January 12, 2016 2:00 PM




by Editor in Chief




The Render of the Year Awards are given to top notch renders and projects selected from those featured in the the weekly Render of the Week awards and Architectural/Product Visualization in Blender series published by www.BlenderNews.org. They are supposed to represent the best artworks and projects realized using Blender for the past year. Once chosen, the works of the winners are showcased for the next whole year. The Render of the Year 2014 article, for example, was viewed more than 28,000 times during What about works released in 2015? Whose works will have the honor of representing the best Blender artworks and project? Before the winners get finalized, you are invited to vote for your favorite among the finalists announced as below:










1. Best Blender Render:




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  1. 'Yet Another Apartment' by Enrico Cerica - the Winner of the Week of December 21, 2015
  Dec. 23
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  2. 'Big City Sensory Overstimulation' by Gleb Alexandrov - the Winner of the Week of September 14, 2015
  Sept. 15
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  3. 'On the Tramp' by Manuel Peter - the Winner of the Week of June 15, 2015
  Jun. 16
  
  
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  4.  'Head Made with Blender' by Cesar Salcedo - the Winner of the Week of May 11, 2015
  May 13
  
  
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  5. 'Steampunk World: Station 45' by Gleb Alexandrov - the Winner of the Week of April 27, 2015
  Apr. 28
  
  
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  6. 'Opening the Dark Portal' by Guilherme Henrique - Winner for the Week of March 2, 2015
  Mar. 04
  
  
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  7. 'Industrial Loft Corner' by Enrico Cerica - the Winner of the Week of February 16, 2015
  Feb. 18

Expiration Date : Feb 13, 2016 00:00 Participants : 5
	1. Best Blender Render: (5) 1 1   0 (0%) 2 2   1 (20%) 3 3   1 (20%) 4 4   1 (20%) 5 5   1 (20%) 6 6   1 (20%) 7 7   0 (0%)

2. Best Concept Art:

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  1. 'Epic Pumpkin' by Christoph Beckeri - the Winner of the Week of November 30, 2015
  Dec. 02
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  2. 'Opening the Dark Portal' by Guilherme Henrique - Winner for the Week of March 2, 2015
  Mar. 04
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  3. 'Gilius = Thunderhead The Dwarf' by Kfir Merlaub - Winner for the Week of February 23, 2015
  Feb. 25
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  4. 'On the Tramp' by Manuel Peter - the Winner of the Week of June 15, 2015
  Jun. 16
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  5. 'Steampunk World: Station 45' by Gleb Alexandrov - the Winner of the Week of April 27, 2015
  Apr. 28
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  6. 'Treehouse' by Kjartan Tysdal - the Winner of the Week of April 20, 2015
  Apr. 21
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  7. 'Oscar of the Congo' by Glenn Melenhorst - the Winner of the Week of March 30, 2015
  Mar. 31

Expiration Date : Feb 13, 2016 00:00 Participants : 1
	2. Best Concept Art (1) 1 1   0 (0%) 2 2   1 (100%) 3 3   0 (0%) 4 4   0 (0%) 5 5   0 (0%) 6 6   0 (0%) 7 7   0 (0%)

3. Best Industrial Render:

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  1. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of December 14, 2015
  Dec. 16
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  2. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of December 7, 2015
  Dec. 08
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  3. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of November 2, 2015
  Nov. 04
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  4. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of September 21, 2015
  Sept. 23
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  5. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of April 27, 2015
  Apr. 28
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  6. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of March 30, 2015
  Mar. 31
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  7. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of March 16, 2015
  Mar. 17

Expiration Date : Feb 13, 2016 00:00 Participants : 0
	3. Best Industrial Render (0) 1 1   0 (0%) 2 2   0 (0%) 3 3   0 (0%) 4 4   0 (0%) 5 5   0 (0%) 6 6   0 (0%) 7 7   0 (0%)

4. Best Food Render:

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  1. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of December 21, 2015
  Dec. 23
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  2. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of November 30, 2015
  Dec. 02
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  3. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of September 7, 2015
  Sept. 09
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  4. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of July 20, 2015
  Jul. 21
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  5. PRODUCT VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of May 25, 2015
  May 26

Expiration Date : Feb 13, 2016 00:00 Participants : 0
	4. Best Food Render (0) 1 1   0 (0%) 2 2   0 (0%) 3 3   0 (0%) 4 4   0 (0%) 5 5   0 (0%)

5. Best Character Modeling:

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  1. 'Hands of a Mechanic' by Anssi Karppinen - the Winner of the Week of December 14, 2015
  Dec. 16
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  2. 'Pirate Lady--Making Waves' by Rico Cilliers - the Winner of the Week of November 2, 2015
  Nov. 04
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  3. 'Out for a Waltz' by Simon Thommes - the Winner of the Week of September 28, 2015
  Sept. 30
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  4. 'Skin in Cycles. Emily 2.1' by Ismael Fuentes - the Winner of the Week of September 21, 2015
  Sept. 23
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  5. 'Head Made with Blender' by Cesar Salcedo - the Winner of the Week of May 11, 2015
  May 13
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  6. 'Canada to Send First Pug into Space!' by Josiah Swaim - the Winner of the Week of February 9, 2015
  Feb. 11

Expiration Date : Feb 13, 2016 00:00 Participants : 0
	5. Best Character Modeling (0) 1 1   0 (0%) 2 2   0 (0%) 3 3   0 (0%) 4 4   0 (0%) 5 5   0 (0%) 6 6   0 (0%)

6. Best Architectural Visualization (Indoor):

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  1. 'Yet Another Apartment' by Enrico Cerica - the Winner of the Week of December 21, 2015
  Dec. 23
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  2. 'Industrial Loft Corner' by Enrico Cerica - the Winner of the Week of February 16, 2015
  Feb. 18
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  3. ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of November 9, 2015
  Nov. 11
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  4. ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of October 12, 2015
  Oct. 14
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  5. ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of August 31, 2015
  Sept. 01
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  6. ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of March 9, 2014
  Mar. 10
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  7. ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of February 23, 2015
  Feb. 25

Expiration Date : Feb 13, 2016 00:00 Participants : 0
	6. Best Architectural Visualization (Indoor): (0) 1 1   0 (0%) 2 2   0 (0%) 3 3   0 (0%) 4 4   0 (0%) 5 5   0 (0%) 6 6   0 (0%) 7 7   0 (0%)

7. Best Architectural Visualization (Outdoor):

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  1. 'Chilean Pools' by Alessandro Cordeiro - the Winner of the Week of July 20, 2015
  Jul. 21
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  2. 'In the Arms of Morpheus' by Enrico Cerica - the Winner of the Week of June 8, 2015
  Jun. 09
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  3. ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of October 26, 2015
  Oct. 27
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  4. ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of June 29, 2015
  Jun. 30
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  5. ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION IN BLENDER for the week of May 4, 2015
  May 06















Expiration Date : Feb 13, 2016 00:00 Participants : 0
	7. Best Architectural Visualization (Outdoor): (0) 1 1   0 (0%) 2 2   0 (0%) 3 3   0 (0%) 4 4   0 (0%) 5 5   0 (0%)