These are the winners of the Best of Blender Artists 2021

[bartv (Bart Veldhuizen)]

IT’S DONE! You have decided on the Best of Blender Artists 2021 and it is now my honor to present you the ‘winners’ of this year.

Huge congratulations to everyone who ended up in the top 5 of their category. Special congratulations to Sonja Christoph (@srchristoph) who made it into the top 5 of THREE different categories, an amazing achievement.

Everyone who made it to the top 5 will receive a ‘Best of Blender Artists 2021’ badge in their account.

Just a few notes about the selection process:

• Some works were included in more than one category and ended up in the top 5 in more than one. If this happened, I only kept the highest scoring one and removed it from the other category top 5 to give other artists a chance too.
• Some works received the same number of votes. To cut the tie, I used the number of likes on the original post to cut the tie.
• In one case, an artist made it in to the top 5 of a category twice and I kept the highest ranking one - again to give other artists a chance too.

On a final note, I do realize the category list was not exhaustive and will make sure to improve that next year.

Enjoy!

Category: Characters

Grand winner: Eve in the garden by Nazar_Noschenko

2nd place: Newest “Photoreal” Renders by Blitter	3rd place: Macro facial renders (100% Blender) by Kent Trammell
4th place: Flowercrown by Jörg Grubmüller	5th place: Mouse knight by Tanguy Weyland

Congratulations @Nazar_Noschenko1, @Blitter, @theLuthier, @joergsla and @FredetJamy!

Category: Landscapes

Grand winner: The rabbit and the forest troll by Tell

2nd place: Forest by Shai Nefer	3rd place: Driving Hills at Sunset by Radu Mitroi
4th place: Winter in Japan by Sonja Christoph	5th place: A cabin in the woods by birdnamnam

Congratulations @Tell, @Shai_Nefer, @radumitroi, @srchristoph and @birdnamnam!

Category: Plants

Grand winner: Endless Blue Bloom - Nodevember Prompt 8 by Erindale Woodford

2nd place: Halloween party 2021 by Mauro Fanti	3rd place: Summer Evening - Geometry Nodes Scene by Erindale Woodford
4th place: Magic Hour - Graswald Demo by	5th place: Secret Deer by orencloud

Congratulations @Gemn, @Maurof98, @Gemn, @ALLO and @orencloud!

Category: Interior architecture

Grand winner: Galerie Vivienne by Benjamin Roman

2nd place: Ali Qapu by Ali Nasiri	3rd place: Retro Workspace by minstin
4th place: Aquarium by Scoped	5th place: Summertime Living Room by Gturmanidze

Congratulations @Arethyu, @Ali-Nasiri, @minstin, @Scoped and @Gturmanidze!

Category: Exterior architecture

Grand winner: The Greenhouse by Laura Ganis

2nd place: Old Middle Eastern Neighborhood by Fadhel	3rd place: The Basilica of Maxentius at the time of Piranesi by crazypainter
4th place: Traces of the past - Old alley by Kim	5th place: Ruined Greek Temple by GurJas Studios

Congratulations @Laura_Ganis, @Fadhel, @crazypainter, @oo_1942 and @GurjasStudios!

Category: Technology

Grand winner: Rogue philanthropist by Shivom Kapoor

2nd place: Bottle Biomes by Clayton Sjoerdsma	3rd place: Biochamber by orencloud
4th place: Crash Site by Louis	5th place: Xerodrome by Marcel Deneuve

Congratulations @3d_spartan, @claytonsjoerdsma, @orencloud, @Shakti_GG and @MarcelDeneuve!

Category: Animals

Grand winner: Steampunk Cat by Uliszs.3d

2nd place: Mommy by Gabriela Fuentes	3rd place: Lizard
4th place: Turtle by MiroslavVesin	5th place: Lynx 3D model by Alessandro Mastronardi

Congratulations @Uliszs_AP, @GabbieFue, @Masha_bzva, @MiroslavVesin and @papillon68!

Category: Vehicles

Grand winner: Duck Avenger driving in the night by Tell

2nd place: SHION COYOTE Cyberpunk 2077 Vehicle by JakeArt	3rd place: Parallel Universe by Murad Rama
4th place: Goliath by D1nar	5th place: Ferrari 641 by pix.d

Congratulations @Tell, @JakeArt3D, @Muradrama, @D1nar and @pix.d!

Category: NPR

Grand winner: Music Video - Modern Siren by Scott Chen

2nd place: Summer Rain by Sonja Christoph	3rd place: Anime Katana Warrior Girl by tntcraft2015
4th place: Knit + Purl by Sonja Christoph	5th place: Submerged era: 3d artwork based on “Beneath Lilies” by omar faruq

Congratulations @kkkkkk, @srchristoph, @tntcraft2015, @srchristoph and @omar_faruq!

[birdnamnam (Nick Mez)]

Thank you @bartv for the huge honour. A 5th place amongst these top notch artist is a great achievement by all means. I’d like to thank each and everyone of the members that voted for me. I really appreciate it. It’s very touching and inspiring!

Happy new year to everyone. I wish happiness and health to all of you!
Nick Mez aka birdnamnam!

[MarcelDeneuve]

Thats amazing! Thank you everyone

[omar_faruq]

whoah! really didn’t see it coming! The last time a checked it I was tiny bit down since I ended in 6th :3 thanks for the chance. Thank you all for participating and voting as well! It was a nice end of year .I got to see those crazy good artworks in one single thread! really felt the power of blender community!

[Muradrama]

Thank you @bartv for this opportunity, and thank you everyone for voting. I am only 3 monghts in community, and already in top 5. Its a honor for me,Thank you again, and happy new year^^

[Ali-Nasiri]

thanks, Awesome Blender Community ,
It motivates me for a great start for the new year

[Tell]

Yey, thank you everyone that voted for me! ^^ And congratulations to everyone else as well, awesome stuff!

[alekba (Alek)]

You deserve it. One of most… appealing works ( in all all category )… just personal taste.

[Morteza.Tahmasbi]

The Persian blender community are proud of you dear friend

[0rAngE]

Congrats everyone, winners, nominees, participants, and community

Throughout the years, blender art progressively keeps getting better and better!
Blender’s come a loooong way! So glad to see it grow, prosper and eventually attract this kind of talent. And to top it, the future looks brighter and more promising than ever.

Congratulations Ton, ALL the developers, and community! You Rock!!!

[tarek (Tarek Samaan)]

Congratulations to everyone
Amazing work and looking forward to see this happening next year.

[Arethyu (Benjamin Roman)]

Thanks you @bartv for the shoutout and thanks everyone for voting and producing such a great art blast. I’m so glad to be a part of this great community ! <3

[joe.mcdowall]

Well done everyone! A lot of beautiful work

[Boder (Boh Doer van Deckle Schmidt III)]

Congratulations to the best (of the best)
What a thing you guys have created.
Especially the Rabbit with the Troll.
Pretty overwhelming to see all the greatest in one spot.
Also excited to see the NPR music video.

And, of course, respect to all Blender Artists

[ARG3d (Ruud Geerards)]

Congratulations to all competitors and of course the winners.

[BarbaraKaur]

Congratulations to all… great work… Happy New Year everyone

[oo_1942 (Kim)]

It’s such a great New Year’s gift.
I’d like to thank everyone who participated in the vote.

[KenLiang]

congrats to all winners. you guys deserve it!

[vincent_v]

Now I will begin to put tags on my works from the beginning of the year) I think the competition is not entirely objective, because a lot of cool works simply did not get into the vote due to the fact that there were no necessary tags. And enough such renders have accumulated over the year.