Played with mountains today, but will be back to fun things again on the morrow

🐠 We have recently released a pack of coral-inspired geometry nodes generators for Blender. Here's a quick overview of the life-based tools. #blender

Screenshot with the new crystals added plus some other scene tweaks. Also a reminder that I have a devlog on the process of making this diorama so far: youtu.be/odhrvx1Igeg #art #gameart

Btw, the new Texas thca hemp flower ban only applies to in-state purchases, this is NOT a possession/use ban, simply order online from another state. (Random PSA sorry but some news coverage has been misleading)

Early stabs at the petal texture, still a work in progress but much less placeholdery than before. Feels really nice to be working on a plant again, thinking about those rock projects all the time drains my soul..

Speaking of those unfinished forever-projects haunting the back of my mind... Eventually I need to finish this hydrangea.. stuck at this very tedious place for months

Occasionally still tormenting myself with this cobblestone texture... Passed the halfway mark! (only the orange square outline is my actual future material, the rest is projected live clones to test seamlessness) Figured out how to make all texture and gradient nodes apply real-time seamless, too.

The thought experiment must have stayed with me because I created a whole series of drawings called “Something from Nothing” that exist in that liminal space between 2 and 3D. #drawing #graphite #FineArt

A Creek in the Woods

Starting to have fun now, still quite a bit more to be added

If you sit still long enough they get pretty brave

Happy peach bloom day I observe several 'first signs of spring' markers, as I sit out in the garden for hours daily... Invent your own holidays, theyre more fun)

Just flipping thru a bunch of slider options... seems like a good place to stop for the night.

Is it fun to see the progress steps involved on these things? #b3d #blender

Noise distortion added to my circle grid.. 3rd shape slider demonstrated (first two being scale and resolution) Now to work on the procedural height map to turn this into a mountain.

Nice and clean Circle Grid with 2 sliders (Scale and Resolution) - both demonstrated. Maintains clean quads. I dont know why this isn't already a feature of blender, but I'll put a screenshot of the geometry node tree in the replies.

A peep at what I spent a silly number of hours struggling with today... (the scale/radius is also on a slider, but this is just the slider for resolution/subdiv on a circular grid) I still need to tackle those line artifacts, but my brain is melting. #b3d #blender #geometrynodes #gamedev #indiedev

Don't touch grass- touch moss It's way more effective

Backwards glance at Loch Leathan while heading up the Storr #IsleofSkye #Scotland #Storr www.damianshields.com

I can't control much in life... but I can control geometry nodes. I'm not unaffected by -gestures broadly- but I need to hold sanctuary space to survive it. Reminders of beauty, hope, creation - keeping embers alive during this shitstorm we're all in together. Because eventually every storm ends.

Not dead, still doing art Many hours of playing with stuff like this that no one sees.... (currently making a procedural mountain without addons)

Our weeping redbud tree is budding, the first violets have bloomed, iris shoots several inches above winter's dead growth.. It never ceases to be reassuring when spring does, in fact, come again. Tangible proof that a larger cycle grinds on despite us.

Every so often I check back into No Man's Sky.. currently doing the expedition. Main thought: does this new car really not have headlights??

Sneak peek at brick progress.. Started with following the lovely UV Grid tutorial series by @nodesandnoodles.bsky.social - then worked in some procedural displacement texture for stone variation.. Lots left to experiment with and resolve.

Need new background music in your life? Search Spotify for the album Endure, by Painted Water My dear friend is quite talented, and deserves more listeners. (Dreamers will remember him as IansaneArtist - he's mostly composing these days)

Still making (very slow) progress with the cobblestones, but I needed a quick break. Painted some 2k bricks in Krita tonight, will be doing an elaborate node setup for them.

Drink water, y'all. Actual water Coffee and tea are not enough for your kidneys

Been listening to all of Wheel of Time on audiobook (again - have both read & listened to all 14 multiple times before). In early internet days, I used to play (and build for) a MUD called As the Wheel Weaves. Occasionally I think about making a graphic version of their novice chore fighting system

The mageochondria is the powerhouse of the party

Progress update on my cobblestone road material Geo scattering failed me here, or more likely I just suck too much at math for this particular problem, so having to arrange all these rocks by hand like a real stone mason. Props to those who do this in real life.

End result of my procedural cloud experiments - quite happy with this, it looks lovely in full 3D as well, with full gradient effects visible. Back to playing with stones, now that the sky is fixed.

Figured out where the sky texture geo node tab was hiding... many hours of playing with procedural clouds.

Daaaamn that looks amazing O.O

Last time you'll see these rocks (and their future 8 companions) until they go into full cobblestone material scattering Managed to get a fair bit of depth and detail, they're low poly and sharing bake maps.

Postcard from UV Hell, I'll be here for a good while

My new demoreel for 2026 featuring work from Blender created over the last few years. I'm looking for work and willing to travel almost anywhere. Please repost! #Blender #VFX #Animation #Bluesky #Promosky #Art #ProcGen #LookingForWork FidelDestro@Proton .me

More practice with the high-to-low poly pipeline.. getting better

Low poly game-ready fbx version of the first cobblestone (9 more to go!) This was my first successful dance with retopology

'From Above' A different perspective for me today. A misty sunrise from Glastonbury Tor. It was bitterly cold but very still.

Stone update

Got the geo node rock creator and procedural texture all set up today - tomorrow I'll make about a dozen different flat rocks to create a nice cobblestone road

playing with some water and dirt textures in blender

Feed highlights (Not my pics or work, apologies for lack of proper credits/alts)

Saw 3 ladybugs today.. Not sure what that means, but seems significant somehow

progress peek

finally picked an object to make, here's to a day of learning and practice

Cold enough today I put on some garb socks from my old #sewing days... No, this fabric does NOT stretch, they're tailored via historical means. If I were less lazy I'd add the calf ties, but for now they are held warmly by sweatpants.

une autre ptite anim 2D que j'ai fait y a longtemps mais que j'aime toujours (j'aime les piafs) #animation #2Danimation #bird

Anders Andersen-Lundby (Danish, 1840 - 1923) Snow-covered forest road in moonlight 1874 Oil on canvas 30×22 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt