Blender Studio is transitioning from a 20-year history of producing short films to its first feature-length animation project, titled Overgrown, which tells a post-apocalyptic coming-of-age story. Utilizing an open production model, the studio will transparently share its development workflow while building and releasing pipeline tools designed for large-scale animated productions. The project emphasizes close cross-functional collaboration between artists and developers to scale Blender's capabilities, relying on community backing through Blender Studio subscriptions—targeting 7,000 subscribers—to fund and execute the production.
Key Highlights & Timestamps
0:02 Feature Film Transition: Blender Studio embarks on its first feature-length animated film following two decades of short film production.
0:11 Project Title and Theme: The feature is named Overgrown, focusing on a narrative about growing up in a post-apocalyptic world.
0:17 Open Production Transparency: The entire development and production pipeline will be shared openly with the community.
0:23 Production Tooling Development: The studio will create and distribute tools scaled for large-scale animated productions to empower the wider Blender ecosystem.
0:38 Pipeline Scaling and Collaboration: Artists and developers will work in tandem to push Blender's technical pipeline to feature-film scale.
0:51 Community Funding Target: Production viability depends on expanding the Blender Studio subscriber base to a target of 7,000 subscribers.