Category Archives: Video

Bullet shooting through water cube in Blender

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Dave C

This is the result of another of those projects I put myself through in order to help someone else figure out a problem. It involved getting some fluid to remain cube shaped and shooting a bullet through it.

Posted in 3D, Artwork, Test, Video | Tagged 3D, animation, blender, bullet, control, cube, fluid, shoot, simulation, splash, water | Leave a comment

Blender Tutorial: Use Compositor to blend between backgrounds

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Dave C

The object of this tutorial is to show you how to use the compositor to fade between three identically placed planes with different textures on them. Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, Tutorial, Video | Tagged 3D, background, blender, composite, compositor, create, fade, render, texture, Tutorial | 1 Comment

Tyre with squash at the base in Blender

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Dave C

This model of a tyre (a very simple tyre) started off as just a segment mirrored with the mirror modifier then copied 36 times using the array modifier and finally subsurfed. The slight squash at the bottom of the tyre … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, Test, Video | Tagged 3D, array, blender, bulge, flat, lattice, mirror, modifier, subsurf, Test, tire, tyre, wheel | Leave a comment

Bucket shaped thing dropping down some steps

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Dave C

I was trying out several features of Blender in this little test. Normal maps, physics, arrays, vector blur (motion blur), DoF defocusing, tracking constraints. The main test was the normal maps. All of the shapes and lines on the bucket … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, Test, Video | Tagged 3D, arrays, blender, blur, bucket, drop, fall, maps, motion, normal, physics, stairs, steps | Leave a comment

A tutorial for making things with Arrays in Blender

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Dave C

A little tutorial to show you how to use arrays to create some sort of a lid shape thing.

Posted in 3D, Tutorial, Video | Tagged 3D, array, blender, create, educational, modifier, Tutorial | 2 Comments

Stick Figure Camera Tracking Test

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Dave C

Inspired by a question on Blender Underground. I made a simple plane and applied my stick figure to it as a texture with transparency. Then I added a track to contraint to make it follow the camera. Then I added … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, Test, Video | Tagged 3D, blender, camera, cartoon, experiment, figure, man, stick, Test, tracking | Leave a comment

Adaptive subdivision in Blender

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Dave C

Now this is very interesting. I downloaded a huge build of Blender from graphicall.org which is packed to the brim with all the extras you could want. Probably. But that’s not the point of this post. Inside the build is … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, Video | Tagged 3D, adaptive, blender, build, extras, feature, modifier, subdivision | 2 Comments

More exploding words

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Dave C

Still really enjoying playing with Blender and curves and exploding things. This one was requested by family friend Kyri. With a ‘Y’. Yup.

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Inflating Triquetra

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Dave C

Here’s the main symbol from the TV show, Charmed, as you’ve never seen it before. You can probably tell I’ve been enjoying exploding things in Blender.

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Exploding DaveC

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Dave C

Well, what can I say about this? A friend of mine on Blender Underground’s forum wanted to know how to do this in Blender. Specifically, get it to write out a word in 3D and then have it explode. So, … Continue reading →

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