2025 Collab: Week 52 “New Beginnings”

[FedPete]

This is the Blender Collaboration 2025, week 52 challenge. Don’t be afraid to join, a lot of us are beginners. This is all to practice, have fun, learn, and get together.

This week’s subject is “New Beginnings”.

• “New Beginnings” - A new year, a new day, a new life, a new world, a new resolution, what’s your new beginning? Or! Just make a bunch of fireworks.
• Subject selected by the previous Week 50, 2025 “ Ancient high-tech " winner Breagha

The rules are simple. 1 subject, 1 entry, 1 week.
You create whatever object or scene or whatever you can think of that has something to do with the subject. It can be as simple or complicated as you want, all entries are welcome!
Post your picture here in this thread. At the end of the week, we start to vote. And if you are the winner, you may choose the next subject and win a unique badge.

Deadline: 2025-12-27T22:55:00Z

• Last week’s collab: Week 51 “Christmas”
• Next week: 01 - Bunny in the rain
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[Crisus]

I used this theme to explore new techniques such as texture painting, fur materials, and environment lighting.

[SweetOblivion]

History repeats itself, evolution is a mystery, life finds a way. The Orcasaurus Rex, it may not fit the challenge completely, but I thought it was fun.

[Breagha]

That’s a really cool-looking re-vision!

[FedPete]

We @BlenderCollab have a few days to vote. You can vote fast but also think slowly about design, colors, technique, difficulty, subject, realism, etc. Choose consciously and not on your entry.
The new subject week 01, 2026 “Bunny in the rain” has already started. The winner of this week’s “New beginnings” challenge may select a subject for next week 02 and win a badge.

New Beginnings

• Crisus
  

  

• SweetOblivion
  

  

[FedPete]

@Crisus , congratulations on your entry about the start of a new beginning. The scene perfectly captures the topic. A beautiful visualization.

• SweetOblivion - To me, it seems like a funny interpretation of the subject. A combination of an orca, a cow, and a dinosaur. The presentation could be improved by showing the animal in its entirety.