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The spores have been made with an iso-sphere and a bevel modifier, the image was rendered with cycles

you can download the blender file here or you can download a hi-res version of the image here

I played a bit with the blender array modifier

you can download the blend file here

A Ghoooooooost! Ruuuuuuun! beeep!

you can download the blender file here or you can download a hi-res version of the image here

I made a short film with blender based on my blender particle experiments

all animation, compositing and video-edition has been made using blender, the sound track was recorded using ableton live

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

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

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

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

you can download the blend file here

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

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