Wooooo it's a new year, which means it's time for another BLENDER ART RECAP! By my counts there has been a 26% increase in the quantity of Blender art from the last year (124 pages in the finished projects gallery in 2013, versus the 92 from 2012). Which means we're either gaining users or increasing the quantity of renders we post...

Either way, I can say with certainty that the quality of artwork from 2013 is the best we've seen so far.

So here they are, the Top 20 Blender Artworks from 2013 (as decided by me):

20. Italian Style

19. Cycles Test

18. Indian Rider

17. Crononauta

16. Art Gallery of Ontario

15. MIG 21 over Vietnam

14. Library Painted Red

13. Double Dutch

12. Betty Von Notty

11. Violet

10. New Generation of Mig

9. Of Butterflies and Astronauts

8. Mix Familial & Workshop House

7. Her Majesty's Zeppelins

6. Before the Rain

5. The Brushes

4. River Side

3. The Ghost

2. Valour

1. The Rabbit and the Train

And of course we can't forget animations!

Animations

My 2 Favourites:

2. En Passant

Hardened by her violent upbringing, a young woman goes on a night of mayhem, and crosses a very dangerous personal line. This is an animated musical short directed by myself (Chris Burton), with a score by Leeran Z. Raphaely. It was produced using the open-source software Blender over a period of two years.

1. Caminandes: Gran Dillama

Caminandes: Episode 2 is an Open Movie produced by Blender Institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. You can support the makers and open source projects by purchasing the 8 GB USB card with all the movie data and tutorials. http://www.blender3d.org/e-shop/product_info_n.php?products_id=165 Read more about the Caminandes series on http://www.caminandes.com

A big kudos and congrats to everyone featured in the list! In my eyes, you're the cream of the crop.

A truly fantastic year of artwork from the Blender community. Definitely some of the best artwork ever created by the community.

And I'm sure the artwork from 2014 will be even more impressive. Looking forward to another great year!