See the previous post for the before shot, which is basically the same scene but 6 years earlier. I call it “Mortar, Pestle and Glass.” I’d rather have called it “First and Last Ingredients for a Recipe for Disaster” but it’s too long.
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| From 3D Remakes |
Mortar and Pestle was one of the first images I ever created with Blender. For those that don’t know, Blender is an absolutely free 3D creation suite. It does pretty much everything you could want as a 3D artist.
This image shows just how little I knew when I first started. There are a lot of things on there that I would know not to do now from the awful blue starry background to the ridges at the end of the pestle.
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| From 3D Graphics |
After having made my little elephant at the beginning of this week, and texturing him, I’ve gone that one step further and maede an animation of him. Ok, it’s a little amateurish and basic and not actually very good. But I didn’t spend a huge amount of time on it and (shock) I didn’t watch any videos of elephants walking for reference.
In spite of that, I think his little walk is quite cool and a bit cute. I would definitely need to build a proper rig with IK legs and a better spine and tail and ears to make it look great. And maybe that’s exactly what I’ll do. In the meantime, this is how it worked out with a very basic mesh, very basic rig and some very simple texturing…
Here’s a cute little elephant character I made using my favourite 3D package, Blender, in a moment of inspiration.
Simple Elephant by *dodgydavec on deviantART
Simple Elephant – Parp by *dodgydavec on deviantART
And here’s the blend file for anyone who wishes to play with/use/examine it
It’s been a long time since I updated anything here and I’ve done quite a lot since I last did! My most recent activity involved testing out blender’s compositor in making atmospheric scattering. Or mist. It worked quite well so I made it into a nice scenic alien-esque picture. My youngest sister said it looked like a perfect place for Doctor Who to visit, so I added my TARDIS. Here’s a list of links for the WIP followed by the full image
Stage one (First Try)
Stage two (Better Angle)
Stage three (Better Lighting)
Stage four (Levitating Stones)
Final: All of the above plus a TARDIS
Doctor Who’s TARDIS on Titan by ~dodgydavec on deviantART
Here’s a very interesting article about two products, well one product under two different names, which someone is selling for money and which is available (or are available?) for absolutely FREE at Blender.org
http://www.blender.org/blenderorg/blender-foundation/press/re-branding-blender/
If you are interested in 3D, DON’T buy these products. 3DMagix and IllusionMage are nothing more than Blender under a different name. And Blender, my friends, is as free as free can be.
Made this as part of a speed modelling challenge over on deviant art.
Made as part of a challenge on the Blender Underground forums, this is a saw made from wood. A wood saw, if you will. The challenge was to create an image from a plank. Just the one plank was supplied which is why they all look exactly the same.
Wood Saw
Made with Blender 2.56a Beta
A Cup Of Coffee
Blender really does have a very powerful particle system. This coffee cup was made by adding a ‘hair’ particle system and having each particle rendered as a coffee bean. I got the idea from someone’s avatar on YouTube so it’s not an original idea but, I think you’ll agree, quite a good one.
This is my latest piece in my line of Snowman pics. This is actually for 2010 but it’s still not quite finished. Never mind, eh?
Snowman standing on head 2010 by ~dodgydavec on deviantART
