particle grid glitter

Nikolaus Gradwohl2013-12-29T09:17:49+00:00

For this animation I turned a curve into a mesh and subdivided it several times. Then I placed particles of different sizes at the vertices and used a field to dissolve it

you can download the blend file here

glitter

first Volca Keys song

Nikolaus Gradwohl2013-12-28T08:16:00+00:00

I bought a Volca Keys from Korg yesterday and recorded a short test sequence using ardour. All sounds are unprocessed except for a parametric equalizer to remove a high pitched hiss from the recording (damn you usb cable!). The only thing not from the volca keys is a basedrum sample.

The keys is a really awesome sounding little box.

volca keys

ocean wobble

Nikolaus Gradwohl2013-12-27T06:46:55+00:00

For this animation I placed an ocean modifier on an icosphere in displace mode. Doesn't look like a wave but makes very interesting deformations.

you can download the blend file here

ocean wobble

growing particles

Nikolaus Gradwohl2013-12-23T10:43:44+00:00

I have made another experiment with the bTrace addon and the cycles subsurface scattering shader node

you can download the blend file here

growing particles

Lego AT-AT-Walker Raspberry PI case

Nikolaus Gradwohl2013-12-21T12:26:02+00:00

I modified my LEGO AT-AT walker model a bit and removed the storm-troopers that where sitting inside (who are obviously very incompetent, because they can't even make the walker stand up again after it drops to its knees) and made replaced them with a Raspberry PI.

Now I have an AT-AT-Walker Raspberry PI Lego case - Very awesome :-)

Raspberry PI ATAT-Lego case Raspberry PI ATAT-Lego case - details

little planet

Nikolaus Gradwohl2013-12-20T06:04:28+00:00

To create this little toy planet I only used an icosphere and a cycles material with a displacement texture, several math nodes and a color ramp for coloring the mountains

you can download the blend file here

little planet

glowing particles

Nikolaus Gradwohl2013-12-17T09:14:47+00:00

For this animation I used two particle systems, a hair particle system using a blender hair material node and a second one using a icosphere with an emission material

you can download the blend file here

glowing particles

new Pictures for my Livingroom

Nikolaus Gradwohl2013-12-16T08:15:18+00:00

I created a new set of pictures for my livingroom using a small processing script.

new pictures

The script generates a pattern of circles and saves it as a pdf files each time a key is pressed

read more ...

The Long Dawn

Nikolaus Gradwohl2013-12-15T11:40:48+00:00

I recorded a new song in my homestudio today. For this tune I used some iPad synths for the first time.

the long dawn

cycles material deform

Nikolaus Gradwohl2013-12-14T08:26:38+00:00

I experimented again with the blender material displacement output for this animation. I used a displacement modifier to make coarse modifications and a blender material with a displacement texture for the finer ripples. I really like the new displacement settings that got introduced in 2.69

you can download the blend file here

deform