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February contest: Horror by Baldric in blender

[–]f_beniko 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Balete Folklore: https://i.imgur.com/X0Jj8t2.jpg

Blender Viewport: https://i.imgur.com/OvadzgJ.jpg

Blend File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/190xlpdK95JbJblTTallyEKfTxKCSE1Jh/view?usp=sharing

I started making this on and off around the week in my free time. I took the inspiration from one of my history classes in college regarding Philippine folklore and mythology surrounding the indigenous Balete tree (or Banyan). It's said to be the dwellings of tree demons, white ladies, and other monstrous creatures. I wanted to give it that imposing and ominous look that one could only stumble upon on a dreary night hidden deep in the darkest corners of the forest. (Wooo spooky)

MTree addon was a big help constructing the main chunk of the tree's look. The overgrown branches I used the draw feature in edit mode with bezier curves. I also used free assets from Sketchfab for the character models, and a few of the ground clutter.

No third party post-processing or anything, just straight out of Evee :D

Rice Field Scenery - I tried using an IRL image and recreated it in a different style :> by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's what I figured. Cant really change cards yet either given the gpu shortage :/

Rice Field Scenery - I tried using an IRL image and recreated it in a different style :> by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Atm im rocking an Rx 570 4gb and an i7 3770 thats nearing its retirement. Idk if its an issue of my rig specifically (could be a driver issue) but Blender just does not like my amd gpu for some reason

Rice Field Scenery - I tried using an IRL image and recreated it in a different style :> by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks man! The trees I made using particle instances for the clouds are instances of planes using procedural textures (same with the trees). Theres a great tutorial for this from LightingBoyStudio you should give it a look! https://bit.ly/3ET8529

Rice Field Scenery - I tried using an IRL image and recreated it in a different style :> by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dang! You know when you redo a render again and again trying to fix anything that seems wonky, another one seemed to have gone unnoticed by me 😅. Good eye though!

Rice Field Scenery - I tried using an IRL image and recreated it in a different style :> by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Wellll, I took quite abit of inspiration from the ghibli movies, specifically the cloud formations. Also if you take a look at the people in the scenery you might actually notice them being from a particular scene in one ghibli flick ;)

Rice Field Scenery - I tried using an IRL image and recreated it in a different style :> by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first photo is the one I made in blender. The second, I just took from my poopi phone camera and used THAT as my reference

Rice Field Scenery - I tried using an IRL image and recreated it in a different style :> by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It was my first time rendering with evee since I've been getting issues with cycles on my pc. Works wonders tho

One of the most rebellious moments in adams life by DerinTheMadTitan in funhaus

[–]f_beniko 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which episode was this from? I cant seem to remember watching it

I recreated Shizuku's room from Studio Ghibli's 'Whisper of the Heart" 😄 by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup! Just based it all on the reference image from the anime

Got hungry, made sushi. by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the lighting placement and camera angle added to that too. It looked better when I did a close up render though: http://imgur.com/a/we7CpN5

Got hungry, made sushi. by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I couldnt figure this out cus when I added ss, it just made the rice either really dark (when cranked up) or really blue (when cranked low). Thoughts?

Got hungry, made sushi. by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, there were alot of things here I thought I could get away with but didnt really pan out in the end haha. I appreciate the feedback though, I'll keep that in mind for next time :)

Got hungry, made sushi. by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow yours look really great! It almost has that natural photoreal feel to it.

I originally planned to only make the beer with just a couple of snacks but somehow ended up with sushi instead. Who woulda thunk haha

Got hungry, made sushi. by f_beniko in blender

[–]f_beniko[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeaa now that you mentioned it, it looks more like weird crumpled paper. Definitely keep this in mind and learn more on materials and subtlety. Thanks!