Kaa v2.1 dropping in! [see replies for download link]

Geometry Nodes based eye correction. Calculates & normalizes the surface distance from the iris to the vertex and passes to the shader as an attribute to sample. [See replies for the node setup].

Gettin' wrapped up in Pride! Gonna be taking some quickie comms for these colorful coils. $100 for your char to look this nice in any pattern. NOTE: I am currently only able to work on pre-existing models, given the short timeframe

cw: fatal digestion sound on! So that's how Pye got so big...

Did some crazy geometry nodes work in blender yesterday to fix some of the issues I’ve had with using curve profiles for tongues and tails. Made it so I can interpolate to a different curve profile as it gets closer to the tip! Also sooo happy with the shaders

Thanks! Also using your other examples for inspiration, I got something really satisfying set up on my own shader, using a slightly different approach, using the curve tangent and comparing it to the curve-aligned (vector projected) normals between post-meshing vertices!

i'm so normal about snakes

Tension Map / Dynamic Squish 1. Geo Node to capture the distance between "Edge Vertices" node Position 1 & 2 as `before_edge_dist` 2. Curve modifier 3. Geo Node same again as `after_edge_dist`. `after_edge_dist / before_edge_dist = diff`. 4. Use the diff to mix normal maps.

Today I'm playing with custom point light shaders. Using the "Ray Length" for the effect. I'll share the shader setup in the replies.

Playing with Blenders compositor. It's the same rendered scene but with additional passes so I can give it a toon look without touching the materials.

More maw practice sculpting. This one I did attempt to retopo properly and apply another multi-res sculpt pass.

I picked @snek3d.bsky.social for today. Burger.

Sculpting maw practice, making use of the multi-resolution modifier. Rendered with a mix of Cycles & Eevee.

Quick sculpt today. Wanted to see what a snake would look like with scrunching / wrinkling.

This tail got me feeling a special kinda way...

Okay, okay, last one for now 😋

You wouldn't give a snake eyelashes...

Happy Easter!

Tongue rigged 👅

[WIP] My first real attempt at using the pose library.

WIP. Don't forget to stretch!

[WIP] I've added a "body cutoff" option on the main settings cog. This means you can dynamically delete parts of his body you don't need before other modifiers are applied (meaning better performance / faster renders).

[WIP] With the mouth no longer relying on blendshapes for deformation. This means it is easier to setup other blendshapes like open mouth correction.

WIP Geometry Nodes... Performing a inwards raycast (similar to shinkwrap) but using simulation time to lerp instead of instantly sticking. I'll post the nodes below...

This is old... like a year old, from when I was just starting with Blender and decided to do a 2D/3D hybrid anim But it's a little test snippet that's been sitting in my WIP folder and figured it was cute enough to share :3 #furry #animation

Opened up the Big Crush file to do another YCH, and was pleasantly reminded of my last vic- I mean, customer. @gerrark.bsky.social

Pssttt... Hey you! 2D digital artist interested in Blender by my shenanigans but too intimidated by 3D? You may want to check out "Grease Pencil".

WIP ... had to scrap most of the rig but rebuilding.

More rough test footage. Setting up this technique on the other model took roughly 5 - 10 mins. However, because he is a thinner snake you can't go too large or the shrinkwrap fails to register. I think may need something else to roughly stretch before the shrinkwrap.

A true son of shepard rewards their creations with jawbreakers ed boy!

Suffers from some shrinkwrap jitter but this is just an initial test. Duplicated the model with all modifiers. Simplified to just an outer shell, added the outside shrinkwrap and then setup as a surface deform on the main model.

Gray CTR bones key animated & green DEF bones apply corrections. 1. Simple flat hidden mesh, using hook modifiers to follow the CTR bones. 2. Hidden mesh uses "outside" shrinkwrap to conform to sphere (or any object) 3. DEF bones are damp tracked to vertex groups on hidden mesh

Experimenting...

Hey all, quick heads-up! Going to step back for a bit now and focus more on grinding & improving my skills. Should be back in a few weeks/months once I've improved a bit more.

More experimentation and learning...

I highly recommend tinkering with these models. Feel free to rip them apart, retexture or do whatever you like with them. [ Had a play with retexturing. one day I'll learn sound design... ]

[WIP] Guess who's got scales... (normal maps done)

[WIP] Once again had to redo the mouth blendshapes but also been messing with adding subtle face controls (nostrils, eyebrows, nose wrinkles, etc). Also lighting and trying to get faster render times.

Did some model cleanup today. But I feel like I've forgotten something...

Did a quick model of a couch, then dumped a sculpt based on the amazing art by @tacokurt.bsky.social of the anaconda onto it. I think it might be her couch now...

Did a doodle of a couch, then dumped @snek3d.bsky.social anaconda onto it. Is it her couch now or what you do?

[WIP] How are we feeling about 11m? (about the length of a bus). I also might rework the body normals to be more like the original.