Here's a fishy animation test I did this afternoon! #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #animation #cycles #loop #wip

Texturing this guy was fun! I'm particularly proud of the procedural scales, but the fins turned out well too. It'll probably need some tweaks when I start putting the fish in an environment, but I'll worry about that later. 😎 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #cycles #procedural

I just realized I can align nodes in Blender's node editors by scaling them on X or Y by 0 and this is very dangerous news for my productivity. #blender #blender3d #b3d

I've got a few busy work days ahead right now, but I started a new side project anyway. 😎 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #cycles #wip

The preferences panel for Photoshop (and just about all Adobe products) are such a mess. 🙄

Balloon dog is finished! Really happy I got the fur (mostly) sorted, thanks to some help from zuggamasta over in Mastodon land. There's still some weirdness going on with his back leg if you look closely, but it's fine. 😎 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #animation #loop #cycles #art #digitalart

Balloon dog is finished! Really happy I got the fur (mostly) sorted, thanks to some help from zuggamasta over in Mastodon land. There's still some weirdness going on with his back leg if you look closely, but it's fine. 😎 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #animation #loop #cycles #art #digitalart

Alright, this good boy is looking a lot better now. Re-rendering the animation soon! 😊 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #cycles

Well, I'm still trying to figure out this fur business, but for now, here's Balloon Dog in his current glory. #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #animation #loop #cycles #art #digitalart

Blender friends! I have a rigged model, with Quick Effects Geometry Nodes hair. When I move the armature around, Blender seems to recalculate the hair placement, and they shift/twitch around. Also, "Hair Curves Noise" uses global coordinates...? How do I fix this? 🤔 #blender #blender3d #b3d

It's coming along! Still need to work on the materials some more, make a basic rig for animation, and make some further tweaks to lighting. #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #wip #art #digitalart #cycles

If anyone's wondering how the AI bubble is going: Today, Adobe Acrobat offered to use AI to summarize a PDF because it was "long". The PDF was a 6-page deck with two full-screen titles, three pages of nearly all images, and one page with a URL on it. I'm good, Adobe. This AI stuff, tho. Just 😂.

Happy with how this little doggy is turning out! 🐶 #blender #blender3d #b3d #wip #dog

Sometimes I wish I had a 3D printer. 😆 #blender #blender3d #b3d #wip

One more render of the wire knot, but without all the cool lights. 😆 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #animation #loop #geometrynodes

As someone who has been building computers for a long time, it's super easy to want to just rush through the process sometimes. But, man, when you take your time and be patient, and everything just works the first time you power up... it's so worth it. 😌

Here's another one of these flowy knot renders, but with the "cords" visible. 🌈 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #animation #eevee #loop

Using this Geometry Nodes setup on curve knots is pretty fun. #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #animation #eevee #loop

Alright, here's one more... I wanted to see what it looks like without the per-point noise. We are entering macOS screensaver territory. 😎 #blender #blender3d #b3d #geometrynodes #render #animation #loop

Cycles introduced artifacts into the render I posted earlier, and I thought it was because of the material shader. Turned out it was due to the scene containing a lot of overlapping geometry! 😅 Eevee to the rescue! #blender #blender3d #b3d #geometrynodes #render #animation #loop

Just messin' around with Geometry Nodes. #blender #blender3d #b3d #geometrynodes #render #animation #loop

Adobe Acrobat, won't sign in so I can't edit anything. Then, 4 seconds after opening, a blank white dialog box appears and then disappears, and 2 seconds later the app crashes. Great job Adobe. Super awesome software you've built. Let's keep adding AI features to this pile of dog shit.

I really like the Xbox wireless headset for Series S/X, but the warning tone it plays when the battery is dying is just way too damn loud.

What a guess! 🤯 Wordle 1,544 2/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Hmm, maybe I should turn off edge length measurements for now? 🤔 #blender #blender3d #b3d

This wild mine cart ride animation is finally done! You can watch on YouTube here: youtu.be/yk0HXp93GX0 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #animation #loop #eevee

This wild mine cart ride animation is finally done! You can watch on YouTube here: youtu.be/yk0HXp93GX0 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #animation #loop #eevee

Here are some comparisons between Eevee and Cycles - can you tell which is which? 🤔 Answers are in the alt text! I spent a fair amount of time adjusting lighting to look as close as possible in Eevee. #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #eevee #cycles

Work continues on my mine cart animation! I decided to switch the renderer to Eevee recently. I love Cycles, but the volumetrics looked bad without a high sample count, which increased some render times to ~3 min per frame. 😵 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #eevee #cycles

Hey, look at that - I'm all done! Thanks to everyone who stopped by today - it's always nice to get some support! I'll be hanging out here for a while, just taking it easy. Hope you all enjoyed the art updates today! 😄 #chalkitup #chalkitupSacramento #chalk #art #illustration

Fish and cup done! Just need to do the word bubble now. Thankfully, the shade has returned. 😎 #chalkitup #chalkitupSacramento #chalk #art #chalkart #illustration

Lunch from Hefty Gyros has left me feeling a little more hefty, but it was super good! 😋 #chalkitup #chalkitupSacramento

Fish is done, sun is out, and I'm hungry. Time for a lunch break! #chalkitup #chalkitupSacramento #art #chalk #chalkart #illustration

Top of the cup mostly done. Moving onto the fish! #chalkitup #chalkitupSacramento #art #chalkart #chalk #illustration

"Help Fish" makes a return for Chalk It Up this year! #chalkitup #chalkitupSacramento #chalkart #chalk #art #illustration #sketch

Time for another Chalk It Up! I'm at square 201 if you want to stop by and say hi 👋 today. The event takes place on Fremont Park, in Sacramento. This year, I'll be posting real-time updates to Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads. Links below! #chalkitup #chalkitupSacramento #chalk #art

Sometimes when I'm quickly throwing something together in Geometry Nodes, and then I zoom out and it's just an incomprehensible spaghetti of nodes and connections, I wonder if this is the Blender equivalent of vibe coding. 😅 #blender #blender3d #b3d

This is turning into a lot of work (and still a lot more to do) - all for a 26 second video loop. 😵‍💫 Plus, thanks to all the volumes, it's going to take a *long* time to render if I want it to look nice. But, dang it, I love how this is looking! 😍 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #cycles #minecart

Well, it was fun while it lasted. My morning routine just abruptly got a little lighter. 😜 #mini #paywall #rip

Today's Connections was tough for me, but I'm proud of myself for finally figuring out group 2 🟪. 😎 Connections Puzzle #803 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟪🟩 🟩🟩🟪🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Got these silly stringed lights working in Geometry Nodes, but they still need a little more work. You can barely make it out, but it constructs hooks, multiple sagging cords, and adds lights just from a bunch of connected edges! #blender #b3d #blender3d #render #cycles #geometrynodes #procedural

Can't say I'm super excited about the changes Adobe is making to their "Creative Cloud All Apps" plan, but I'm glad they are at least giving us a way to opt out of the AI bullshit. Now I'm just glad I don't rely on their mobile apps. #adobe #creativecloud

Watched two minutes of ads (well, just looked at my phone throughout). Missed part of the video I was watching and clicked back a few seconds. Served another two minutes of video. Fuck all the way off, Amazon Prime Video. 🤬

Testing out a reconfiguration of my roller coaster geometry nodes setup, lighting, and some new PBR materials! This rendered at 1920x1080 in 3.25 seconds! 😎 #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #cycles #wip

What the heck did I just spell? 🤨 Wordle 1,516 6/6* 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Sorting out our board game collection, splitting it into frequent plays, which will stay in the house, and infrequent plays, which will go into the garage. Lots of denial going on here. 😅

The nighttime version of my secret bunker island roller coaster animation is finished! Check it out on YouTube, here: youtu.be/_lajXWZI0NU #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #animation #cycles #loop

I'm watching Reacher while I do my workout today and feeling... inadequate. 😆

A little thing I promised my son I would do. 😊 Will have the animation rendered soon! #blender #blender3d #b3d #render #rollercoaster #art #digitalart