The Parable of the WeedsT

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In this animation, I tried to express my personal understanding of the Parable of the Weeds.

Why does God allow evil to remain in the world? Perhaps because many still have the chance to change — to grow, to overcome what was sown in their hearts by the enemy.

Each person faces a choice: to give in to these inner weeds and vices, or to struggle against them and bear fruit before the harvest.

Created by

Vladislav S. – [[email protected]]

Independent 3D Animator — available for projects

Software

Blender – for all animation, rendering, and compositing

DaVinci Resolve – for additional color correction and audio mixing

Character: Owner

The character model was created by an acquaintance in Character Creator 4.

Imported into Blender and rigged using the cc_blender_tools addon.

All Other Characters

Character assets from Blender Studio (free and subscription-based) – https://studio.blender.org/

Clothing

Some clothing designed using the Divine Cut addon

Stylized Motion

One character enhanced with the Autosmear addon

Scenes & Environments

Prebuilt Scenes (adapted and modified for storytelling)

The Hidden Alley – https://polyhaven.com/collections/hidden_alley

Namaqualand – https://polyhaven.com/collections/namaqualand

Ground Material from Polyhaven – https://polyhaven.com/

Additional Props

Pack Bag by Rex Hans – https://www.blenderkit.com/asset-gallery-detail/fca3b63f-9def-4ba4-95e8-bf7ba7f9e52f/

Holy Bible by Nico – https://www.blenderkit.com/asset-gallery-detail/f07d8c30-72a0-4cbd-888a-ae47dd3b005b/

Demijohn Vase by Focul – https://www.blenderkit.com/asset-gallery-detail/e021cda9-fe05-4206-aec8-fa2d35e3e24b/

XfrogPlants Oats by xfrog – https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/xfrogplants-oats-545327

Grass assets from Quixel Megascans (free) – https://quixel.com/

Wind simulation and scattering done with GeoScatter addon

Voice Acting

All dialogues were created using ElevenLabs.io;

each individual line and character voice was generated using text-to-speech.

Sound Design

Many sound effects were generated via text prompts in elevenlabs.io

Additional sounds from https://freesound.org/:

Wheezing by thedapperdan -- https://freesound.org/s/205012/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

TokyoStreetAtNight_120.wav by markystar -- https://freesound.org/s/42195/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Police siren.mp3 by MultiMax2121 -- https://freesound.org/s/156869/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Panting.wav by Tats14 -- https://freesound.org/s/408835/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0

Heavy Breathing.wav by ceberation -- https://freesound.org/s/235519/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

church bell engelen 110417_04 8am.wav by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/204741/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Pentatonic Singing Bowl Scale Demo by Glen_Hoban -- https://freesound.org/s/435929/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

F deep loop.aif by 303creative -- https://freesound.org/s/37857/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Rope Cracking by bahaish -- https://freesound.org/s/145786/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

ThreeThunderrrStrikes.wav by HerbertBoland -- https://freesound.org/s/37207/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

running on street.wav by Cobus190244 -- https://freesound.org/s/492847/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0

Running by Juandamb -- https://freesound.org/s/430708/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Footsteps Running Away Fading 1 by Rudmer_Rotteveel -- https://freesound.org/s/316923/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Footsteps Running Away Fading by Rudmer_Rotteveel -- https://freesound.org/s/316924/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Steps.mp3 by sjnewton -- https://freesound.org/s/256574/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Mütze - aufsetzen 2.wav by BockelSound -- https://freesound.org/s/488700/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Hug02.wav by E0las -- https://freesound.org/s/399674/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Hug01.wav by E0las -- https://freesound.org/s/399673/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

punch with splats.wav by nicktermer -- https://freesound.org/s/259544/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

fingers tapping.aif by MAJ061785 -- https://freesound.org/s/85547/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

ROCKS - Falling on ground (SFX) by MorneDelport -- https://freesound.org/s/326403/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0

01219 running through tall grass2.wav by Robinhood76 -- https://freesound.org/s/78013/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

summer ambience by waweee -- https://freesound.org/s/370976/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

Summer Meadow by baryy -- https://freesound.org/s/409143/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

the morning comes 20-5-11.wav by Kyster -- https://freesound.org/s/120905/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

meadow ambience.WAV by eric5335 -- https://freesound.org/s/53380/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0

Wheat in the Wind by bdvictor -- https://freesound.org/s/240914/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Qiuet_Melody_mp3 by ValentinSosnitskiy -- https://freesound.org/s/278201/ -- License: Attribution 4.0