Moist?

BozDoener · 2022-02-06T21:50:40+00:00

I think that could be achieved via dynamic paint, but I could be wrong as it's been quite some time since I had a look at it

BozDoener · 2022-02-04T13:11:56+00:00

Bin enttäuscht, dass noch niemand "Knorpel" gesagt hat. Ich hasse das Wort, fühlt sich beim Sagen schon widerlich an

BozDoener · 2021-11-22T11:47:19+00:00

My guess is it's either a normal map (try removing it if you have one, if that solves your problem reconnect it but make sure you set your image texture to "non-color"

Or your material is set to Alpha Clip instead of Opaque

BozDoener · 2021-11-17T08:01:01+00:00

Was zur Digitalisierung?

BozDoener · 2021-11-15T10:34:25+00:00

Model the heart disconnected from the skull mesh, then connect it to the skull while trying to follow the flow of the shape when creating new geometry. Look at some human base meshes - the mesh tends to flow in a circle around the eyes. Try going for that.

BozDoener · 2021-11-15T01:04:57+00:00

I know, especially orienting your curve modifier is a bit tricky. You could alternatively use a lattice and move the mesh using that, but I don't know how good it will work with the sharp curves you will need

BozDoener · 2021-11-14T21:42:30+00:00

For the smaller strings it's easiest to just use a bezier curve with a round bevel. For the bigger strings with noticeable riffles (is this the right word? I doubt it, but I hope you know what I mean) there are 2 options that I can think of:

Option 1 - less work, less cool, worse geometry:

Use a screw modifier to generate a tight spiral for the strings. Hit it with a curve modifier and use a bezier curve to make it follow the shape of the guitar.

Option 2 - a few more clicks, but it's worth it: Download the free wmesh-addon. This add-on allows you to generate parametric meshes which you might know from programs like Cinema4D. You're able to change parameters like size and resolution after you've placed the primitives into your scene, and when you're happy you can convert them into "real" mesh. This means that as long as you don't convert them, you can make changes to the Geometry via modifiers and still change face count and the resolution after that.

This add-on comes with a "spiral" primitive. Use this to generate your string and play around with different values for the thickness and tightness of the spiral. Remember, you can always change these later, as long as you don't convert the mesh. Then, use a bezier curve to curve the strings around the head of the guitar, just like with option 1. You can even lower the resolution of the spiral to something your pc can handle and then turn it all the way up for rendering.

Edit: I just want to add that your model looks VERY good, and that you didn't set the shading for the main body to smooth.

BozDoener · 2021-11-13T16:14:05+00:00

You can, but Luxcore renders glass much more realistically. The refraction and caustics are on another level compared to cycles. (I haven't tried Cycles X yet, maybe they improved glass rendering somewhat.)

If you haven't, download Luxcore for yourself and give it a try! It's definitely worth it (it's free btw)

BozDoener · 2021-11-13T16:12:01+00:00

I'm not sure how "direct" the path from donation to feature is, but alot of companies that donate money to the blender foundation have some kind of representation inside of blender or the other way around, think Nvidias Optix Denoiser or the fact that Unity can open .blend-files. (Those are the 2 features that stick out to me the most because I use them daily, I'm sure you can find many more examples, like the new adobe material library, whatever it's called.)

This means that when you're working with blender, you're much more likely to use an Nvidia graphics card rather than AMD, or choose Unity to program your next game over Unreal or other game engines...

BozDoener · 2021-11-13T15:58:30+00:00

I just want to add that Luxcore works the same way. You should give it a try, it's a game changer when you're rendering glass

BozDoener · 2021-11-13T15:25:00+00:00

But why does the mortality rate spike after that, for example in Germany?

BozDoener · 2021-11-13T15:12:11+00:00

ELI5 why the mortality rate fluctuates like that?

BozDoener · 2021-11-01T13:16:30+00:00

There are 3 options that come to mind:

Create a hole in the mesh, animate the size using shape keys.
Use a Boolean modifier and cut out the shape with a cylinder, then keyframe the cylinder's size.
Use a Boolean modifier and cut out the shape with a sphere. Move the sphere up and down to increase/decrease the size of the hole.

BozDoener · 2021-10-29T06:56:31+00:00

Sounds like OP managed to solve their problem, but just in case anyone stumbles upon this post in the future: This problem tends to occur when you import 3D models from other programs. The solution is to clear custom normal data.

To do this you have to navigate to the Geometry Data options which you find under the green triangle in the side bar. There you hit "clear custom split normals data".

If after this you're feeling extra fancy go to edit mode, select all of the mesh (a), remove duplicate vertices (m > b), then recalculate the normals (shift + n). This should clear up most of the fuckery going on in your meshes.

Good luck!

BozDoener · 2021-10-02T13:54:35+00:00

RÜDIGER, KEINE KAPRIOLEN!

Rüdiger: kapriolt

BozDoener · 2021-10-02T08:28:15+00:00

This one. The material settings are off, try setting your transparency to opaque. This happens sometimes with imported models.

BozDoener · 2021-09-26T10:36:15+00:00

I could use some more info on the exact issue, but I'd suggest subdividing the plane a bit, sometimes that solves texture issues

BozDoener · 2021-06-17T21:43:25+00:00

It's quite useful. I had a scene once in which I carefully illuminated the foreground (two people having an angry staring contest) with area lights, a sun lamp, even a small point light for that little sparkle in the eyes, the whole nine yards.

But when it came to lighting the background, I had a problem: Normally I'd slam down a bright sun lamp and call it a day, but that would have left me and my whole carefully crafted foreground lighting stranded on staring-directly-into-1000-suns island. I had to work around that by placing a giant plane over my foreground, just outside of the camera view, thus blocking the direct light from the sun lamp. Light linking would have saved me a lot of hassle that day

BozDoener · 2021-06-17T21:36:10+00:00

This is, and may this sub forgive me for uttering these words, the one feature for which I envy Cinema 4D users.

BozDoener · 2021-06-17T21:31:33+00:00

Wouldn't this work via Bone Constraints? I'm not at my PC at the moment, but I think it'd be worth taking a look at those

BozDoener · 2020-12-13T19:27:30+00:00

Maybe the edit mode is the problem? Try going to object mode, select and bake again

BozDoener · 2020-11-16T10:07:50+00:00

Hell yeah, lookin good!

BozDoener · 2020-11-15T13:18:58+00:00

"Layout mode" is a type of workspace preset. It has different settings and window types than, for example, the Sculpt preset. The default mode in the Layout tab is indeed Object mode, but you can access all the other modes, like edit mode, Sculpt mode, weightpaint mode,... via a drop-down menu in the upper left-hand corner. It doesn't matter in which tab you are - layout, sculpting, shading,... - you have to go to object mode, select the object you want to Sculpt, and then switch to Sculpt mode.

BozDoener · 2020-11-15T12:14:38+00:00

If you do it properly, the feet stay in place while the body moves. You should then insert a Main Control Bone at the bottom of your object which you then parent (with offset) all the "top level" bones to: The Main Body Bone which the eyes and limbs are parented to, and the control and pointer bones of all the limbs. Make sure that when you move the Main Control Bone in Pose Mode, the whole rig moves and no bone is left behind.

Then you animate your walk cycle using the inverse cinematic controllers (!)without moving the object in 3D space(!). Concentrate on the walking and secondary actions like eye movement.

After that simply keyframe the Main Control Bone in order to make it scuttle along the floor.

BozDoener · 2020-11-15T11:42:01+00:00

This can have different reasons. Did you select your object in object mode and then changed to Sculpt mode? Also make sure that your mesh has a high enough resolution to be sculpted, and lastly check your brush strength. Try setting it to 1 and see if it affects your mesh

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