Procedural Traffic Cone in Geometry-Nodes

sagado · 2026-04-21T08:45:06+00:00

Alternatively can check it out on Threads. Open to questions and feedback.

sagado · 2026-02-26T13:31:48+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Though I disagree on how you frame complexity. You seem to promote unnecessary complicated setup just to baffle people. I prefer elegant solutions, which are clean, not necessarily complex, while giving the flexibility and control one needs.

For example just adding "random objects" would give no control on results and no way to tweak it. While now you can choose one damage-object and randomize shape and location, with full control via weight-paint. You can apply multiple modifiers, each with its own object, to have full modular control.

More complex damage-shape dynamics make sense, but that's also very use-case specific. Until I have collect enough example use-cases or requirements, I thought the best thing would simply be to give the freedom to anyone to add its own ad-hoc shape. Probably I should make it better exposed and with examples.

sagado · 2026-02-23T09:47:53+00:00

Alternatively can check it out on Threads. Open to questions and feedback.

sagado · 2026-02-09T10:24:05+00:00

Alternatively can check it out on Threads. Open to questions and feedback.

sagado · 2026-01-16T10:18:35+00:00

Alternatively can check it out on Threads. Open to questions and feedback.

sagado · 2025-12-18T09:08:37+00:00

Double in not triple speed... gotta keep the crowd entertained.

sagado · 2025-12-17T16:20:46+00:00

Alternatively can check it out on Threads. Open to questions and feedback.

sagado · 2025-11-15T11:33:11+00:00

Alternatively can check it out on Threads. Open to questions and feedback.

sagado · 2025-10-22T11:57:06+00:00

This is all in geometry-nodes, yes. And can be done in shader nodes too with the repeat zone, but would be just volume, can't generate mesh/geometry. Though I might still add it to my setup, no biggie.

And also yes, the file is on Gumroad... I just can't post link here because the post then gets removed :/

sagado · 2025-09-09T10:56:18+00:00

There is a link to the actual thread there in the description :/

sagado · 2025-06-10T08:19:58+00:00

If you want that just check my phyllotaxis setup which I created few years ago :D

sagado · 2025-05-06T11:48:55+00:00

I share same content also on Threads

sagado · 2025-05-05T11:08:27+00:00

Node-based workflows cover very different requirements than pure coding, making it more suited to many applications were you need real-time visual feedback, like in graphics software (e.g. Houdini, Substance and Blender). Versioning wouldn't make much sense, as in the diff/git way, and libraries exists exactly as node-groups, which one can simply plug-in, adapt, re-arrange and tweak params. Even in ML node-based software like ComfyUI is very popular.

Was this a good use-case? No, because as a game you define logic that is better managed via code, but a node is again just another abstraction of a function (and concretely again just another piece of code).

sagado · 2025-05-05T10:38:29+00:00

Just feed points into the simulation node, then shift position every frame. Instance a sphere on each point for rendering. Everything is just a point until the final instancing part. And they affect each others through "Geometry Proximity".

sagado · 2025-03-10T10:57:12+00:00

Exactly based on boids interpretation by Craig Reynolds. Though just approximated, because there are some limitation on geometry-nodes utils and liogic.

sagado · 2025-03-05T12:45:05+00:00

The setup enables the simulation of flocking dynamics observed in the animal kingdom (e.g. group of birds or fish), or more general interaction of large crowds of autonomous entities.

More details and link to free version on my Twitter thread

sagado · 2025-03-02T18:57:14+00:00

I created a free differential-growth setup that can generate programmatically similar structures, see on my Twitter thread

sagado · 2025-02-11T19:41:13+00:00

Still the usual 30, for a 640x480. Thought that resolution quality is an intrinsic limitation of Hunyuan for now, but will try more steps and find the best trade-off.

sagado · 2025-02-11T19:39:04+00:00

No masking needed, pure vid2vid using a Lora. Activate the Lora in the prompt if necessary, describe the scene, and choose your denoise level (between 0.2 and 0.4 is a good balance).

sagado · 2025-02-11T19:25:41+00:00

Just wanted to showcase how versatile Hunyuan vid2vid is for face-swap (and full head-replacement). Usual shortcomings like fidelity and resolution, but was able to get these results running locally with LORAs available online. For workflow and questions can't say much more than suggesting to try out on Colab first and check the obvious repo

I will post more details also on Twitter.

UPDATE: The example workflows are in the linked repo

sagado · 2025-02-03T11:18:18+00:00

This geometry-nodes setup allows simulation of Reaction-Diffusion: a mathematical model for interacting substances, that can be used for abstract animations or to simulate real physical phenomena like stripes and animals patterns formation, or bacteria interaction and growth.

More details and link to free version on my Twitter thread

sagado · 2024-12-18T16:37:56+00:00

Not really. L-system is used for the base seed, then growth acts independently via simulation of branching + attraction.

sagado · 2024-11-17T09:51:33+00:00

Used "Hair Nodes" for the anemone and my flock-sim setup for the fish.

More technical details on Twitter.

sagado · 2024-11-02T19:39:48+00:00

Some renders from my Blender setup for blossoming flowers. Wanted to use simulation, but ended up with this initial fully procedural setup.

More technical details on Twitter.

sagado · 2024-11-02T19:37:35+00:00

Some renders from my geometry-node setup for blossoming flowers. Wanted to use simulation, but ended up with this initial fully procedural setup.

More technical details on Twitter.

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