REDEMPTION a full CG movie Made in Blender 3.0 with BREAKDOWN

Hi, I worked on this project for the past 3 months. I think I did a good job, let you guys be the judge and let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Software and website used:
Blender 3.0 (Rendering, Texturing, Lighting, Animation and Scene Building)
www.blender.org/
Mixamo (Mocap data)
www.mixamo.com/
Adobe Aftereffects (Compositing and VFX)
www.adobe.com/
Adobe Premiere Pro
www.adobe.com/
Embergen (Fire and smoke simulations)
jangafx.com/
Epidemic Sound (sound design)
www.epidemicsound.com/
Blendswap ( Men watch 3d model Creator: CVETKO)
blendswap.com/blend/18242
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[@cgichecklist6005]

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[@DrRehanZafar]

Done.

[@bikashsabar6671]

It's awesome 😍👌🔥🔥. Bye the way, how many days did it took to complete the movie..

[@bikashsabar6671]

@X D yes ,that part looked a little dumb..

[@Aryon_Playz]

Damn I didn't knew helis can clip through mountains all thout this was awesome

[@thekeikoprojectdocumentary]

Can we work on a project together? I need you to create some scenes for me.

[@SteveWarner]

For a single person, this is exceptional work. Your environments, lighting, shading and camera work are exceptional. Easily on par with work from large studios with dozens of people working on them. Your weak links are the characters and VFX (explosions). The characters simply don't rise to the same high level as the environments and hard surface models. They're not bad. They simply aren't great. Using photo-scanned characters (like we did at Electronic Arts for game characters) for both modeling and textures would help. The face and eye textures in particular give away that these are CG characters. The poses and motion do as well. But for a single artist working for 3 months, this is truly exceptional work. Congrats!

[@cgichecklist6005]

Thank u so much Steve I really appreciate ur feed back

[@ishmaellj8512]

What an honest criticism. Doesn’t hurt but builds... Either way congrats!! Nice work

[@KevBinge]

This is what feedback is supposed to look like. Right on Steve. Classy, professional, and helpful.

[@enigmawstudios4130]

To be honest, while what Steve said is true, I didn't find the characters taking away from my experience watching. Your pacing and editing was spot on and kept me engaged the entire time. The only thing that I found distracting was the explosion, and it is possible to make that look real or improved. Very impressive and quite inspiring work!

[@KevBinge]

@@enigmawstudios4130 It didn’t detract for me either, as I’d been there about 200 times too lol.

[@brunorichardson97]

If the models where more realistic, I'd easily assume this was live action my dude. Absolutely incredible.

[@Tropicaya]

The shooter was perfect but the others were gamey. Explosion could have used some work, flying debris, etc. Otherwise 10/10

[@unitforce7417]

@@Tropicaya ye but not the shooters face

[@aak8297]

@@Tropicaya + the reflections of ships at the end.

[@leonard_9500]

Missing subsurface scattering is probably the biggest giveaway. Awesome work still.

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@Tropicaya I think Blender isnt/wasnt that great at VFX, maybe they should've used Maya or Houdini to render that explosion

[@IceWolve]

The quality of textures and work that makes it look realistic is insane.

[@ibneyfahad]

3D animated Sci-Fi Film. Please watch 🤗☺ kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJCtaZyFirt3jaM

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

Now we know what part of the SAG/AFTRA strike was about... ;-) Still need to work on skin textures, though. Too "clean". Problem across all CGI makers, not specifically to you (some Unreal Engine films have the same issue for me as a viewer). Hard to get those imperfections in the texture... I agree with others on the 'copter crash... not "messy" enough with flying debris, just a "flame pop"... And, was the shooter male or female? I thought male at the start, but the eye closeups made me think female. Would have been a nice twist to unmask in the evac chopper...

[@kyleb3316]

This was perfect until the helicopter went into the mountain, really broke the immersion. But still great work! Nice detail on the trigger pull :D

[@obaydakhalaf6082]

same

[@movierecaps_]

The shooting from the speed boat is also what threw me off. How the hell are you gonna get stability on a shot from a bobby platform so far out in the ocean, Also the boat is bright red. You would expect it to match the ocean to be more incognito. He's dressed in all black but on a bright colored boat

[@goosescontingent8109]

@@movierecaps_ man's is built like a gyroscope

[@positivevibemedia2626]

same

[@nevermoresoulkeeper6893]

@@movierecaps_ he use red boat to make them think its a normal citizen's boat, if its the same color of the sea, that would make his target look at the boat more carefully

[@adlin3624]

honestly realistic animated human in 3d is really hard, everything looks so real and you did great job hiding it until the sniper shot...

[@T-Law.]

I think the sniper shot its self looked pretty on point. The trigger pull was what threw me a little. Sniper rifles don’t require even half that pressure to fire usually.

[@ahmadkhansial]

and also that explosion why it was so red?🤷‍♂

[@marcm.official]

no, the explosions were

[@ahmadkhansial]

@@marcm.official what do you mean by that?

[@marcm.official]

@@ahmadkhansial explosions need fixing too. it somewhat clipped on the mountain.

[@lospuntosstudios5149]

Don't listen to people who wouldn't achieve this in 5 years. Great job. So many details. They don't know how much work this takes for a single person. I'm so proud of you and i'm happy that people like you exist. 💜 much love

[@user-mj9xp3lv1t]

as someone who is learning both modelling and animation in blender, this movie just encourages me to keep learning blender despite what people say about it 🙏🙏

[@Kt_odutayo]

This short really inspired me as a beginner in Blender, I can see what's possible and more. Beautiful creation I would say. A lot was put into every aspect and I look forward to being inspired by your works as I continue learning my way around Blender. You've got a new subscriber.

[@cjkalandek996]

The CG humans are obviously CG (which is SO hard to get right; even for Hollywood blockbusters) and that explosion could've used some tweaking, but everything else is top class.

[@TrouvatkiDePercusion]

The singular hardest, most challenging thing to get right in 3D animation is human eyes. We evolved to be creatures that pay attention to eyes for fundamental trust and assessment, which makes them unbelievably difficult to imitate.

[@SStupendous]

It wasn't so obvious for the first 10 seconds at least

[@akogepayo]

Yeah, the explosion of course needs refinement, but at least a great work for a single person. It will cost more time. Uncanny valley is really a problem, it shows our imperfection of trying to model reality. Hollywood partially solve this problem by using a real human to act in behalf of the CG.

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@akogepayo thats why I hate the concept of realism/photorealism, such waste of resources and the more "realistic", the more the uncanny valley becomes unbearable

[@JoelGustafsson]

Super impressive, but... a sniper in a small boat? The aiming would be all over the place. 😂

[@HorstEwald]

Yeah... thought so too. But nevertheless, as you said, super impressive!

[@saumilupadhyay4886]

Bright red boat in stealth mode. Haha just kidding. Impressive work 🔥

[@joelbergfx]

not really... we used to bullseye Womprats in our T-16's back home

[@steve17907]

he's just THAT good

[@scatterbrainart]

LOL... literally the least tactical position you would ever want to be as a sniper. No cover/concealment, in a bright red boat bobbing up and down on the waves. Great animation, though!

[@montiebrowne6329]

I thought that just the mountains, bullet, and the helicopter were rendered items, but it was the whole frickin' movie! Awesome job!! This is a true inspiration.

[@calebs.4246]

Ain’t no way a single person made this. Massive props to you.

[@abhinav5720]

For this whole movie to be done by a single person, this is something bizarre 🔥

[@stoatsnhoney]

Really incredible work. As many have said, the lighting and cinematography are stunning. Even when the CGI itself can't hold up (and humans are the hardest thing to make look real, and yours are already way better than what I can do), the storytelling through visuals, atmosphere-everything ties very well together. There is clearly a lot of hard time and effort in this and it really pays off. 10/10!

[@disco.jellyfish]

Amazing how you paid so much attention to details and it never settels. Even during the later phases of your work. Very good job.

[@Salen0243]

The overall scene and the realism was just incredible, specially the color correction was awesome, I wanted to mention 2 things that you could made it better, 1 the characters near the chopper was a little bit low quality while the rest of your scene was all filled with realism so you could make them better, 2 the explosion was also not great and it seems like the explosion happens before you the chopper hits the mountain, so that was 2 things that you could made it better, but the color correction and the foam on the sea and other details was jaw-dropping, you have done this in 3 months I wouldn't even able to done this in 1 year great job wish you more success.

[@manlikedaimyo6945]

Speechless 😮😮😐

[@manlikedaimyo6945]

Seriously all this in 3 months

[@veegames3364]

I agree

[@devildrifterxd225]

For a moment at beginning I thought the sniper a real human who used green screen This was awesome The animation and the environment looks epic Would also check your other animations as well :DDD

[@krazylevin]

I thought he was real at first too.

[@akashpathave8985]

same I also thought this

[@jdydenverco4419]

Amazing, highly professional work! Thank you for publishing this. And biggest thanks of all to Blender Foundation for continuing to make this outrageously, powerful software free.

[@SewerTapes]

This just blew my mind. I didn't think this was possible with one person in the time given in the description. Phenomenal work. If I can get results a quarter as good as this, I can die happy.

[@sskdev5116]

Oh My God! If it wasn't for the close up of the characters I honestly thought they were real people acting but the close up revealed it all. Awesome Work!!!! I love it

[@WW_Studios]

At first, I was trying to figure out which part of the shot was CG. It wasn't until the close-up of the face that I realized it was everything. REALLY well done!

[@brrrruth]

Same

[@zahra82400]

The amount of details in this project is just incredible!! Props to you 👏👏

[@kazert1078]

From 0:00 to 0:38, it genuinely looked like this was shot in real life

[@DavidsTV]

I would say that the chopper blades should have hit the cliff and sent debris, which violently jerked the helicopter into the cliff, cracking it in half and then exploding with debris field.

[@redpillblupill]

This short video is absolutely SPECTACULAR!!! GREAT JOB!!!!!

[@christianhaugboelle]

This is awesome! I honestly looked at the person for so long in the beginning and thought it was a real person, trying to find something to indicate CG. When that's the case, you know you are looking at something really good!

[@unicorn_tamer]

Wow, I am really impressed by the high quality of this movie! Everything (other than the characters and the explosion, which are a bit too average) is so realistic, that I would even believe it was filmed. Great job!

[@hitenbhatt4107]

I've been learning Blender since almost 2 years and I had to pick up my jaws from the floor after seeing your work!

[@silentscope7440]

This was better than some movies I’ve seen with millions of dollars for a budget

[@MosesMatsepane]

This is excellent work for one person in just 3 months. Some people on your comment section provided good pointers, but others were just being unreasonable. Just keep improving, you are already far better than most.

[@KuroYchi]

I deeply respect your work, and you deserve the respect of most of Blender creators !

[@PraxisVisuals]

Amazing work! I love how realistic it looks. The water sims, the distanced terrain, and the camera work! Blender is amazing at 3D but pulling off REALISM is somewhat difficult with Blender. You did a stellar job at accomplishing that. Good stuff!

[@maaztheg]

Absolutely Incredible! Can't believe how a single person can make such a piece of art. Great work brother ♥🔥

[@photelegy]

This is just mindblowing! Like always it's the humans or specially the faces which are so difficult to make realistically. The water, terrain with the mountains, ... are just indistinguishable 👍🏻

[@pixelsyte3280]

Seeing what is possible for a single person to create is so inspiring, thanks for sharing this.

[@theycallmeustad]

Everything is so sick, from the opening shot to color grading, sound design and especially I loved the scene where the bullet got curved. So amazing man💣💣

[@sekscy4447]

Wow, this result just by single man is incredible.

[@abdulrahmanmussa5474]

That was superb, especially the fact that you've done everything by yourself. Great job man!

[@m.zafeer5171]

GOSH! That's so good and plus just done in 3 months. You nailed the environment, atmosphere all of it. The humans were kinda off but I'm not gonna complain cuz I know how much of trouble that is. And if those humans were all keyframed you are just incredible.

[@blenderchief3073]

Fantastic work. Splendid display of skills in every department, be it lighting, sound, animation etc.. Kudos.

[@eclgaming1516]

The final shot of the helicopter flying towards the battleships is perfect.

[@Lilyzepeto]

This is amazing, and the graphics is out this world, the people i thought were real people but its actually 3D characters its stunning...LOVE IT

[@dewbzki]

The sound design was incredible!

[@dreamzdziner8484]

Freaking awesome!!! Loved those realistic ambience and colors. Total respect bro🙏

[@ZoeyBaker]

WOW! I am absolutely amazed! I hope that you'll keep making these because this was phenomenal! ❤

[@core8886]

If this is what you can do in 3 months I cannot wait to see what you can do in a year. This is amazing. So cool. God bless you!

[@markus_blend16]

the water looks pretty damn good! amazing job on this!

[@BlenderBob]

Great job!

[@cgichecklist6005]

Thank u Blender bob

[@davidseper1725]

Honestly I could not tell it was CG. BRAVO!! You're a genius!

[@umerusman4153]

This is Unbelievable. Simply Awesome.

[@YogaArif]

damn this is cool, Lighting, Cinematography, Environment, Everything totally blows me away 🔥🔥🔥

[@TechWithBruno]

Incredible work! Apart from the humans, which is really hard to do, this is incredible realistic. Lovely compositions and colors too!

[@Emma-id5gy]

This is absolutely amazing! Everything is just perfect especially the landscape! Was blown away when i saw the water at the start!

[@arnavdixit983]

This is really amazing bro, loved it ✌💕

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

Since you asked: Story: Sharpshooter on waves seems easy to spot using a red boat and difficult to aim with. You should establish the shooter's challenge show what he has to shoot without the scope. It's a bit distracting when the establishing shot has the character look one direction but turns around to use his rifle for no reason. You should be able to hear what the sharp shooter hears not outside the headphones. The boat should roll more @ 0:22 with those size waves. 2:21 The gun should keep the same aim and not be locked with the angle as the boat. The helicopter crash is too smooth, the crash looks like a fade out. A real crash, the blades smashes against the rocks shaking the helicopter then it explodes, also add some small debris on contact and when exploding to sell it better. 3:07 the helicopter is shown quite low but you should reposition the camera to show its reflection/shadow onto the water for a more interesting shot. Great job can I hire you?

[@itsMBWAAA]

Absolute banger. Awesome job!!

[@ejercitog4m3r33]

It is really impressive. This really motivates people who want to enter this world

[@dcsensui]

Very impressive! I'm amazed at how the water looked. I was trying to spot repetitions but didn't see any. And there were some bits of white water, too, which is very difficult to achieve. Good decisions on composition, lighting and look. Human skin is challenging to get to look good. It consists of a variety of shades in real life. Even a face would have some variations. You might want to nix the red glow on the base of the bullet. Tracer rounds aren't accurate. Snipers wouldn't use them. Also, the trigger has a lot of "backlash" which good sniper rifles wouldn't have. The movement would be much less. A two-stage trigger would have about 1/3 of that movement before the sear is engaged. After that it's just a touch to fire. A few things to consider: The inflatable boat should be dark grey or camouflaged. The fabrics looked great, especially the knit caps. Do you do this for a living?

[@cgichecklist6005]

No my frnd I have a day job as an IT professional.. only do 3d in weekend s

[@racerschin]

@@cgichecklist6005 what?? you rock brother.

[@dcsensui]

Are you on Facebook? I don't have Instagram.

[@j10001]

@@cgichecklist6005 I’m gobstopped at the quality you have achieved in so short a time! Deeply impressive. And I like the choice of colors, etc. it showcases your skills even better (regardless of whether a red boat would be realistic). Brilliant work!

[@user-hk1yc5gp1j]

ان جودة القوام والعمل معا الذى يجعلها تبدو واقعية وهذا امر جنونى غير متوقع ممتاذ❤❤❤ ‏‪1:22‬‏

[@cpincpersonal]

Wow that's incredible. Awesome man!

[@IHF]

As someone trying to learn blender to animate documentaries, let me say that I hope my work comes out even half as good as this. The only two tiny nitpicks I have are thats not how you pull a trigger -you use the pad of your fingertip and press straight back, and the crash seemed a bit off, but still, those are minor things. This was amazing! Well done

[@fuzzypanda1684]

This is crazy good, much better than anything I've been able to make, which is a little depressing lol. I'd love to see a deep dive into how you did the animations.

[@KanzakiZD]

even though the humans and the explosions look uncanny, you nailed nearly everything just as good as a real action movies look like.

[@desertstonestudio3315]

Fantastic example of what Blender is capable of! Awesome work. While the constructive criticism is valuable, this is really top notch for one person. You, sir, are an inspiration.

[@Shattered3582]

this is exactly the kind of animations i want to be able to create. i have been doing blender for almost two years and i have finally enrolled for an animation course, to be able to create my dream sci fi series i have been planning for almost a year now

[@wallacesousuke1433]

Be honest, you wanna create furry loli hentai, like most guys lol

[@Shattered3582]

@@wallacesousuke1433 no i actually want to create cinematic scenes that i have been wanting to do for ages. i have progressed quite far at the moment, and i encourage people who want to learn 3d software that it is possible to learn these kinds of talents. sorry if that was long

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@Shattered3582 was just kidding haha I'd love to be able to create this stuff, but I dont think I have the talent, patience and artistic genius to do so, best of luck to ya, can't wait to see your masterpieces :P

[@Shattered3582]

@@wallacesousuke1433 i post them on my channel, at the moment i am focusing on renders so i haven't put out as many animations

[@mili42069]

everybody is talking about the realism of the humans and the smoke sims but yk what's the actual most important thing? THE STORY TELLING; and since it managed to keep my monkey brain intrigued through out the whole thing, it's safe to say that you did great on that department. I was literally leaning in to the screen without noticing it wondering what's gonna happen

[@nirubansatchithanandakumar3266]

my word my guy! I'm not a pro, but I can easily say your color grading is what takes this to the next level. Also that ocean sim. wow.

[@jrome6821]

honestly,i would invest to see a full movie. That was awesome.

[@Grand_Works]

Honestly, this is incredible. The only thing that kind of took me out of it, was the helicopter explosion should have been slowed down and a bit smaller, to represent something large scale, and maybe some reflection on the eyes and SSS on the skin of the characters. Your water and environments are stunning work.

[@ProgramadorLibre]

De inicio tenía duda de si eran actores reales o si habían Sido creados por 3D. Es sorprendente el nivel de realismo.

[@bigdaddyproduction7266]

Exceptional for a single worker. Youre knowledge will makes you a studio leader.

[@Soluchi-InfiniteCoCreatorGod]

Great job. 👍

[@bakantimo601]

this is amazing! congratulations! if you used green screen for the humans and stock footage composite the vfx, this would've been perfect

[@SpitfireStoryboards]

This is superb. Honestly thought it was live action on first glance. Really great stuff. The bts clips at the end were great

[@hz8711]

It took me 30 seconds to realize that this is CG, incredible!

[@ImTheRealJake]

As a professional animator of almost 15 years, I have to say not bad for 3 months of work. I assume the character models were ripped game assets, judging by what looks to be pre-modeled clothing. But I get it saves lots of time. simulating the clothing goes a long way to selling the animation. The explosion looks like you ran out of time. A quick way to sell the explosion better would be to color correct the explosion asset on its own. It appears you only corrected the final image, which tends to really throw off the highlights for an asset that should have intense bright spots, though I could be wrong. Also, your water sim, lighting, and materials were quite good. I actually said aloud "oh nice" when it first came on screen. Keep at it.

[@johnsonsamuel7677]

I really want to learn this skill Any ideas on the best platform to get it?

[@SeaSerpentLevi]

@@johnsonsamuel7677 your question was extremely vague :v

[@SteveBakerIsHere]

@@johnsonsamuel7677 The title says it all - done in Blender3D. OpenSource software that'll let you do 3D modeling, animation, rendering, composition and editing - all in one humungous piece of software. It runs fine on at least Linux and Windows.

[@marcelbritsch5127]

@@johnsonsamuel7677 Hey, the software is Blender3D. Ian Hubert does amazing tutorials. Check him out. kzbin.info/door/bmxZRQk-X0p-TOxd6PEYJA

[@MosesMatsepane]

Where is your work? I expect an impressive portfolio from you, given how critical you were to him.

[@zephilde]

You have a bug on the closing credits: the rôles are changing but not the name... Just kidding ! :) Fabulous work for a single person! And I love the fact it was done in Blender...

[@thegroove2000]

Give that man a raise. Fantastic work.

[@mohabenothman]

Just WOW! It's just amazing!

[@eggsac8882]

just a little tip, maybe just put a helmet on the sniper, helps cover up the face and makes animation a whole lot easier. The eyebrows look a little smeared, and the skin around his eyes should not be completely stiff when hes looking around. Also thats a nice touch on the non-linear bullet projectile path, but its kinda not supposed to go right and bend back? Should be going in the direction of the wind and downwards due to the force by the rotors. The concept of this guy sniping on a boat is really cool, but in reality no sniper would pick such a windy spot on such turbulent seas. Still really sick, love it :D

[@wydovnikobecny1897]

That shit is awesome 🔥🔥

[@bloominglovesaga]

WOW... appreciate your work!!

[@dineshfanidra3874]

ONE MAN ARMY. CGI MUTANT .YOU ARE Awesome.

[@cyano3d]

Loved it, only the explosion pulled me out of the immersion at the end.

[@CaptainSnackbar]

very impressive considering that this was done with zero budget. the extraction of the snipers was a bit odd, considering that they used a small boat boat to get in to position in stealth mode made the extraction in the same location looks a bit unrealistic, also i've noticed there was no sub surface scatter on the face skin of the characters i guess its it was a time constraint on artists part. , i liked scene blocking, it was a well drawn camera compositions

[@eon5500]

this is insane. phenominal work bro

[@laladjarts]

This RELLY deserve Millions of views, ITS A MASTERPEICE 💥💥🔥🔥

[@trulex]

Magnificent One Man Blender Army work, congrats! 🤘🏻 Just one question, what is your computer? From STARK Industries?

[@ManicOrganicAndroid]

How long have you been animating in Blender? Do you have experience with other software? Really incredible for someone who has a day job!

[@zuphirstudio1334]

you did great , what a work 100% deserve more then this

[@Sigsir]

Absolute incredible animation, the level of detail is astonishing very realistic for not being real. Fair play for the effort gone into this project, even though the helicopter explosion was fidgety it still shows that nothing has to be perfect, because the rest is still impressive in itself. Also to does this alone shows real talent. Love to see a 90min movie in like a action fantasy.🔥👍

[@RealCreepman]

Amazing Animation! It looks exactly like the animations made by ubisoft for Rainbow 6 and Call of Duty. By any chance, do you have tutorials? I would even be willing to pay to learn CG like this! Great work 👍

[@Tobinger.]

Wow! Great job! Only texturing and the explosion could have been a little better. The Characters could have just used scaned models and for the explosion at first the rotor bladses should have broken apart and only on full impact the explosion should have happened. But really impressive for only 3 months!

[@aussieadventurenerd8137]

The water ocean movement and textures is so damn good. Would fool most people into think it was real, well done

[@cgichecklist6005]

Thank u brother

[@Mister___HACKER]

Single Person Made This Animation!!..UNBELIEVEABLE.. You Amazed Me Bro!!

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Dude, you make me jealous. As someone who is currently learning Blender from the absolute Zero Point, this is exactly the kind of thing i wanna end up being able to do as well. Excellent work. A little critique is the colour grading. The skintone looked a little off. If more muted and not as orange, it would look a lot more realistic :)

[@profine9972]

This is very good. As many people stated, characters do look a bit CG and the crash scene looked fake, but honestly I see the crash scene more as being a limitation of Blender. But the lighting is definitely there. For Characters, I think if you were to have a bigger budget and a team, you could've probably tried comping them into the scene as greenscreen. Sounds easier on paper obviously, but I think either way it would be 100x easier than trying to replicate humans in 3D which takes a lot more precision.

[@homienum2121]

Things will change with ai motioncapture I believe than we will be easily able to animate without much stress to rig every bone manually or try to mix 10 different motion capture bvh results

[@whatyouneedtoknow6656]

Amazing work! I'm just speechless... congrats 👏🏾

[@maikdmann]

dude this is unbelievable insane.