New godlevel geometry nodes demos

I love discovering new artists to follow because they constantly remind me how much is possible with this free tool we all have access to. It is also one of the best ways to uncover artists who are actively contributing code to Blender’s developmentpeople like Jacques Lucke, who is currently working on a new text animation feature planned for Blender 5.1. More on that later. For now, let’s take a look at some of the standout work produced this week by artists from around the world.

glockzilllar

https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/1pp4xrg/gave_godzilla_an_upper_hand/

You’ve watched Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, and Godzilla Minus One. Now let me introduce you to Glockzilla. He’s done using his fistshe’s upgraded to a Glock. He’s tired of everyone messing with him, and this time, he means business.

This amazing piece was created by content-disaster and posted on Reddit. It’s a comedic take on the franchise, and honestly, I hope it gets turned into a full movie. The level of detail in the simulations, the scale, the motioneverything about this Godzilla feels like it was built for the big screen. Even as a joke, the craftsmanship is seriously impressive.

trippy effect

Next up, we have a render from Cartesian Caramel. The post mentions that it was made using Geometry Nodes, but honestly, I find myself trying to spot exactly where they come into play. My best guess is the smeared, painterly effect on the tail of the car. I imagine the paint breakup is driven by some kind of animated noise shader, with the color transitions handled in a similar procedural way. I would genuinely love to dig into the project files and see how it’s all put together. That curiosity aside, it’s an outstanding renderstylish, confident, and very well executed overall.

material effect

smear effect

Next is an effect I’ve always wanted to make but could never quite crackthe Harry Potterstyle teleportation effect. It’s easily one of the best effects in its category, truly unique and instantly recognizable. CGMatter recreated it and went a step further by breaking it down in a full, step-by-step tutorial showing exactly how to achieve it. The setup leans heavily on math, distortion, gradients, and a few clever tricks that really come together in the end. If you’re not following this guy, you’re missing out on a lot. Almost every week he’s releasing something genuinely impressive on his channel, so this is one of those creators that absolutely deserves a permanent spot in your feed.

spaghetti

Like I said, every week CGMatter has something new. While scrolling, I came across another Geometry Nodes experimentthis time, a bowl of spaghetti. And let’s be honest, Blender doesn’t really have anything built in that can do this properly. The closest would be curve simulations using the cloth system, but that falls apart quickly since it doesn’t support self-collisions, so the spaghetti would never pile up the way it does here.

This is a great demonstration of how Geometry Nodes already has all the fundamental pieces needed to build almost anything you can imagine. The problem is that there are too many pieces, and stitching them together is still overly complex and time-consuming. If the Blender team could dedicate even a single year to consolidating and turning these building blocks into higher-level toolsinstead of adding more nodesthat would be a massive step forward.

clouds

When Blender developers are tied up with bug fixes and core upgrades, the add-on community usually steps in to fill the gaps. In this post by 3D Vision, we get a glimpse of World Conceptor, a new add-on aimed at building large-scale landscapescovering clouds, atmosphere, terrain, mist, and more. In this example, Geometry Nodes are used to generate different cloud types, with animation layered on top to create a convincing timelapse effect. It’s a solid reminder of how much innovation is happening outside core Blender development, and how add-ons continue to push Blender forward in practical, artist-focused ways.

text animation

Going back to Blender development, we can now expect native text animation support in Blender 5.1 thanks to Jacques Lucke. From what has been shown so far, it looks like it will work similarly to text animation in After Effectsallowing animations per character, with presets and higher-level controls. These are exactly the kinds of tools that can turn Geometry Nodes into a real powerhouse. They let users who aren’t comfortable with node-based workflows interact with complex systems in a much more approachable way, making them accessible even to Blender beginners.

We can already see another use case for text animation from Der Geozentriker, although this example is far more complex. It’s built completely from the ground up, node by node, and really highlights how deep your Geometry Nodes knowledge needs to be today to pull something like this off. That’s why tools like the one Jacques is working on are so importantthey’re what will move Geometry Nodes away from feeling like rocket science and closer to something that’s genuinely artist-friendly.

infinite fracture

I’m also closely following the development of InfinityFracture by Miettinen, and as someone who loves RBD simulations, this is genuinely exciting. This level of detail and control is something Blender has never really been known for, and seeing it achieved entirely with Geometry Nodes is kind of mind-blowing. The fracture quality, the layering of detail, and the overall control put it in a category Blender simply couldn’t compete in before.

What makes it even more compelling is the ability to export the results to tools like Embergen and other applications to add secondary effects such as smoke and dust. That kind of interoperability is exactly what Blender has been missing in high-end destruction workflows. If this continues to mature, it could realistically bring back hundreds of game developers who moved to Houdini specifically for this type of destruction work. This feels like one of those turning-point tools that quietly shifts what people think Blender is capable of.

anoying guy

This is what happens when you make your software open sourceit turns into something completely different from what you originally imagined. Here, Mr. Anderson is using what I’m guessing is a mix of the Blender Python API and Geometry Nodes to create talking cartoons, bananas, and basically anything with a face, driven entirely by a live camera feed. Just Blender and a webcamand it works ridiculously well.

What’s wild is how natural the results feel. At this point, I genuinely think a lot of people would choose this workflow over traditional keyframe animation. It’s faster, more intuitive, and far more playful, while still being powerful enough for serious use. This is exactly the kind of unexpected innovation that open-source software enablesthings no roadmap could ever fully plan for.

text animation

fire sim

Geometry Nodes is now basically the solution to almost every problem in Blender. If your computer struggles with smoke simulations, just use Geometry Nodesexactly like Kagero did here. It looks like the emitter is spawning some form of sprites with pre-made fire animations, and if you look closely, you can actually spot the looped animation playing across different flames.

That said, there’s so much randomization and layering happeningtiming offsets, variation, secondary motionthat you’d never notice the loops unless you were actively looking for them. It’s a great example of how Geometry Nodes can be used to fake traditionally expensive effects in a way that’s efficient, controllable, and visually convincing, especially when you know how to hide the tricks behind smart variation.