Challenge #1201 "It’s a BUG!" (26/06/26) Entries CLOSED

Theme #1201 for Friday 26th of June 2026 is:

It’s a BUG!

Entry closes on Monday, 22:30 GMT (Mon, Jun 29, 2026 10:30 PM)


How do I post my entry? Here is an Example: (click to open)

Title: Buggy


pure


Please remember to state if your entry is pure, open or non-competing.

“There are two main goals for these contests: Fun and Glory.
Fun: You get only 4 days to create a cool image, based on the theme for the week.
Glory: After 2 days of voting, a winner is declared. The winner picks the theme for next week and will be featured in the Feature Row.”

For details please check out the: CHALLENGE RULES

Btw.: Comments are welcome in both threads (entries/voting). Have fun! :slight_smile:

4 Likes

Hmm, somehow I missed this weekend’s topic… :frowning:

So I’m just posting to bump this up for exposure…

And I’m off to work on an idea…

Randy

2 Likes

Ruby Scarab

non competing

Pure, Cycles, 5.2

I tried to work with nurbs, but it didn’t give me the result I wanted. So it’s really just sculpted spheres and isospheres for the jewels.

Some nice work on the materials for the metals and also finding out about (edit mode) C - for paint selection

19 Likes

MEANWHILE BACK AT THE LAB
NON-COMPETING — Pure / Blender 5.0

ANOTHER VIEW:

I know I could’ve done better with the lighting but didn’t want to get stuck with this for too long. :slight_smile:

13 Likes

That’s no moon…


non competing (pure), Cycles, Blender 5.1.2

16 Likes

Sticky

Pure, EEVEE, Blender 5.0

14 Likes

PURE Microcosmos

14 Likes

I hope this isn’t too far from the theme, but here it is “The Museum of Historic Bugs”.
Inside the museum, visitors can discover Blue Screen, Chunk Error, Corrupted Mesh, Missing Texture, MissingNo., No Signal, Matrix Code, Glitch Map, T-Pose and more.

Blender 4.4 Cycle Pure

16 Likes

Web Dev

Blender 5.1 cycles, pure entry.

12 Likes

VW Bug

Non competing. Pure. Blender 5.2 Cycles

13 Likes

Ant missing something on his head! None-competing, Pure, Rendered in EEVEE, Blender 4.0

i’ve recorded and posted the video so everyone can see the process :smiley:

it took about 30 minutes or longer but it was a fun fast paste project! :slight_smile:

6 Likes

Found You!

Pure

I never really did bugs until now, so thanks for that opportunity @Jean-Luc ^^!

Used a tutorial series i bought a wile ago about mechanical bugs for doing the bug carapace and then added the legs and belly parts from reference. Here are some screenshots from other angles as well ^^

Other Angles

Definitely have to do the tutorial some day (Maybe i´m a bit of a tutorial “horder”:sweat_smile: ), it really was fun doing this :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

16 Likes

insectus scarabaeus


I did some bug research and ended up building a sketchbook with a lot of grease pencil, a three-dimensional touch, and some pig latin.
pure, Blender 5.1.0. Eevee

15 Likes

title: Zoomed Out

pure, Blender 4.5.2 LTS, Eevee


not sure if this is a bug or intentional, but that is what you get when you take the default scene, set camera to viewport, and zoom out a little bit.

8 Likes

Metamorphosis


Pure entry. Everything made in Blender, mix of hand-painted and procedural textures.

Story: Ms. Samsa was shocked when the doctor held her baby in front of her and said “It’s a bug!”. While father and brother were disgusted by this new family member, the mother took care of her as best as she could, and named the baby Mary as if it were a normal girl. With time, Mary got closer and closer to the family, even joining them at the table for meals. One day, Mary turned into a human being. But deep-inside, she will always be their little lady bug.

9 Likes

It is intentional. You can change the values for Clip-Start and End to something that fits the scene better. :slight_smile:

Is her first name Gregoria, by any chance? :wink:

4 Likes

damn, I’m not sure if I get another one ready today :sweat_smile:
thx for the clarification anyways :=)

3 Likes

What a Strange Bug


Open entry, character I downloaded, bug was created for this challenge.

No time for animation this weekend… :frowning:

Good luck everyone!
Randy

5 Likes

The Debugger has appeared!

pure
eevee
4.5.3

4 Likes