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>>980304programmer 3d modelling noob here - just started playing around with blender procedural materials. holy shit it is so fun. i was surprised to find sculpting super fun but playing with procedural materials is so stimulating. still can't get them to look as pretty on gltf export to godot thoughever
Did anyone ever figure out how the fuck ArcSys gets these clean ass shapes for everything?Specifically hair? Like I'm toying with curves and shit but I can't find a seamless way to extrude or duplicate them while making them not just clip into one another so crudely.
>>981840i have no idea but very cool anon i like that picture
>>981840seconding this request, hair has me so stuck and no youtube tutorial has been helpful
>>981822Yeah. Since keyframes are just math (do X at Y), you can interpolate them without issue to any frame rate as long as you remap it properly. It's kinda just like subframes if that makes sense.
/wip/ - Works In Progress - "We're going back to our roots" EditionPost your work-in-progress projects, recently finished projects, or things you'd like critiqued here.Previous thread: >>977313List of free resources: https://pastebin.com/cZLVnNtB (embed) (embed)/3/ Discord: https://discord.gg/gbYCEBPuK2
>>981767there are types of birds that will make nests in buildings like that under the roofs, they tend to carry all sorts of little debris everywhere as they fly in and out and around so i always see these tiny needles in crevices mixed with dirt and grime from peoples shoes
>>981733There's some cool ideas there I hadn't thought of so I'll include them. I was going to do a furnace or boiler, but I thought it might be too bulky. And I was going to do the pipes, but I wasn't sure what kind of pipes a basement actually has or which way they run.I'll google unfinished basement and see what comes up.Thanks.
>>981601I tried to use custom normals in maya scenes imported into unity, and it caused a lot of problems and was a pain in the ass to fix. If your project has to transfer from different platforms it can be unpredictable how normals survive.
>>981729take it as a compliment then
Made a bunch of modular highway segments today.I don't really need em for any kind of project right now, but I figured they'd be useful in the future. And weekends are my time off from client projects to fuck around or do "housekeeping" like getting my assets in order.
Previous >>959310Discuss and post anime styles in 3d. From figurines to celshaded models, etc.
>>981835Curves with geometry is one way, you want it to be polygon efficient? you will probably need to account for subdiv.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ntzk02MR6y8
>>981844i know about the curve tech, but i still don't know the right way to do the circled part
>13 years of production experience>Modeler/texture artist.>Worked on big budget production.>Writer strike happens, vfx house basically closes down>Running on 11 month of not working. I'm dying inside little by little. I hate any past colleagues who finds work. We're all clawing and scratching for scraps. Keep this shit a hobby, don't try and go pro.
>>980183I'm a 2D Animator in the US and it's almost been a year of unemployment for me too, but when I search for "Animator" on job boards all I see is 3D Jobs. Are my chances any better finding a 3D job? Thinking I should try a few courses from Animschool, iAnimate, Animation Mentor. I can't afford the whole 1.5 yr average of most of them. Got some tutorials from Udemy to start out with in Maya. Will AI ruin 3D? I hate this so much I really liked doing 2D and it's so over.
>>981659No, same problem with 3D artist. Corporate is running on skeleton crew with overwork VFX people. It matters not if you are blender or Cinema 4D, Corporate America refuses to hire more people to help overworked artists.Oh and don’t buy anything that says you’re will learn through YouTube or pay for things. Those are scams and often never teach you 3D art. The scam teaches you (insert program) U.I with no help on creating models. These scammers never went to school or follow the 12 principles of animation (they claim it but you see they only use it as a trick to bait people).
>>981666>The scam teaches you (insert program) U.I with no help on creating modelsI'm a hobbyist and I've always had this problem. Courses have little to no information that carries between programs even though 3D is built on certain universal principles.
>>981659I'd search animation mentor. I know a few coworkers back in the day went through their programs to get better at animating for 3d. Honestly, I spend time learning something completely different outside of the industry for the time being. Rates are lowering across the board in the united states. My rate was 60 but now I'm getting asked to do jobs for 40, I'll agree and still not get the gig. Video games had layoffs but their is still a decent amount of opportunity in that industry. I'd focus on animating for games dont bother with film/tv for the next year or two.
>>980194The problem with Indians is that all of their shit is jank. Same reason something made in China costs 4 cents and the same something made with pure freedom is $100 (minimum).
This is from Lethal Company. Whenever you're modelling/texturing/rigging/whatever and get hung up on stupid shit that nobody cares about, take a step back and remember that this game made $100m
>>979848average unity user.
>>979848https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5PX0FM5JWk
>>976882by looking at flawed models that made money
>>976879There isn't a point. Whoever made this model didn't give a shit about topology because it's not important. The game is all about a spooky atmosphere and online party gimmicks. There's no point spending a ton of time making the models look good when nobody playing the game gives a shit about it.
>>979844S>>979845O>>979846V>>979847L
I hate geometry nodes. So I wanted to get an array that has a offset for example every repeated part is -5 of the original distance.This is impossible to get in the array modifier (despite the devs being retarded for not including it)So lets see how I can do this in geometry nodes.Repeat something node yes???WTF? What is this shit.Youtube search.LOOOK AT THIS GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqXYApfJuPkComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>981679There are the new quantum mechanical nodes coming but they're always in a superposition of being useless and being useless.
>>981381This might help you.https://studio.blender.org/training/geometry-nodes-from-scratch/array-tools/You don't need to follow the tutorial, just grab the nodes. I use them quite a lot. The circular array is really nice, since you don't have to do the retarded "add array on first object, add empty, rotate empty, add object offset to the array on your first object" rigamarole.Whether or not the nodes do the exact thing you need, I dunno, but I'm sure it'd be easy to tweak with some basic math.
>>981716>You don't need to follow the tutorial, just grab the nodes. I use them quite a lot. The circular array is really nice, since you don't have to do the retarded "add array on first object, add empty, rotate empty, add object offset to the array on your first object" rigamarole.HUH?I remember doing something like this like in blende 2.3 and it used something (not geometry nodes) I think it was the particle system>just grab the nodesWhy are geometry nodes so counter intuitive?>Learn...No they keep changing them in every new version. Get your shit together!I was waiting for the first adopters to get burned however it is blender 4.0 and they keep on fuckign with the nodes!>>You don't need to follow the tutorial, just grab the nodes. I use them quite a lot. The circular array is really nice, since you don't have to do the retarded "add array on first object, add empty, rotate empty, add object offset to the array on your first object" rigamarole.If blender was not retarded and god portions of it being stuck in the 90s other in the 2000s they literally give you a extra box in the array modifier that says.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>981748Oh, I see you're just throwing a temper-tantrum and venting for people to agree with you.Hence you putting words in my mouth. You know, because I never once said anything about you "learning" anything.I offered up something that might help (an existing setup that you just apply like any other modifier), but you're just looking to sperg out because something was added to Blender that you don't want to engage with.Don't engage with it then. Simple as that.
>>981381geonodes was created as an excuse so that blenderfags and devs can say that it has """"parametric modeling"""" capabilities. you just have to DIY all the presets imaginable to do the most basic shit parametrically.
I bought a 4090 to do 3D but apparently physics simulations use processor exclusively. What the hell man...
>>981775Go away, Cris
Physics has nothing to do with graphics. What did you expect?
>>981777HOLY CHECKED!CAPTCHA GAYX
>>981819Look mommy, I'm in the screenshot!
SAME! But instead of physics, it just viewport playback. That uses exclusively processor to track objects (Makes sense when you take in consideration the processing tree)
Ladies and Gentlemen of /3/,The next 4 upcoming years, i will spend every single day in the production for the pilot-episode of a new Berserk adaptation. >Narrative - 100 % faithful to the Manga>Art Style - inspired by Netflix Arcane (pic related)Without any doubt: this project is a Behemoth, but i am dead serious about the production.Truth to be told, i am lacking experience, which is why i created this thread in the first place. I would like to know your opinion on certain topics - Roughly spoken about project-management, planing and execution.I am not asking for direct involvement in the project - at least not until i proved myself with regular updates and progress that i am the real deal.
>>981795ur stuff looks badass godspeed OP
>>981797thanks, fren. Glad to hear that my work actually has substance. So, we reached day 16 working on this project and with each day i think i am getting closer in recreating the artstyle.Right now there are 2 things i need to get straight:- making a texture map with the painterly effect of brushstrokes- finding a way to produce a clean NPR render - using MayaI am open to any ideas of how accomplish those tasks.The greatest issue atm is to find the proper way to render the model. After 3 days of trial and error with Psoft Pencil+ i came to the conclusion that using Arnold aiToon shader is my best shot, although i am not even close in being satisfied with what i accomplished with my render-attempts. >pic related
But, before i will continue to figure out the proper render-settings, i will try to make the painterly effect.My plan is to take the normalmap and rebrush it with a knife-brush in photoshop.
Update:Editing the the normal map does wonder. The render looks already way better. Now, i need to find a way to make the brushstrokes more organic and get the proper NPR 2D render.
Looking kino, OP.
We have this over in /ic. I'd like to see anons portfolios and works. Post your socials.
https://www.youtube.com/@shamdotblendviews kinda tanked after I stopped making gaming shorts but algorithm seems to be liking my blender vids a little more lately. why anyone would sub to a retard posting his /beg/s is beyond me, but growth has actually gone up since abandoning gaming despite the fewer views. if I wasn't creatively bankrupt maybe I'd be able to make something worth watching
>>981756boomers need to know if you have experience in windows 7, windows 8, AND Mac OSXanything else is secondary and for dumb goyim who will continue to pay rent to boomer while boomer mows lawn>TOTAL BOOMER DEATH
>>981757Reminder that I'm actually part of an Antifa eradication group in my city and still have good clients.
This is my favorite so far:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfFk4gtmOeA
>>981757Reminder that I'm a hobbyist and I will post my work if I fucking feel like it.
its kinda crazy what blender is capable of in 2024
>>981604I've never nutted before but I did try to have some sunk sprinkles as a normal map on my max-nut V1.0.need to add that bulge around each individual sprinkle and make better sprinkles to replicate the delicious look of >>981595 but as a proof of concept I think it shows promise.
>>967490I made low poly version.
>>978619this makes sense never thought of it before but yeah imo checks out.
>>981732nice
>>981807Gothic is awesome..
I made product renderings for a client and it went great but now the client is asking for an animation like vid related.I tried the (newly updated) particle simulation in C4D to try to create a body of liquid and also tried xParticles but both runs like shit on my M1 MacBook. I tried my best to optimize the simulations following multiple tutorials online but I cant get semirealistic results.Now that I am thinking about it I might be vastly overcomplicating things since I basically just need to raise the product from a plane that somewhat sticks to the object.Does anyone have an idea for a method I could use to achieve the effect in a much simpler way? I must be missing something.
>>981778It's really simple Just render a zdepth pass of the object from the top, use it as a displacement texture and animate the strength of the displacement from 0 to how much you need to show the object.
>>981710>>981711or you could just do sdf booleans and never have to render a pass and maintain more control over the geo with less frictionthanks for the essays and the 1980's techniques though
>>981778VFX just means you do it as compositing in a videoediting software. You render out your mesh and a depth pass and inside your video editing software you'd set up layers to blend it all together to make a transition between your CGI and your other layer using your Z-depth.I work real-time stuff so I haven't touch any videoeditor in years but 'adobe premiere' and 'after effects' was what I used back in the day and it was really easy to just jump in and use those as it's basically a photoshop for videos and I already knew my way around photoshop inside out. There's probably better suites available, all the VFX tryhards used different software back then too but I can't recall their name.
>>981685>>981699How's that discerning eye of yours now you sad fuck?
>>981818pretty good, man; feels great to be better than everyone else. how you doing?
Previous: >>968906Daz youtuber's and general guides:https://www.daz3d.com/help/help-daz-3d-video-tutorialsWpguruParmyTravis Davids (Marvelous designer)ThundorndCgByteshttps://www.laylo3d.com/https://thinkdrawart.com/Kelvin JinBridges: https://www.daz3d.com/daz-bridgesSuggested Blender Bridge: http://diffeomorphic.blogspot.com/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>981619which emma model is this? custom job?
>>981796I like how it's bad enough to net get sued.Just the right amount of mediocre.
I'm looking fort suggestions for content creators that do behind the scenes stuff. I love seeing WIPs and the UI and tools involved. Please advise, as I love seeing people's workflows.
>>981784I like how it's bad enough to net get sued.Just the right amount of mediocre.
>>981796yeah, its my custom >>981799yep
>GodotMissing features and lacks artistic improvement to match with Unreal and Unity>BlenderAll marketing PR talk, no real experience in using Blender. Knows nothing about the real reason.>Open source Open source projects doing dumb things like glTF animation implementation, dead software, not documenting important stuff, heavy relaying on Blender instead of other 3D software>Unity and UnrealThey have a monopoly in 3D games, not a single open source can export to console. Open source projects limits artists like you and me with dumb ideas like TIFF format. Heavy restrictions to Windows only. Dumb downloads for developers like Microsoft Visual Studio. None of that matters with Unity or Unreal.Never trust YouTubers
>>981323Never really liked Brackey's tutorials.>he never goes over the basics while pedaling to people who understand nothing about coding.like, to understand Brackey's tutorials you must already have the coding knowledge to understand the tutorial and therefore you could just do it yourself without the tutorial. I fell into the trap of watching all his videos and just mindlessly copy and pasting them while learning nothing, I only came to understand wtf I was actually doing when I learned C# monoscript in uni years later
>>981589https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdl9xg4M-yc
>>981788>MaKe tHe CamRa thE PlAyeRDo you know how stupid that sounds to everyone.
>>981791That's how it works.
>>981793No, the camera is not the player, the camera is the camera. It’s like saying you’re an alien in a alien spaceship filled with aliens. No, you are still a dumb human without alien special powers.
blender idiot hereI'm making a model for a vrchat avatar and for some reason some bones are moving around on their own after I export as an FBX then reimport. I've searched all over the internet for a solution and a lot of the threads on various websites talk about animations and making sure that the armature is set to the correct frame of the animation, but I've never touched any of that. I may have fatfingered some hotkey during the whole process, but I have no idea if this is a bug or if I'm just retarded. I've applied all the scales and rotations etc too, so I don't think it's that.
>>981663No idea, maybe the other anon can see your file and find out.
>>981661Having a quick look the weights seem fine?You have some zero weight bones which can be removed but other than that can you explain the issue your having fully?Is the issue in Unity or in VRChats Engine?
>>981765also are you trying to modify the model? as if this is https://nachoo.gumroad.com/l/Lupinathen it should have came with a unity package that makes importing it much easier, and you don't need to reimport the model if you added clothing just rig the clothing and then export the clothing to unity and add the clothing there if that is easier for you.
>>981766can you upload the whole thing to pixeldrain?rather than your blend file? as I'm guessing you have made edits to it.also yeah some reason it had a passwordpixeldrain /u/9pvA6hEh
>>981765>>981766>>981770this is the one i bought, it had a bunch of shit on it that i didnt like so ive been going through the process of learning blender and unity to "fix" all of ithttps://vrmodels.store/avatars/16814-lupina-6546.htmlthe weights arent the problem, the issue im having is that some of the bones in the armature keep moving on their own after i export as fbx then reimport, and i have no idea why. pixeldrain wouldnt let me upload for some reason so i put it here: https://file.io/fcwsu4eq03h2
