blender particle experiments - frozen particles
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
blender particle experiments - displacement
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
blender particle experiments - dancing little stars
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
blender particle experiments - splash
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
blender particle experiments - indirect light with group particles
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
blender particle experiments - forcefield
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
blender particle experiments - exploding sphere
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
blender particle experiments - butterfly
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
blender particle experiments - magic potion
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
blender particle experiments - soap-bubbles
In this part of my blender particle experiments I made some soap-bubbles. I made a transparent material and a magic texture to change the color. The particle system is set to fluid particles and I added a particle texture to make the bubbles grow and shrink depending on their lifetime
you can download the blend file here