blender particle experiments - frozen particles

Nikolaus Gradwohl2012-03-06T05:02:24+00:00

for this part of my blender particle experiments I made a still image of particles frozen in an cube of ice. The image has been rendered with cycles - I really like the glass and metal materials.

you can download the blend file here

or you can download a hi-res version here

frozen particles

blender particle experiments - displacement

Nikolaus Gradwohl2012-03-05T06:16:52+00:00

For this part of my blender particle experiments I used a texture to change the displacement of the vertices and the speed of the particles that drive the explosion modifier.

This way you can make certain areas of a mesh bend outwards before you make them explode.

you can download the blend file here

dancing little stars

blender particle experiments - dancing little stars

Nikolaus Gradwohl2012-03-04T09:11:58+00:00

for this part of my blender particle experiments I made some little stars dance - using a boid particle system

you can download the blend file here

dancing little stars

bouncing cubes

Nikolaus Gradwohl2012-03-03T07:33:29+00:00

These are some bouncing cubes I have animated using the blender softbody physics simulation.

you can download the blend file here

bouncing cubes

blender particle experiments - splash

Nikolaus Gradwohl2012-03-02T06:19:53+00:00

for this part of my blender particle experiments I experimented a bit with particles as a dynamic paint brush - which is really cool and enables a whole range of new effects.

I also added a softbody object to have something that generates the splash

you can download the blend file here

splash

blender particle experiments - indirect light with group particles

Nikolaus Gradwohl2012-03-01T06:13:25+00:00

For this part of my blender particle experiments I played a bit with group particles - but this time I didn't use it to make the particle system pick some particles at random. I used it to group a cube and a light to make the shadows below the cube particle to simulate indirect lighting

you can download the blend file here

dissolving cone

blender particle experiments - forcefield

Nikolaus Gradwohl2012-02-29T06:02:16+00:00

For this part of my blender particle experiments I dissolved a bunch of cubes that are stacked up as a cone.

To move them around I added a turbulence forcefield and to dissole the particles I added a particle texture that changes the size.

you can download the blend file here

dissolving cone

blender particle experiments - exploding sphere

Nikolaus Gradwohl2012-02-28T06:09:01+00:00

In this part of my blender particle experiments I made a sphere explode - and added some light effects - and dust - and a glare effect - and a green glow - and it is in slow-motion :-)

you can download the blend file here

exploding sphere

blender particle experiments - butterfly

Nikolaus Gradwohl2012-02-27T07:38:29+00:00

For this part of my blender particle experiments I made a group of butterflys. The particles are set to boid-physics and the butterflies are simple mesh with two faces that are animated via 2 bones. The textures have been drawn in gimp.

you can download the blend file here

and the textures here and the second one here

magic potion

blender particle experiments - magic potion

Nikolaus Gradwohl2012-02-26T09:56:42+00:00

In this part of my blender particle experiments I used the particle system to trigger some smoke inside a bottle. The liquid is animated by using a texture that uses object mapping and a moving empty.

I think the flask would fit perfectly on the working desk of a mad scientist

you can download the blend file here

magic potion