World Building in Blender - Ian Hubert
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN considers it a fantastic, mind-blowing talk that shows how a single skilled artist can build detailed VFX scenes quickly.
What it is
Ian Hubert's Blender Conference talk on world building in Blender, covering photogrammetry, camera projection and assembling complex environments from simple shapes at great speed.
Recommended by 4 HN commenters across 5 different months, 2019 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec iamcreasy · 2020-07 · on “Blender green screen VFX of incredible detail – made by a single person”
Very similar one: [LINK] I also loved his Blender Conference talk about World building: [this video] Here he talk about how to build very complex environment with very simple shapes/approaches with incredible speed.
Strong rec DonHopkins · 2026-03 · on “The L in "LLM" Stands for Lying”
I love Ian Hubert's demos of green screening in Blender. [LINK] His Blender Conference talk about photogrammetry / camera projection / projection mapping was fantastic: World Building in Blender - Ian Hubert [this video]
Recommends gitgud · 2019-12 · on “Ask HN: Best Talks of 2019?”
A [1] video essay about modern art by Jacob Geller. For me, it completely reversed my opinion on modern art and it's worth. This [2] talk about building worlds in Blender by Ian Hubert. [1] [LINK] [2] [this video]
Recommends royjacobs · 2021-05 · on “Dynamo Dream – sci-fi short rendered in Blender”
This short was written and directed by Ian Hubert, who is an amazing 3d artist. I'm not affiliated in any way, but I'm just blown away by the sheer talent on display here. If you're interested, a few years ago he did a very interesting presentation[] that goes into a bit more detail on his way of working. [] [this video]
Recommends DonHopkins · 2023-11 · on “Blender 16yo winner of UK younganimator of the year”
Absolutely, 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. [this video]