I was browsing reddit a few weeks ago and came across this post, featuring some animated pixel art of a set of four cyberpunk vending machines, by a guy named Seppuku_Doge. I really liked the aesthetic, and being on a bit of a William Gibson tear right now, I wanted to do a render of one of these machines, with all the detail 3D and Blender can provide.

This render is the result – featuring the red noodle machine, and with some extra scenery thrown in to set the mood. This project took about 20-30 hours to finish, but I’m very happy with the result, and it gave me some practice with Blender’s “principled shader” in Cycles. Some of the textures were sourced from textures.com, pixabay.com, and I created the graffiti on my Surface Book.