IT’S DONE! You have decided on the Best of Blender Artists 2023 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.
Everyone who made it to the top 5 will receive the prestigious ‘Best of Blender Artists 2023’ badge in their account.
Just one comment on the results: like last year, we saw some work that was pushed to the top by posting on social media. As this is an award ‘for the community, BY the community’, we removed those votes from the results and adjusted the listings accordingly.
Enjoy, and happy new year! 
Category: Characters
Grand winner: The Barbershop Project
Congratulations @aendom, @joergsla, @Cronosff04, @regis3d and @ShinMinJeong!
Category: Animation
Grand winner: Nick Is Playin’ Video Games
 2nd place: Nick In The Elevator |
 3rd place: Sorry… haven’t seen your mail! |
 4th place: I directed a professional commercial on Blender |
 5th place: Tiny adventure |
Congratulations @Muradrama, @Muradrama, @joergsla, @milochiavarino and @Akhil_A_B!
Category: Vehicles
Grand winner: Touring Bicycle Steel Lugged Vintage Groupset
 2nd place: Jet: Vega-Martin (with some tutorials) |
 3rd place: King Kombi |
 4th place: An Old Tram |
 5th place: 1955 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing Renders |
Congratulations @nixin, @wanoco4D, @sempervirent, @CVEX_Studio and @Jason242!
Category: Geometry Nodes
Grand winner: Procedural root bridge
 2nd place: Procedural Town with Geometry Nodes |
 3rd place: Procedural Island Generator Illustration. Using Blender’s Geometry Nodes |
 4th place: The Wishing Town |
 5th place: Mountaineering Mission |
Congratulations @ctellier, @CharlesNG48900, @Boney-wan, @3d.duckling and @Rodolpho.3d!
Category: Landscapes
 2nd place: 100% procedural, full scale, earthlike planet |
 3rd place: Small island beneath an overcast sky |
 4th place: Winter’s Last Sight  |
 5th place: Dandelion Field |
Congratulations @bureaubruin, @Heikosch, @lxsander, @M8TIR76 and @Mehdy3dee!
Category: Plants
 2nd place: Fisherman’s House |
 3rd place: Hazy Rainforest |
 4th place: Flowers I bought myself |
 5th place: It’s a tiny forest |
Congratulations @ander.laham, @M8TIR76, @GurjasStudios, @Vishnu_Menon and @isaacpandian!
Category: Intarch
Grand winner: Interior Visualization (NHQ STUDIO)
 2nd place: Parisian Apartment |
 3rd place: Space Oddity - 3D Illustration |
 4th place: Day Cycle of a Net Runner |
 5th place: Grandpa’s Kitchen |
Congratulations @Roggii, @sinisa_babic, @renatostegun, @Tomas_Lima and @nautilux!
Category: Extarch
 2nd place: Dezember Palast |
 3rd place: Recreating St.Paul’s cathedral |
 4th place: The Shambles |
 5th place: Home in island |
Congratulations @renatostegun, @mkapusta, @hbitproject, @magicwand and @REW!
Category: Technology
 2nd place: Data Loss |
 3rd place: GS - 6 GOLLAITH (Hunter Mech Orca) |
 4th place: Vintage antique clock |
 5th place: Mech T-Rex |
Congratulations @tarot_frank, @Davi_Pica, @sanju_sanjay, @BaykovaMarina and @jmgordaliza!
Category: Animals
Congratulations @jeremypajot.art, @jeremypajot.art, @Anestis_Eralidis, @Panthalonik and @Zacxophone!
Category: NPR
 2nd place: A crow and a skull, NPR Shader |
 3rd place: Stylized Render |
 4th place: A Solitude |
 5th place: April in Rio (Animated Poster) |
Congratulations @srchristoph, @SzyszkaZaglady, @Mako_Chabvonga, @Arleison and @paulobrabo!
Category: VFX
Grand winner: GN 034 Self Healing Explosions #geometrynodes #particles #explosion
 2nd place: VFX short film: Detritus |
 3rd place: Black Hole Kappa |
 4th place: Bell & Ross BR03 - A |
 5th place: Car destruction VFX |
Congratulations @albin_merle, @Calzaath, @luispabloherrera, @albin_merle and @Raffomachine!
Category: Product Design
 2nd place: RealPolitik |
 3rd place: Simulating long drips and how to eliminate denoise flicker on vegetation in Blender |
 4th place: Kraken Rum |
 5th place: Relax |
Congratulations @AnneMunizc, @aumission, @Skovran, @SAuchterlonie and @Khanh_Nguyen!
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