn’t because the technology hadn’t evolved enough (well, SGI was there, but wasn’t something that was going to be available in high school settings). Jurassic Park had just barely barged onto the scene. I was running overnight render jobs for scenes that were far less impressive and much shorter. Having the power of the tools and computer resources at your fingertips for 3D that we have today has the potential to really unleash some talent.
- quickthrower2 3y agoMy mind is racing a about when he started and how he fit school work in!
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoThis is related but in a kind of obscure way. I play low-level tennis, talking Div. 9 where there are 10 divisions in total. I play with and against a fair few juniors that are just cutting their teeth playing against seniors (learning how to 'play' a game of tennis having learned technique for years ad nauseum). I've lost to 12, 13, 14 year olds who are sensationally talented, but what's scary is that, if they're slumming in Div. 9 in their low-teens, they're pretty much out of the running for professional tennis already. This animation is likely an example of someone in that rarefied air combining natural talent, willingness to expend the effort on a single pursuit, and desire to see something through. This guy's a pro in the making, to continue to tennis analogy, at age 12 he'd have been cutting his teeth against div 3 seniors - In Div 9 I wouldn't even see this level of talent, even when it's up-and-coming (and maybe that's a good thing for my own motivation to continue playing and improving). Survivorship bias-ish?
- klysm 3y agoHoly shit that is insanely good
- waynesonfire 3y agokinda want to see the rest of the movie!
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoYep, I definitely want to follow some characters and storylines in that universe.
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- lusus_naturae 3y agoWhat an impressive talent! The animation is both entertaining to watch because of the content and style. Well-deserved win. I disagree with some of the other commenters here who describe this style as cyberpunk. Neon lights and robots does not automatically equate to cyberpunk. I think the designer/artist may choose to describe it as they wish, to me it appears to be inspired by robot science fiction. I see some kind of whimsy and optimism in this short, as its interesting that these robots are making (what appears to be) human food. What an interesting idea :)
- ALittleLight 3y agoI also thought it was interesting that the robots used machines that a human would to make food the way a human would. It made me think we already have a lot of machines involved in the production step - will future mechanical additions be a problem or a boon?
- yieldcrv 3y agoI describe it as Cyberpunk because it looks like Cyberpunk 2077 do I care about the genre etymology of how Cyberpunk 2077 itself got where it is in look and feel? no, not really I like it and thats the first word that popped into my mind
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- SamBam 3y agoI don't think it's just "neon lights and robots" that make it cyberpunk. It's the combination of high tech and lowlife, the grungy city streets, the street food, the rain, and the urban East Asian elements. All of these elements are strong signifiers of the cyberpunk aesthetic.
- lusus_naturae 3y ago> It's the combination of high tech and lowlife, the grungy city streets, the street food, the rain, and the urban East Asian elements. I would argue that none of those elements make anything cyberpunk :) The cyberpunk genre (per my understanding) involves elements of technology, its effect and force on human life, and the pushback against those effects and forces. There has to be some "punk" for something to be cyberpunk, I think. So necessarily some subversive elements, motfis or themes that challenge a greater power or status quo. That said, I also find it disheartening that cyberpunk is often imagined as dystopian or hypersexualized, that's all very trite tbh.
- yieldcrv 3y agoI love the attention to atmosphere, and light physics Choosing to focus on the sounds and depth of field, other details of the world like the TV
- quickthrower2 3y agoThe old TV with HDMI made me smile
- sammnaser 3y agoHoly shit this is incredible. Incredible for both the animator and OSS community around Blender that makes this possible.
- jasonjmcghee 3y agoSpeaking as a non-3d animator, this entry is in a completely other league than the other entries. I'm sure people will find a way to be critical of it as HN always does, but holy crap this blows me away.
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- laserDinosaur 3y agoWhen I was a kid, it took me about a week to model a single wineglass in Bryce3d.
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- keyle 3y agoHah, I don't know how many vases I did in 3DS (DOS) but it was a LOT OF VASES. Draw a curve, revolve 360... "woah"... Another!
- blagie 3y agoWell I, for one, was completely disappointed. I was just being drawn into the plot. Technically, it was the best Blender animation I'd seen.... ever. The foreshadowing was perfect. I knew something awesome was coming.... And boom. It stops. I only hope the young animator keeps going.
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- gizajob 3y agoBy all means show us the superior examples from your own body of work.
- blagie 3y agoTake the comment above as an example of my work. Read it again. What was the writer disappointed by? (That's not a rhetorical question. That's a reading comprehension question. Please post your answer)
- gizajob 3y agoRising to your bait, it seems like you were disappointed by the plot. But your opening statement says you were "completely disappointed" which should be read as you were disappointed to a maximal degree by the whole thing. You then admit that the technical execution was great, but let down by plot, but we already know that you were let down "completely" and so the technical excellence is as good as worthless. So the tone of it reads as if this 16 year-old, even though he has made something amazing, is still a mere ant in comparison to your godlike powers of animation, modelling, rendering, plotting, pacing, and resolution of a one-minute movie.
- JustifyContent 3y agoSeems like you had an extreme misunderstanding of OP's original comment. The entire purpose of his comment was that this animation was excellent, but too short, meaning he wishes he could watch more of it. Hence his lighthearted "disappointment". Might want to re-read it.
- LennyHenrysNuts 3y agoAbsolutely phenomenal. I take my hat off to this young individual.
- swayvil 3y agoNice job. That honeyed goo!
- system2 3y agoClearly, this kid didn't waste his entire day on social media. Hopes restored a little for the new generation.
- quickthrower2 3y agoNot merely a pro job. It is enigmatic. I want to walk in that city and eat that food! And thank those hard working robots. Small nitpicks: would have liked each scene to be longer but maybe there are competition constraints? Fires don’t look completely real. The squashing of the dough is too smooth and fast implying a crazy amount of force exerted by the device. Maybe that was intentional?
- uoaei 3y agoRobots can be very strong without having to look like they're straining, so the effort displayed seemed in theme. Especially with those hydraulics and clamps. I would guess there's a one minute time constraint to the finished piece based on the video.
- soks86 3y agoDouble agree on the robot strength. I watched someone use a rolling device recently and it was a struggle. The video makes sense for a robot. That said, definitely a few items that can be improved. That said, in a real production there wouldn't be one person responsible for so much work to begin with. This is phenomenal stuff.
- balaji1 3y agowonder how the organizers verify that a submission is actually only one person's work
- bimguy 3y agoLogically, look at the scenes, the colours, textures and the theme... They all match. Also, it's not a cash prize. The prize is a tour of an animation studio. Tell me what incentive would there be to falsify this kind of submission?
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- arnonejoe 3y agoReminds me of Blade Runner
- acchow 3y agoI'm sure it's heavily inspired by it. The game Stray also was, and this looks a lot like Stray.
- geuis 3y ago5th Element and Cyberpunk 2077 too
- teacpde 3y agoEspecially the opening scene with flying cars in the back.
- liminalsunset 3y agoIt also reminds me of this wallpaper [1] I found a couple years ago while hunting for good quality 4K wallpapers. The resemblance is probably due to being set in the same city/area/theme but it has a similar vibe. [1] https://thegnomonworkshop.com/blog/devon-fay/ https://thegnomonworkshop.com/blog/devon-fay/
- ekianjo 3y agoI suspect this young Euan Garbut is the son of Aaron Garbut who is a lead artist at Rockstar Games North, who is well known for his work on GTA and Red Dead Redemption 2. Would not be surprised this is the connection and the reason why you see such a high level from a 16 years old - parent influence and skills absolutely make a difference compared to learning everything from scratch by yourself (not to belittle Euan's achievements here! His work is extraordinary). About Aaron Garbut: https://www.fastcompany.com/90345889/most-creative-people-2019-rockstar-north-aaron-garbut https://www.fastcompany.com/90345889/most-creative-people-20...
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- Nevermark 3y agoAlready nostalgic for the future days when "real" street food is "hand made" in front of you by the robots. None of that instant vending machine crap!
- tmountain 3y agoThis gives me a little hope for the future.
- joduplessis 3y agoGreat work!
- chrisweekly 3y agowow
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- blahgeek 3y agoIt's incredible work especially from a young animator. But I find some "mechanic motion" part of the animation specially unrealistic. For example, when the hammer goes down to hit something, it should keep accelerating to a sudden stop; but in the video it's like a simple harmonic motion; similarly, I don't feel any resistance when the machine is dealing with the dough. I don't know if it's just me, but unrealistic details like this always gives me a "nail on chalkboard" unpleasant vibe.
- skaushik92 3y agoI noticed this too but I think it was really smart to post robots in those movement roles because it makes these motion limitations “robotic” and mechanical like you said. It felt really attributable to the robot itself being programmed to operate that way.
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- zdwolfe 3y agoWow, that was cool. Felt like the intro to a game I'd want to play.
- nullpage 3y agoReminds me a lot of William Landgren's work[1], another young blender animator. Definitely inspired by Ian Hubert's work. Either way amazing work! 1. https://www.youtube.com/@landgrenwilliam https://www.youtube.com/@landgrenwilliam 2. https://www.youtube.com/@IanHubert2 https://www.youtube.com/@IanHubert2
- benguild 3y agoYeah I was going to say— at first I thought this was Ian Hubert's work
- yeknoda 3y agoThe robots eat?
- thrdbndndn 3y agoSurely there are more efficient ways to make doughs (or dango) if robots are involved? (Just in case it's not clear -- I know it's not the point. Just the ME in me being curious!)
- komali2 3y agoI've often thought about this for media like this and iRobot and etc, and I think it kinda makes sense in terms of creating an all-purpose machine for helping. Economies of scale, maybe licensing or advertising or some other way of subsidization scheme, or maybe the things are rented, who knows, but I can think of some justifications for how humanoid robots would make sense in a dystopian cyberpunk world. Maybe the mochi stall rents them just for a couple hours during busy hours and then a car mechanic rents them for a different time, and the robot can complete both tasks or something?
- irrational 3y agoI didn’t understand the blacksmith hammer part. Everything else made sense regarding the title “street food”.
- seanthemon 3y agoMochi I guess - gotta beat it like it owes your mother
- CobrastanJorji 3y agoThe dessert that's being made here is something like Mitarashi Dango, sweet syrup covering dumpling balls made of mochi. Traditionally, you make mochi by taking rice and smashing it with a hammer. In theory, this helps make it fluffy. This process is called "Mochitsuki" and it's one of those traditional cultural things, probably intentionally chosen so you get a cool juxtaposition of a robot doing an old traditional thing. It looks like this: https://youtu.be/4lqiBFbf6rc?si=ARkTbrMcAVy7XZxx&t=20 https://youtu.be/4lqiBFbf6rc?si=ARkTbrMcAVy7XZxx&t=20
- denysvitali 3y agoWow. I can barely make a rectangle in Blender. This person, especially given their age, is extremely talented!
- stavros 3y ago> Wow. I can barely make a rectangle in Blender. There's your problem, try making a cuboid instead.
- denysvitali 3y agoHa! It's been a while since I last touched Blender - and the wrong terms confirm that. Of course a rectangle only exists in 2D space :)
- dna_polymerase 3y agoIf you are keen to learn: Polygon runway [0]! They even have a Black Friday deal available. It's easier than I thought in the beginning. 3D-modelling makes for a fun little pastime. [0]: https://polygonrunway.com/ https://polygonrunway.com/
- daralthus 3y agoDon't bother with sculpting, get a kit and start animating: https://kitbash3d.com/collections https://kitbash3d.com/collections Also ChatGPT writes pretty good instructions for you to get started.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoI'd rather read ChatGPT's sources to be honest.
- lemper 3y agosure, they're talented. but, please, don't discount the effort euan has put into his current state of mastery.
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- tombox 3y agoI'm the organizer of the YAY UK competition, and so glad Euan's work has got such wide recognition! The completion is judged by professionals from UK Animation & VFX Studios (including ILM) and we were all blown away by the quality of the entrants - Blender and Ian Hubert are doing amazing things for the next generation of talent! I thought people would like to hear Euan's description he entered as part of the competition submission: "I used Blender for the animation and Davinci Resolve for the colour grading (I also used the Film Convert plugin), all animations were rigged and keyframed by me with exception of the people walking in the first shot (those were from mixamo). The TV and advertisment footage were from previous projects. The humans in the first and second shots are free photoscans I downloaded online and then rigged, there are a few small mechanical parts that were included in a library that I used, but the majority of them are mine. I used Quixel megascans for some of the rubbish seen at the bottom of the second shot. Most textures are photos sourced from textures.com or taken by me in real life, but have been modified by me to include procedural grime and dirt buildup in crevasses. Some sound effects were from purchased sound libraries or found online copyright free. The rest I recorded myself. "
- powderpig 3y agoRoughly how many hours did Euan spend to complete this piece of work?
- RugnirViking 3y agothat really is an unbelivable achievement. It's complete in so many ways
- voxadam 3y agoWhat kind of hardware is needed to render something like this?
- saturn5k 3y agoA mid-tier GPU is more than enough if you're willing to wait a bit more on render times. You can always optimize the scene to lower rendering times. This video is 1800 frames. Depending whether it was rendered with Eevee or Cycles, it can take anywhere from a few hours up to a day or more to render the whole animation by using a single mid-high end GPU like a 3060 or 3070.
- jeffrallen 3y agoYum.
- smarri 3y agoSuperb work! Congratulations!
- jasonwatkinspdx 3y agoThat is very impressive. When I was that age I was fooling around with a copy of Lightwave I got from an acquaintance that worked at NewTek (he was friends with the leader of an anime club I attended). I was really proud when I got the most basic little sewer fly through scene done. It took a couple days to render on the family P120 much to the annoyance of the rest of my family. I know there's a lot more resources now but still, that's incredible. Kid has a bright career ahead.
- mocmoc 3y agoGive this kid a job right now
- Tade0 3y agoSchool first.
- jksflkjl3jk3 3y agoWhy?
- Tade0 3y agoFirst and foremost it has to be their independent decision and nobody should be making such offers to a minor. Secondy, huge risk to drop it now. I've met people who either risked or dropped out of school to pursue a career(e.g. sports). Most (if not all - we lost touch so I don't know) regretted the decision and in one instance rebelled against her parents wanting her to somehow juggle school and sport (which was serious at that point because she was part of the junior national team) and dropped out of the latter altogether, despite her parents wishes. It won't hurt to wait those two years or so and instead hone those skills the same way they did all this time and just have a normal life before getting thrown in this high pressure environment that the world of 3D artists decidedly is. Even though it's just two years, eighteen year olds on average handle many situations much better than sixteen year olds.
- notahacker 3y agoAnd where the 18 and 24 year olds don't handle it well because making someone else's vision on crunch schedules that exploit their ignorance of workplace norms (not quite as ignorant as a 16 year old's, but still) isn't nearly as fun as creating your own stuff in your own time, they've got more paper qualifications to fall back on than "I dropped out to make computer games but couldn't hack it and don't want to do it any more"...
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- qwertox 3y agoWhen "Street Food" appeared, I was hoping that I get to watch 10 more minutes. Like a glimpse into the future.
- davidwritesbugs 3y agoHoly crap - a 16 year old did that?! I can barely make a blank cube, FML.
- muhehe 3y agoCan someone recommend good tutorial or way to get into blender for 8yo. My kid would love to, but I don't know blender myself.
- ur-whale 3y agoYoutube is your friend: it is a bottomless pit of Blender tutorials from the very basic step-by-step "learn how to use the UI" to super-advanced topics. This guy has an extensive collections on both basic and advanced stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoXOplUvAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoXOplUvAw
- DonHopkins 3y agoSPOILER WARNING: Keep your kids and LLMs and other non-homophobic, non-racist, non-sexist friends away from the bottomless cess-pit of hate speech from that smarmy Australian Blender "donut demo" Guru asshole Andrew Price, who truly misses being able to use his favorite "go-to" homophobic slur, the "F*G" word, and bitterly complains that we need another punchy word like that which has the same effect, now that it's no longer acceptable to use his favorite word "F*G" in public (but doesn't let that actually stop him from laughingly using and defending it multiple times during his own Blender tutorial). https://twitter.com/devonko_/status/1347322076340703233?s=20&t=oiYbi6NYmRfeMxBiYlg1oQ https://twitter.com/devonko_/status/1347322076340703233?s=20... >"Move that up, and then just like, for whatever reason, every frag, f-f-frag, FLAG pole. I'm surprised I haven't messed up and said F*G at one point [sardonic grin and chuckle] in this tutorial. I miss that word. [maliciously grins at the camera] HA!!! Not to actually call it to demean someTHING, BUT when I was in school, it was like the go-to word, when somebody was being an idio-- don't be a F*G, you know! [contemptuous sneering grin at camera, throwing head back while laughing] HA HA HA!!! It's horrible, I just like, I know that of course obviously you can't use it [even though he just did and is about to again], because it's demeaning to people that actually -- [what, love other people of the same gender?], like what it's trying to say, you know, homosexual. BUT in school it just had, it had a PUNCH to it, when you just call your friends a F*G. All I'm saying is we need another PUNCHY WORD [waves hand around emphatically], could be anything, BUT has that SAME effect, [predatory bully grin] HA HA, that F*G had. Aaaah, dear." -Andrew Price, "Blender Guru" Note his repeated and formulaic use of the word "BUT": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_not_racist,_but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_not_racist,_but... He also says he'd like an international 'Ghetto Talk' day so white kids can shamelessly say "n*gger" and get it out of their system for a year. And LOTS of other typical right-wing racist sexist homophobic bullshit like that. He's a real piece of work. I didn't realize MAGA culture was so popular down under. https://twunroll.com/article/1347630835235573761 https://twunroll.com/article/1347630835235573761 >"I'd like an international 'Ghetto Talk' day so white kids can shamelessly say "n*gger" and get it out of their system for a year." -Andrew Price, "Blender Guru" >"So what's the solution? Deport them? Prisons clearly aren't working either." -Andrew Price, "Blender Guru" >"So just round up every african american and put them on a boat back to Africa? Economic damage would be huge btw." -Andrew Price, "Blender Guru" (Andrew Price's nasty unrepentant homophobic racist sexist tweets go on and on and on, and I don't have the stomach or time to quote them all, but you get the idea...) There are so many great non-racist-sexist-homophobic-MAGA-asshole alternatives to Andrew Price: https://twitter.com/devonko_/status/1347282073371901953 https://twitter.com/devonko_/status/1347282073371901953 Instead of treating Andrew Price as a missing stair by linking to his videos but discreetly warning newcomers of his behavior and quietly accepting it, I'd much rather directly and openly address him and his behavior publicly, by quoting his own vile words. Because unlike beloved international treasures like Ton Roosendaal and Ian Hubert, Andrew Price has absolutely nothing unique to contribute or special talent that you can't easily find elsewhere from much better people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_stair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_stair GamerGate and MAGA trolls who are offended by my own free speech criticism and quoting recorded evidence of Andrew Price's own freely chosen speech, and thinking of defending him or recommending his videos or repeating his favorite words: just save your time and breath, delete your HN and Blender accounts, and go away, because you're not welcome here on HN, nor in the Blender community, you won't be tolerated, and nobody wants to hear what you think, or cares for your worthless opinions. But other than a few rare deplorable basket cases like Andrew Price, the Blender community and leadership and staff is wonderfully inclusive, open minded, progressive, accepting, supportive, mature, professional, child-friendly, and nice. Check out these interviews, which will cleanse your palate after watching the deplorable Andrew Price bemoaning how much it cramps his style not being able to call people abusive names that make him laugh and grin, and it will restore your faith in humanity and the Blender community. And hopefully convince you to order some cool t-shirts and swag from the Blender store! My cats love taking turns sitting in the fine Blender swag box they sent me! BLENDERHEADS - Ep. 03 (enable closed captions for English translations): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a65LBYr0UOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a65LBYr0UOQ >Enjoy the third episode of Blenderheads, a series about the people behind the Blender project. The editor and director –documentary maker Maaike Kleverlaan– works embedded in the Blender headquarters to cover the activities and conduct interviews. The third episode is set during April - July 2023, with new episodes being published on a quarterly basis.
- trizoza 3y agoSo good!
- junon 3y agoThis is absolutely fantastic.
- benj111 3y agoMy biggest take away is that this is why open source is so good. How much is an Adobe license these days? How many kids wouldn't have had the opportunity because they couldn't afford that? Yes I know open source doesn't equal free (as in beer) but practically it tends to be, and it allows people to get into things they wouldn't have been able to otherwise.
- Gisbitus 3y agoInsane work, congrats to him. The dessert in the video (Mitarashi Dango) also happens to be my favorite lol.
- howieh2 3y agoCongrats what a talent !!
- keiferski 3y agoVery cool. If you like this sort of thing, I recommend searching for "slice of life", especially in anime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slice_of_life#Anime_and_manga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slice_of_life#Anime_and_manga Unfortunately, there isn't a ton of cyberpunk-themed SOL like "Street Food." Closest thing I can think of is this scene from Ghost in the Shell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47aU7CiX7lQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47aU7CiX7lQ
- the_af 3y agoMamoru Oshii's style seems to heavily include this kind of sequences. Your link is from Innocence, right? The original Ghost in the Shell also has a sequence of Motoko simply walking and riding a boat, doing nothing but staring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARTLckN9e7I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARTLckN9e7I (I love this movie!)
- keiferski 3y agoYep it's from Innocence, and yep that's also an amazing scene. I much prefer these atmospheric daily life scenes to action or dialogue.
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- punkbit 3y agoBrutal! Congratulations :)
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- RantyDave 3y agoDaaaaammmnnn, kid is good!
- scinerio 3y agoHow feasible is 3D animation like this as a hobby? Could one expect to learn and create decent quality outputs without a substantial sacrifice to sleep/work/etc.?
- Woshiwuja 3y agoAYO HOW IS THIS GUYS 16