Mike's Stuff

 Quick animation showing the various coat outfits

Quick test of importing an animation. Was some errors loading (bones not found, maybe its the armature im using) But it seems to play ok with no glaring issues.    

 Not quite halloween :) They are in costume! Done in Blender.

 Golden hour is best hour. Done in Blender.

 Yeh kinda went all Disney on this.. :) Made in Blender and Photoshop for some tweaks.

Originally wanted a loop of Max and Chloe dancing, but got carried away :) Youtube link

 Just some test renders, will prob animate this when i get time.

  Few render tests with makeup matching outfit color?.. no clue if this is correct makeup etiquette. Created a mask for lips and eyes, used as factor to mix color in Blender. Also using outliner, thought it looked nice.   Full ver    Full ver       Full ver

 Quick render of Alex's room testing lighting, objects etc. Oh should be an unwritten rule, a red plaid shirt must be an option to choose! Link here  

Quick render test of some nice effects following @Berny_TheOven and @Sanctus_Art tutorials on youtube.  Loki dissolve and Thanos snap effect combined. Will tweak and mess around and see what else i can do with it. Rachel Chloe change effect

 Short animation showing Max going through some emotional auras. Added a butterfly cause why not :)  

 Been playing Cyberpunk recently and really loving the world and characters, once i get past some bugs :) Inspired i did a quick and rough hair style using Blender hair particles. Forget how amazing Cycles is especially with the PBR Hair node. 

Animated a static piece i did a while ago. Blender eevee takes a bit more effort to setup (light probes, shadows, reflections etc) But the speed is amazing 😀 Still have a few issues..  Lamps show up in reflections as round balls... need to reduce the radius a lot. Needs a invisible reflection option like in cycles. Again Lamps show us in volume areas, should be a hide from volume option. Messing with volume distance works in static shots but animated it wont.

  Trying out Blender eevee interior render. Seems to come out a lot cleaner then cycles even with a lot of samples.    

Small animation inspired by recent events and messages. Youtube link

Finally has some time the animate and render a longer version in Blender eevee. Tried out the new mantaflow sim for the steam.. worked well but is fiddly to get what you want. Youtube link: https://youtu.be/1nbLfH_BlKw LiS - Valentine Diner

Yeh i'm late, but its the thought that counts! 😅 Small section test render, as usual i went overboard and the final render would take a tad longer. 🤯 Diner Valentine

Nice little boat tutorial by @derrkdotcom on youtube.  Covers some advanced topics but easy to follow.  Added the newly rigged hotdog man cause why not..

Wanted to try out IK (Inverse Kinematics) rigging in Blender, watched some youtube tutorials from @JayAnAmGames short, informative and to the point.  Of course i picked hotdog man to practice on... 

Been playing around with Blenders cloth sim using the pressure option.. fun stuff. :)