Salad Mug - DYNAMO DREAM, Ep1
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN holds it up as an impressive example of what a tiny team can achieve with Blender.
What it is
The first episode of Ian Hubert's Dynamo Dream series, a one-person sci-fi short made in Blender with a gritty futuristic city setting. It was made with help from friends and Patreon supporters over about three years.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2021 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec open-source-ux · 2021-12 · on “Blender 3.0”
I always post this link when Blender is discussed because it's so impressive. It shows what a single person can achieve in Blender. The visual effects and compositing have been created by Blender expert Ian Hubert. The video shows a (grimy) futuristic city scene. Green screen footage and the final shots created are shown side-by-side: VFX Breakdown - Dynamo Dream Teaser : [LINK] The full short Dynamo Dream was posted a few months ago by Hubert on his YouTube channel: Episode 1 : Salad Mug - DYNAMO DREAM : [this video]
Strong rec jonchurch_ · 2023-11 · on “Blender 16yo winner of UK younganimator of the year”
Im 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 over
Recommends Cognitron · 2023-11 · on “Blender 4.0”
Since nobody's mentioned Ian Hubert yet, his Dynamo Dream series is made in Blender: Episode 1: [this video] Episode 2: [LINK] Episode 3: [LINK]
Cites Mathnerd314 · 2022-08 · on “You can't afford to be an artist and/or author, let alone be respected”
Well, there are already high-quality films / games by small teams with no external funding, like [this video] , Braid, and Celeste. But for long form stuff like these, the tools don't matter as much, it is more like writing a novel where the key is to get something done every day. The main issue is perseverance - a tool dropping the workload from 100 days to 10 days is nice, but it doesn't change the fact that most people will get bored and give up in 10 minutes.