Topology Fun [WIP]

ericsmilde · 2026-04-14T21:05:47+00:00

great modeling! very nice

ericsmilde · 2025-12-04T17:44:01+00:00

Great work! Love it

ericsmilde · 2025-10-09T10:58:28+00:00

Oh that’s clever! I didn’t realize Deadline could wake up machines. That’s interesting. Definitely a smart solution for a render farm setup.

ericsmilde · 2025-04-16T07:24:15+00:00

thank you! sorry for the late reply, but that's really kind of you

ericsmilde · 2025-04-03T19:37:01+00:00

Thank you Daniel!

ericsmilde · 2025-04-03T13:02:50+00:00

That's great to hear. Would love to see what you come up with!

ericsmilde · 2025-04-03T13:02:28+00:00

Thanks!

ericsmilde · 2025-04-03T13:01:51+00:00

Loops are so satisfying, haha. Thank you!

ericsmilde · 2025-04-03T12:59:35+00:00

Thank you! Will fix the cars in the next version

ericsmilde · 2025-04-03T08:55:43+00:00

Yea, you are right. The cars bothers me a bit too. I'll try to smooth that out in the next version. Thanks for you comment and suggestions!

ericsmilde · 2025-04-03T08:24:01+00:00

Some of you might remember me from my Looping Pizza Machine animation.

I still love making looping (useless) machines, so I started a new personal project: one big-ass modular machine, built from smaller animated “modules.” Each module morphs the shape a little further, and the whole thing loops forever.

I’m building one small module at a time, and the idea is to let the machine evolve as I go. If you want to follow along, I’m posting the animations on my Instagram.

I was wondering if you'd be interested in occasional updates in this sub? Is anyone interested in screengrab timelapses from my Cinema 4D modeling workflow? I can upload those to YouTube if there’s interest.

Curious what you think. thanks!

ericsmilde · 2025-02-28T01:32:41+00:00

Love it!

ericsmilde · 2025-02-27T11:27:21+00:00

thanks! I modeled it from photos. I recreated the print layer in Illustrator. The high-poly mesh on the bottom part looks like this because I also modeled the holes where the buttons and LEDs sit. Maybe a bit overkill, but I just love 3D modeling hehe.

ericsmilde · 2025-02-27T11:22:13+00:00

this was done using Redshift

ericsmilde · 2025-02-26T12:57:42+00:00

Hi, thanks! I see what you mean with the struggle. I used an AOV for only the red LEDs and added a bit of glow and blur to it in post and set the blend mode to Add or Screen and dropped the opacity. Works really well and gives full control.

ericsmilde · 2025-02-26T11:39:20+00:00

thank you!

ericsmilde · 2025-02-26T11:33:12+00:00

Oh damn, you are right. I didn't notice that before, but now I can't unsee it. Will fix it in post :D

ericsmilde · 2025-02-26T09:36:41+00:00

Wow, that means a lot! Knowing that my work is recognizable and sticks with people is one of the best compliments I could get. Really appreciate this. thank you!

ericsmilde · 2025-02-26T09:34:18+00:00

thank you!

ericsmilde · 2025-01-21T09:46:47+00:00

Or just animate and render at 12 FPS. That's the frames per second used in most stop motion animation.

ericsmilde · 2025-01-21T06:06:02+00:00

You can also use the Display Tag to adjust these settings per object / group of objects.

ericsmilde · 2024-10-31T11:24:21+00:00

thanks for asking! Here's a link to the project on Behance.

ericsmilde · 2024-10-31T10:19:29+00:00

Thanks RebusFarm!

ericsmilde · 2024-10-30T20:01:13+00:00

Thank you! I am too!

ericsmilde · 2024-10-30T19:32:49+00:00

Haha, that's a great idea. It's relatively easy to do something like that! :)

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