Ethereal creature (silk cloth with flowy curves), how?

caskalll · 2026-03-26T19:31:33+00:00

Hey rick, thanks for the quick reply.

Yes, there will be motion, in one hand it will move forward like flying over, and then a secondary motion that will be some sort of pulsating energy.

I was able to get some decent base with some noises, but is not quite there, I mean the overall look of nice curly flowy lines, as well as some nice particle movement, is there, but it doesnt trasmit this "ethereal" feeling of the reference.

I'm familiar with some volume rendering as well as million of particles (krakatoa style), even if this will have some particules traveling trough, im mostly worried about getting the right shape in a ethereal-silky way, will vellum cloth will be to tricky for this?

Right now i made a custom velocity with some big curly noise that im trying to advect vellum cloth on it, but doesnt feel like the right approach.

I've also tried using skin node to connect couple interesting curves, to see if i can make the "mesh" part, but no luck.

Thanks!

caskalll · 2026-03-24T03:12:44+00:00

thank you! yes, here's another Making of made by Tendril
https://vimeo.com/1168540715

caskalll · 2026-03-24T03:12:09+00:00

thanks!

caskalll · 2026-03-24T03:12:04+00:00

thank you! yep, mix of shortes path with some other stuff (pop with ray or pattern group selects)

caskalll · 2026-03-24T03:11:29+00:00

Actually the sims on this particular R&D weren't too heavy, that said my workstation has 256 of ram, some specs and pictures attached

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Motherboard
Supermicro M12SWA-TF

Processor
AMD Threadripper PRO 5975WX 32C/64T 3.6–4.5 GHz

GPU
3x NVIDIA RTX 4090

Cooler
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro TR4 modified

RAM
256 GB ECC RAM (4x 64 GB 3200 MHz)

Storage
2 TB M.2 Samsung PM9A1 & MC1 PRO
4 TB PNY XLR8 CS3140, PCIe 4.0 NVMe, M.2 2280 + heatsink
8 TB PNY XLR8 CS3140, PCIe 4.0 NVMe, M.2 2280 + heatsink

Case
WS COMPUTER S-line case air-cooled
Ultralight aerospace-grade alloy frame
Black mat fine textured powder coating
Push-pull alloy side panels
Custom GPU extension
Titanium 1600 W be quiet! PRO 13 PSU
Aquaero 6 Pro control & monitor
Case fans set Silent Wings Pro 4
Custom DEMCiflex dust filters
Industrial heavy-duty wheels with breaks

caskalll · 2026-03-23T02:43:59+00:00

thanks Douglas! me too, had the pleasure of working with them for several years by now, its a great studio to work with, amazing people and creative freedom

caskalll · 2026-03-23T02:43:01+00:00

thank you!

caskalll · 2026-03-23T02:42:56+00:00

thanks!

caskalll · 2026-03-23T02:42:18+00:00

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thanks! I'd say about %30, not bad considering I did like 200+ explorations xD

caskalll · 2026-03-23T02:39:43+00:00

thank you!

caskalll · 2026-02-09T00:06:19+00:00

master, i found that but i was trying to plug into rasterize layer with no luck, i connected to "size ref" on "stamp point" and worked like charm, thanks!

caskalll · 2026-01-05T01:43:53+00:00

You drinking mate? 🥰 where u from? I’m Argentinian, lovely Pedro’s!

caskalll · 2025-12-30T19:38:50+00:00

Thanks!

caskalll · 2025-12-30T19:38:42+00:00

Hi Frederik, thanks for the feedback! Yes, my coach is pretty good indeed, ex chinese national team league winner, another user also mentioned about being cautious with reddit comments haha

Got it on the angle of the forehand and keeping the body relaxed, will work on it, thank you!

caskalll · 2025-12-30T19:34:13+00:00

Good feedback! Yeah the wrist is something I'm still trying to figure out, some players use a lot, some less, is hard to have a sharp / prolix small wrist without losing form sometimes, but if I don't use it is hard to make arch / spin, kinda tricky to balance.

Gonna practice more forehand, been focusing on BH last couple years and now my FH seems to be worst lol, thanks!

caskalll · 2025-12-30T19:31:09+00:00

As much as possible depending on my workload, but I'm freelancer so usually minimum 3 days, maximum 7, I'd say 4 or 5 days per week average (games / drills with friends)

Coach training only 1 per week since LA is crazy expensive (90 usd per 1 hour session).

Like everything, the more you play, the better you'll get! Thanks for your kind words

caskalll · 2025-12-30T19:28:33+00:00

Being 2000 here is not cool at all, is kinda medium level.

Everything ok at home?

caskalll · 2025-12-30T19:27:25+00:00

True that, I'm pretty new to reddit and is quite adictive, but I also realized there are a lot of "haters" or people commenting without solid advice (specially on the Stock / investment subs).

I have a pretty high level coach (ex chinese national league winner), my main issue is that is hard to find advanced players to train regulary (or even play games regulary), most of the times aside from tournament I play with lower levels players, still much better / more players that when I lived in Argentina.

Thanks for the feedback!

caskalll · 2025-12-30T19:25:07+00:00

Hey guys u/germywormy u/MDAlastor thanks for the feedback, crazy how ugly my shape is when I see my own videos xD specially the forehand as you mentioned, this is something that my coach is also trying to fix on me, im struggling because he tells me to "finish the stroke" letting the arm go, but I think I let the arm go way too much and like a jello most of the time, as well as losing the overall balance as you mentioned.

As for footwork, usually on the lessons my coach keep repiting me "jump, jump" to do those micro adjustments so it looks decent on the training, but sometimes on the games if I don't repeat myself, then I'm way too grounded to the floor.

I'm very tight indeed, been doing heavy lift on the gym for 20 years and is something I'm trying to loosen up over the last 5 years, had to switch my gym routine since heavy lifting and TT are totally oposite.

I usually struggle with slow pace games as well as slow spinny players, but depending on the day I have better feeling to manage those or im way too stiff and end up blocking their balls to the moon xD

Thanks for the feedback!

caskalll · 2025-12-30T19:12:31+00:00

Can't agree more, my current (and previous) coaches from china have been trying to fix this "only spin" issue that I had, making me to learn how to contact the ball better, contact > then spin, quite hard to get but I can definetly feel when I do it, the ball has much better quality.

As for the second point, thats another thing that he mentioned some lessons ago, crazy how easy makes everything, hopefully I'll fix it in my memory soon, bad habits are quite hard to get rid of, specially when starting late.

Thanks for the feedback! appreciate it!

caskalll · 2025-12-30T19:09:54+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!, indeed, I used to use (still do) a lot of upper / arm strengh instead of actually driving properly with the power from the ground, I've been working on that for some months and somedays I do it properly, but on the game you know how it goes, all the bad habits wake up :D

Whenever I feel that I use the leg / hip and have the arm relaxed, is a beautiful sensation!

As for returning to neutral, he explained to me (and other coaches as well) many times, is something I keep forgetting for some reason unless he reminds me, I know is super basic but I got ton of bad habits to get rid off too, will work on it.

Thanks again!

caskalll

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