About the Project I'm looking for a talented Blender artist to help create high-quality 3D environments, animations, and cinematic visuals for a growing faceless YouTube channel focused on storytelling, history, mysteries, technology, and documentary-style content. The goal is to create engaging visuals similar to modern documentary channels that use immersive 3D scenes, realistic lighting, camera movement, and cinematic storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed 3D environments in Blender
• Model scenes, props, buildings, landscapes, and historical settings
• Set up realistic lighting and atmosphere
• Animate cameras and scene elements
• Create cinematic shots that support storytelling
• Optimize scenes for efficient rendering
• Work from scripts, storyboards, or creative direction
• Deliver Blender project files and rendered sequences when requested

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Blender
• Experience with:
• Environment design
• Lighting and rendering
• Camera animation
• Materials and texturing
• Geometry Nodes (preferred)
• Particle systems and simulations (preferred)
• Ability to create cinematic compositions
• Understanding of storytelling and visual pacing
• Good communication and ability to meet deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience creating documentary-style visuals
• Knowledge of history, technology, or educational content
• Familiarity with After Effects or DaVinci Resolve
• Portfolio demonstrating environments, lighting, and animation work

Example Tasks

• Build a realistic Arctic military base beneath the ice
• Create a lost ancient city environment
• Animate historical events with cinematic camera movement
• Design mysterious underground facilities
• Create realistic ocean, desert, mountain, and urban environments

Compensation

• Competitive pay based on experience
• Fixed-price per project or per scene
• Opportunity for ongoing work on multiple videos

To Apply Please include:

• Portfolio or demo reel
• Examples of Blender environments and animations
• Your typical turnaround time
• Discord or preferred contact method

Ideal Candidate: Someone who can take a rough concept or script and turn it into visually stunning cinematic scenes that keep viewers engaged throughout a YouTube documentary video. Pay: $21.00 per hour Work Location: Remote