THE VIDEO SHELF · blender short film
Salad Mug - DYNAMO DREAM, Ep1
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN holds it up as an impressive example of what a tiny team can achieve with Blender.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- IanHubert
- Topic
- blender short film
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
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 …
open-source-ux on Hacker News · 2021-12
In Blender 3.0Im 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 …
jonchurch_ on Hacker News · 2023-11
In Blender 16yo winner of UK younganimator of the yearSince nobody's mentioned Ian Hubert yet, his Dynamo Dream series is made in Blender: Episode 1: [VIDEO] Episode 2: [LINK] Episode 3: [LINK]
Cognitron on Hacker News · 2023-11
In Blender 4.0
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.