BLENDERHEADS - Ep. 04

Enjoy the fourth episode of Blenderheads, a series about the people behind the Blender project. The editor and director -documentary maker Maaike Kleverlaan- works embedded in the Blender headquarters to cover the activities and conduct interviews. The fourth episode is set during August - October 2023, with new episodes being published on a quarterly basis.
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[@josepht1575]

Glad to see Ton talk about life and his life. Life's too short for regrets. I had a car accident in 2001 that left me a quadriplegic and changed my life forever. I started learning blender around 2.8 and now use it practically every day. You guys are amazing!

[@PabloVazquez]

Happy to hear Blender is working well for you 🧡 We have a long way to go regarding accessibility, so any feedback you have that'd make using Blender easier is really appreciated.

[@gert-ib4dy]

Nice story 🤣🤣🤣

[@PhotiniByDesign]

Listening to Ton's story hits home quite a bit, I faced a similar life changing experience a few years back when I was diagnosed with a large brain tumor. It really hit me hard and was faced with the prospect on dying young or the risk of becoming incapacitated. It was a big turning point in my life, I stared death in the face and accepted the reality what ever the outcome. By no means was I giving up, instead I used my time to push myself harder to become a better person and a better artist. After brain surgery during my recovery, I focused most of my time on Blender. A year later it was apparent the tumor was starting to grow again, so I then had to endure 9 weeks of daily radical radiotherapy to my brain. It caused a really bad case of radiation sickness, but throughout the course of my treatment, I took on the biggest and most challenging blender project I had ever taken at the time. I modeled a like for like replica of the Linear Accelerator environment that was used in my radio therapy treatment. It took me 9 weeks to complete, aka the duration of my radio therapy treatment and then presented the virtual photo-realistic Linear Accelerator environment to the radiology department at hospital on the final day of my treatment as a gift for them to use as a training aid for staff and future patients. I remember being sick, dizzy, couldn't eat and having severe headaches and falling asleep at my desk, but I kept pushing myself everyday until the job was done. I learned so much about myself and about Blender during that time, and it has really helped shape me as a person and my future as a 3d artist. I am really grateful we have access to these tools, without them I really do not know where I would be.

[@PabloVazquez]

Thank you so much for sharing. It's people like you that make the Blender community great. Glad to hear you're doing better. Happy blending! 🧡

[@GaryParris]

congratulations, hope everything works out for you!

[@PhotiniByDesign]

Thank you@@PabloVazquez I am grateful for people like you helping shape the community with the development and our favorite show "Blender Today"

[@PhotiniByDesign]

Thank you @@GaryParris Things are really good and I hope things are well for you 🙂

[@3dbenart]

I wish the best for you. thanks for sharing.

[@hereb4theend]

Ton Roosendaal is a living legend. And congratulations on your new home. It is delightfully lovely. 😊

[@toriigatedigital]

These little life vignettes of Ton and the people at blender are wonderful.

[@shekw]

Sometimes, we do take it for granted of having such a wonderful free-to-use software that can influence a lot of people in the 3D world. I have been insisting to teach Blender in the past few years to my (hundreds of) Digital Animation students while the school tried to convince me to use 3ds Max and Maya, of which they have already paid for the licence. Unfortunately, they couldn't find someone who can teach 3D Animation (like Maya and 3ds Max) with at least a Masters Degree. So, I am the one decided which software to teach. I chose Blender because the students found it easier to deal with and they didn't have to go to the lab to access other 3D software. Thanks again (especially Ton) for having such a wonderful and generous thing in my and countless students' lives.

[@humberlick]

I was blown away with Blender in 2005 it gave me hope in going forward with creative imaginations. open sources program is the future not close greedy 3d close programs is financial slavement . Thank you Tom you gave us all artist hope !!! Blender for ever! your legacy...

Thank you BLENDER!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Love these videos. Happy to see Fiona getting more responsabilities, I'm sure she's gonna rock. And Happy to see Ton in good health and always passionated about Blender and its future. Love you all guys.

[@Grimstore]

favorite episode so far !

[@macofish1]

Ton you are unstoppable! You and your blender team have brought 3D to so many people that couldn't afford it otherwise and you made Blender so intuitive to boot. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

[@nosirve9458]

blender have changed so many lifes. Blender is amazing. all the team is amazing

[@JorgeBurrezo]

amazing content with amazing editing. More, please!!!

[@theworldofthestrangethings7599]

We love you thank you so much for all the amazing work ❤

[@jasonwilliams8730]

Thank you for Blender it is amazing. I am donating on Christmas but it will never feel like I have contributed enough.

Hi, Ton. I am glad that you are enjoying each day. You have been inspirational for me even when I am more oriented to 2D than 3D. Your legacy is well protected, but I prefer to hear you with your special accent that I love.

[@disruptive_innovator]

true, Ton is unstoppable. wishing all the blender heads the best.

[@antoonsorg]

What a special story, love the amazing Blender software. 😊

[@dracio1982]

Just thank you (all), for beeing that open to show us your home your live your home and in the end your heart. Thank you Maaike Klaverlaan and the team

[@brandenportman7717]

Ton Roosendaal... You saved my life. Together, the blender community could save the world. Thank you, Ton.

[@kappilino]

I‘m with Ton. Because an producer for a software must know the developement. It’s usual that producers in software dev need an computer sience degree. An producer for feature films needs knowledge in film producing, so artist knowledge. Because producers are the interface between engineers or artists to the management. So they need to know both sides.

[@TheVincent0268]

Agree. Good that he does not avoid though discussions. Better be absolutely clear about expectations.

[@kingalysterianlion5542]

I completely agree. In our studio our philosophy is that you can feel like you can make a difference in an area but if you don’t speak the language of the production teams, you’re no longer helping. Then It becomes more about your ego and less about the team and the end user. We also don’t let people jump on teams for a few hours out of the day because it’s not fair to the production engineers they need dedicated people. What I love about Ton is that unlike many CEOs he completely understands the needs of his teams. He also is the creative brainchild of blender. Therefore that gives him a unique perspective. He has also stood the test of time. That is something that should be respected and honored. Ton is one of my hero’s because he is a champion in several industries. If he wasn’t blender would not be where it is. For that He gets my deepest respect. Appreciate you Ton

[@cleverocean8527]

Thanks for amazing software ❤

[@3dbenart]

Blender is something a lot more than a 3d software ! Thank you guys 😍

[@ebnevaght]

One day I'll show the world how blender changed my life.

[@davekite5690]

My fav' Blenderheads so far... :-)

[@HuskDanny]

I really, really love ALL of these episodes. What a treat to see the incredible people working on Blender. I hope these episodes never end.

[@user-jt7xm5kj5y]

I'm so proud of blender cause it changed my life making it possible to me to work in game industry! Thank you so much! I hope to see something about the last malicious attack in next episodes!

[@mrfilipelaureanoaguiar]

I wish blender organisation happy holidays and new year👍🏼

[@Igoreshkin]

Wow. You are soo smart, talented and beautiful people

[@GaryParris]

love these BTS. really human stories of such a lot of talented people doing something really positive for the community and each other. So proud of all!

[@KeesVeling]

Goeie aflevering dit! Ze worden steeds beter. Tof dat iedereen zoveel privé laat zien.

[@LacklusterFilms]

Really enjoy this series. I know they don't get many views but I hope you guys keep doing them

[@BehzadSafaeeHM]

Ton, you are a very respectable and admirable man for me I wish you the best and thank you for all your hard work ❤🙏

[@movee_tv]

I love the blender comunity..

[@SanyaTsvay]

💛💙

[@RaveYoda]

[@madlookzvfx]

We love you Ton!

[@beepsoda]

always love Blender

[@user-db3zo6kd6u]

So amazing episode. …

[@leosmi1]

Heads from around the world ❤

[@kids_in_standbymode4901]

Very nice & inspiring documentary, thanks for coming up with it! (Please add a Schematic view in Blender;)

[@Kaapstad420]

Ton is such an OG

[@oraltosun]

I call every related person to add Ton's name into the Blender software. This must be done. Example: Replace suzanne with Ton. I'm not joking.

[@henkkok9437]

Thank you, this was really cool to watch

[@sebasgovel]

I love this series

[@kunemann]

I wish at some point i get to know this great person, Ton! ❤

[@jelaloudin2]

The sad thing is blender is still under a security breach 😭

[@GlazeAndMaren]

❤❤❤ ❤

[@Dirty_Hygiene]

❤️❤️

[@sleepCircle]

i've been looking at the comments about terminal diseases and near accidents, and my heart goes out to you all. please remember me saying this now, even if you put it off until the last second, remember, god loves you. 'nothing after death' isn't a guarantee, even a leading atheist said he wasn't absolutely sure after a near-death experience, merely that he 'still hoped there wasn't' anything after death. i know you probably don't want to hear this, just remember what i say. it's never too late to ask god for help. i'll be praying for you all in this life and the next.

[@zachhoy]

Ton, I want to try your grapes and wine!

[@1.1st]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Inkulabi]

❤

[@NDRangManch]

Take care my friend

[@breadman6666]

the addiction...

[@USBEN.]

Legends

[@ChupOye20]

I'm also learning blender sins 2022 hope someone day i can join u guys

[@DubinaStudio]

I'm thinking about how to hold a "3D construct" competition in Amsterdam.

[@A.Jackson2848]

Very interesting

[@cosmicwaves2188]

Is this the reboot of The Office ?

[@MaxNewberg-r4l]

reading blender history is trying to be alex jones all over again

[@andryowyeh3531]

please make cached playback for animation like maya, so animator shouldnt have playblast for every check the timing

[@ADEPS.]

:)

[@Illasera]

Grown men with cats and a hammock, the T-level of blender devs is lower than the vertex count of a non-subdivided cube. Russia, if you are observing any of it, the netherlands is yours. P.S : Woman, Cohen, blender days are numbered, get the project fork ready. [TheNoseKnows]

[@cysx-39]

I'm a user in China, can you tell me why my donation fails, the button he donates to has a locked icon, can someone tell me what to do?

[@mastdata]

sir, I bought hp victus gaming laptop (i7 ,16 GB RAM , 4 GB graphics ,512 SSD ,15.6 inch display) 5 days ago but when I added monkey wala object in "object mode" of blender and applied modifier on it with subdivision surface and kept its level 6 and render 2 and applied. After that, I applied build modifier on the same monkey object, after that as soon as I pressed space bar to start the time line, my new laptop started lagging and after that when I brought it back to the laptop shop to tell about the laptop, they said That all laptops lag like this and further said, ask an experienced person, now in my view you are my experienced person, so now you tell me what should I do next.

[@whiskerbiscuit6674]

Does anyone have an issue with the Cloudrig layers not being visible in 4.0? I can't get visibility options

[@GlazeAndMaren]

Blender Wine Edition lol

[@GlazeAndMaren]

I wonder if Ton will make his recipe open source

[@s-fablab]

🤍💙❤

[@mastdata]

Brother, Is hp victus i7 12 gen, 16 GB RAM, INVIDIA RTX 3050 GPU, 512 SSD laptop right for blender? please brother please reply

[@PabloVazquez]

Plenty! Should get you going for many years. Happy blending!

[@wasd_m-play5965]

,lenove legion is better But this characteristic notebook which you say is good

[@vectorisex7]

You guys seriously need to create a smartphone version. Seriously, there are a lot of people (like me) who are having problems

[@chandanasb2228]

Why the website is not opening now? If anybody knows please tell

[@eddiexx]

Blenderheads, do you 3d print? Do you know we are many who do NOT model for visual fx but to make real things? How about developing Nurbs further than the useless pieces of it in Blender, or why not develop an endemic solution for exact modeling for real world objects? Cheers

[@eddiexx]

obviously i hadn't seen the part with Ton yet while writing. Wish you the best our dear friend!

[@edh615]

People who want to manage a dev team without tech experience are a bit delusional, and why many teams are inefficient and lot's of companies fail.

[@MechNominal]

For a role like that often the only way to get experience is to you know... work with the devs. Almost every producer I've had didn't have the exact expertise in my skillset but a general understanding of what's going on... they would never be reviewing the code so to speak, and I would honestly find that insane. They still made it work. It's not delusional to want to learn and expand your skillset.

[@edh615]

​@@MechNominal "It's not delusional to want to learn and expand your skillset" who said that? You converted my point into being against the most general thing possible, learning. You get experience managing developers, you know, working in teams as a developer, this is a position in charge of blenders main code for Christ's sake.

[@murattarlan]

Time is valuable for everyone. What is the benefit of this to the technical team? Just happiness is enough.@@MechNominal

[@Mahm00dM0hanad]

Why no one knows about ton family, I mean his wife and his children of course if he have them, I’m guessing he is so private oriented person

[@user-dx1no8ht2c]

her reasoning is gibberish-speak, just feeling the room for what the other person wants to hear without saying anything specific, "just smile and laugh and gesticulate a lot" (pay attention to her gestures, they say a lot more). manipulative like a politician. seems like a plant. oh and how happy the GN developer looks when she talks about, to paraphrase, putting a straight-jacket on him about anything work-related he wants to talk about or do. she's got him in her pocket already.

[@not_amanullah]

🤍🧡💙