Vertex Alpha Tools: Blender add-on useful when making N64 and PS1 graphics
I have previously shown how to make Banjo-Kazooie (from the Nintendo 64) stylized terrain and environments with vertex colors and vertex color alpha....
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How to make a Banjo Kazooie (N64) style terrain material in Blender (blended textures with vertex colors)
In the first part, you can see how Banjo-Kazooie from the Nintendo 64 presented its rich environments, making heavy usage of vertex colors for...
Exploring and Making Nintendo 64 Graphics (N64)
An experiment where I create Nintendo 64 stylized graphics (3D models, textures and environments).
Day 143: Undercity Skull Sign Hand Painted (WoW PS1)
My first 100% hand-painted texture since I started the Dailies. All other textures I made are mostly photo textures projected, post-processed,...
Day 134: Horde Catapult Shoot Animation
With the lessons learned in the dailies Day 132: Horde Catapult Rigged (Blender Linked Data Complexity) and Day 133: Rigging Mechanism to Rotate...
Day 133: Rigging Mechanism to Rotate Wheels
After a lot of thinkering, I learned and managed a way to rotate a bone (for example, for a wheel), using another bone as the controller, by adding a...
Day 132: Horde Catapult Rigged (Blender Linked Data Complexity)
This is probably the hardest time I’ve had with a rig so far. It’s so simple, yet so complex. Reasons and steps taken: The catapult was assembled with...
Day 129: Horde Catapult (WoW PS1)
This turned out very satisfying. It took a long time because I really enjoyed playing around with different textures, finding the “right” wood and...
0008: My 34th Birthday as if I were a PS1 character
As I’m very fond of the PS1 aesthetic and since today is my 34th birthday, I made this very badly textured PS1-like version of one of my favorite...
0004: Retro Dachshund Rigged
Rigged and animated the PS1 Dachshund that I modeled and textured last year. I lost too much time trying to export from Blender as a GIF. Next time...
Day 125: Forge Bellow from Ironforge Animated (Wow PS1)
I imported it into Godot and added a nice sound effect, but unfortunately, it was too annoying to export. So I am posting this daily as this silent...
Day 124: Forge Bellow from Ironforge Textured (Wow PS1)
In terms of “PS1 look”, the last daily that I was satisfied with was Day 112: Tauren Mill Rigged and Animated (World of Warcraft PS1). The other ones...
Day 122: Forge Bellow from Ironforge (Wow PS1)
From the Great Forge from Ironforge (World of Warcraft Classic TBC). Reference from Ironforge (World of Warcraft)
Day 121: Archery Target Textured (WoW PS1)
Yesterday’s Day 120: Archery Target UV Mapped (WoW PS1) daily textured. An Archery Target I found in Stormwind. Also, instead of the usual gray...
Day 120: Archery Target UV Mapped (WoW PS1)
4 months, 120 days! UV unwrapped yesterday’s Archery Target from Stormwind (World of Warcraft). Curiously, it’s a simple model, but it took 1 hour...
Day 117: Bladespire Ogres Prop Textured (WoW PS1)
Textured the strange decoration prop that I modeled yesterday (design from Bladespire Ogres from Blade Edge’s Mountains from Wow Classic TBC). Process
Day 116: Bladespire Ogres Prop (WoW PS1)
A strange decoration prop from Bladespire Ogres from Blade Edge’s Mountain from Wow Classic. Details will come from texturing.
Day 115: Undercity Lamp Post Textured (WoW PS1)
Does it seem this is going on as World of Warcraft TBC Classic being remade as a Play Station 1 game in Blender? Texture is 256×256. 115 –...
Day 113: Undercity Lamp Post (WoW PS1)
Reference, from Undercity Details and stylization will be made with texturization. World of Warcraft assets being recreated in Blender in the PS1...
Day 112: Tauren Mill Rigged and Animated (World of Warcraft PS1)
This was harder than animating a human. I had a lot of trouble figuring out how to spin around an axis, Blender would interpret 360 degrees as 0, so...
Day 111: Tauren Mill (World of Warcraft PS1)
I liked this very much. Probably my favorite daily alongside the one from Day 95: Pterodactyl Textured PS1 Style. When I finished texturing, it looked...
Day 108: Tribal Mill from WoW Taurens
I can’t believe I spent 40 minutes trying to model just the beak (at the top). I also spent a lot of time trying to figure out the best angle to...
0007: Phoenix Obtained
A fan art of the mount Ashes of Al’ar from World of Warcraft, because after many years, I finally looted it from the boss Kael’Thas Sunstrider from...
Day 99: Shovel Low Poly
I kept seeing shovels in World of Warcraft, so I decided to model one. It will look better after I texture it in another daily.
Day 100: Shovel Low Poly Textured
100 days of dailies! To keep my promise of not taking things seriously and to keep fighting against perfection, the 100th daily is a simple low poly...
Day 104: Lamp Low Poly Textured
Hand-painted the World of Warcraft low poly lamp that I modeled for daily Day 102: Simplified Lamp from World of Warcraft (the texture is just...
Day 107: Terracotta Vase Low Poly
Low poly vase modeled and then textured painted using texture stencils (textures from texturer). I’m liking my current streak of doing props. Process
Day 106: Failed 3-Sided Ziggurat Pillar
This was supposed to be a pillar with 3 equal-sized sides, but after 40 minutes, I failed to do it. Those few days were quite interesting. I noticed...
Day 103: Chroma Paper House
An experiment with Blender and Topaz Studio.
Day 102: Simplified Lamp from World of Warcraft
I wanted to create a World of Warcraft lamp (a type of item for the “Off-Hand” slot) and I decided to make the geometry as simple as I could, where I...
Day 101: Paper Scroll Folded
Created with a single vertex, then extruded it around and added a Solidify modifier. A PS1 low poly paper scroll made in Blender. Process Update Baked...
Day 97: Pterodactyl Posed
Rig assigned to the mesh.
Day 96: Pterodactyl Rig
The most complex rig I’ve created so far. I haven’t parented it to the mesh nor weight painted the mesh yet because the rig itself took a long time...
Day 95: Pterodactyl Textured PS1 Style
Textured yesterday’s Petrodactyl, using alligators and iguanas’ photos. This was a lot of fun! A low poly dinosaur / Pterodactyl, PS1 style modeled,...
Day 94: Pterodactyl Low Poly
I was in Un’Goro crater in World of Warcraft, where I had to kill a few Pterodactyls and then got inspired to create one. I’m not satisfied with how...
Day 93: Strong PS1 Low Poly Human
Did a full PS1 human, with split limbs, and also rigged it, from scratch. Process
Day 88: Apron Potato Man Painted and Rigged
I textured and rigged yesterday’s daily, Day 87: Apron Potato Man. Process
Day 87: Apron Potato Man
Inspired by an “Apron Man Creature” from the artist moto583motohiro.
Day 85: #AMCArmy 3D Text
A typewriter effect with Blender.
Day 84: Ripped Vertex Column
Just a small experiment with “Rip Vertices” from Blender.
Day 83: Killdeer Bird Texture Painted
Used texture projection to paint a new texture for the Day 81 bird, and then repainted over the seams to try to have a better texture. Process
Day 82: Donut Straight UVs
A little challenge to myself: having a Blender donut with straight UVs. It was easier than I anticipated. Process
Day 81: Killdeer Bird
A low poly/PS1 model of a small bird. Process
Day 80: AMC Popcorn
Inspired by a cake I saw on Reddit: Popcorn 3D scan and texture: “Popcorn Flake” (https://skfb.ly/6UwV9) by Geksaedr is licensed under Creative...
Day 79: Metal Sculpture
Random abstract sculpture I put together in Blender. Process
Day 78: Manual Rigging (Again)
Exercise with manual rigging before going full Rigify.
Day 76: Jar Creature 1 Rigged and Animated
Jar creature from yesterday rigged and animated. I have to learn how to make better IKs and how to make more natural animations. My animations play...
Day 75: Jar Creature 1 Textured
I’m very satisfied with how this turned out. It’s the kind of weird creature that came out of a PS1 game, just like the way I like it. Very Silent...
Day 74: Creature 1 Modeled
I’ll try to make some weird and random creatures in the PS1 style. Today I did the one design and modeled it. A kind of chicken / frog.
Day 69: Abandoned Observatory Finished
Very satisfied with the final result. I could see this model being used in a PS1-like horror game. Today I did the UV Mapping and texturing. Tried to...
Day 67: Abandoned Underwater Observatory Modeled
Modeled a abandoned underwater observatory, stick to a grid, the intention is to make a PS1-like building. Process
Day 64: Sci-Fi Table UV Mapped
Next step from daily: Day 61: Low Poly Sci-Fi Breakfast Table. Process
Day 63: Video about UV, UV unwrapping, and mapping
I decided to record a video about UV fundamentals and concepts. I tried to simplify the concepts as much as I could and I think I did a good job with...
Day 62: Blender UV Mapping Refresher
From time to time, it seems I completely forget everything about UV Mapping. It is still the 3D skill that I’m the least knowledgeable about,...
Day 61: Low Poly Sci-Fi Breakfast Table
Modeled props for a breakfast PS1 scene – still not textured. Learning resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVl9N20Tt8Y Process
Day 58: Ape HODL AMC versus Greedy Hedgie
Inspired by a cartoon with an unfortunate unreadable signature (if you know the author, please let me know), I created a 3D composition of it and...
Day 57: AMC Building Textured
Today was one of those days in which I feel that I lost all my abilities. It took me a long time to unwrap yesterday’s model and then more time to...
Day 56: AMC Theater Base Mesh
Modeling a cool building of an AMC Theater. Reason? $AMC. Due to excitement with the $AMC stock, I lost track of time and haven’t managed to texture...
Day 54: Low Poly Human Head
When modeling things like these, I remember why in the first place I avoid modeling the human figure. Even with reference, it’s hard to get something...
Day 55: Low Poly Man Body
Continuing from yesterday’s head, I modeled the body. Again, not completely perfect, but fits a PS1 model perfectly. It’s actually even too high poly....
Day 51: Play Station 1 Trimsheet Environment
Little PS1-like island, with real-time shadows and light. Learning resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcmO6Sxmq14 Process
Day 50: Further The Spectrum Soup fixes and media material
I finally fixed the “no hear” pose, because the arms were still merging into the body. I also added a “go back to museum” mechanism, created GIFs and...
Day 49: Fixes and Additions to my Ludum Dare game
Creative work today was all about fixing my Ludum Dare Game Jam game,. Fixes: Increased mouse sensitivity F to continue dialog, instead of Enter Fixed...
Day 48: PS1 Silent Hill inspired Terrain in Blender, grid perfect
Learning Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcmO6Sxmq14
Day 45: PS1 Props for Ludum Dare
I’m taking part on the 48th Ludum Dare Game Jam and I’m making a PS1 stylized 3D Game. Today I did most of the props. Process
Day 43: IK Refresher
In ancitipation to Ludum Dare this Saturday. This was frustrating. Hopefully, I won’t forget it anymore. Process This painting is called “FRUSTRATION”...
Day 41: Blender Suzanne Painted
How smooth can we get Suzanne from Blender? And then how stylized?
Day 40: PS1 Tree
A model from scratch from one of my favorite styles – PlayStation 1 stylized 3D art! Process
Day 38: The Hideous Pasta Toast
Using SVG to model an object. Process Models Credits [3D] Toast Prop (https://skfb.ly/6SWPx) by CwemKeeki Tomato (https://skfb.ly/6ASPn) by mazurenko...
Day 37: Dogs that I love
I modeled the PS1 Dachshund and the rocket last year, and then February this year, I animated the spin animation and added Dogecoin into the texture....
Day 35: How it really feels at the Dentist
Went to the dentist today for a simple cleanup. Regardless, I always freak out, and with today’s daily, I made a composition to express what I keep...
Day 31: Animatronic Frog Plays At Night
Inspired by a concept art made by Varguy. Frames Process
Day 29: Children’s Drawing Squared House and Car
My wife found in Skagen – Denmark, a rectangular and squared yellow house and a white car, just like children’s drawings – she even said: “oh this is...
Day 27: Cute Frog but wrong Interpolation
I modeled and textured this cute frog following the concept and video Blender for Beginners: Easy Froggy! by Mar (@marcelaylucin). After I finished...
Day 26: Life Stuck on Space
Life stuck on space. Process
Day 25: The Day we got Stranded in the Sand
Based on a real situation that happened to me in Skagen – Denmark. “Maria vai com as outras“. References Process UPDATE: Post-processing Review I...
Day 24: 80s Wireframe Chiptune Synced
Added music and audio sync animation to the daily 22. Resources Chiptune loop: HIGH ENERGY CHIPTUNE ♫ Biscuits – Evan King Syncing audio using shape...
Day 22: Cliché 80s Wireframe Animation
Resource used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnLsktA4gmY
Day 20: Light Path Salvation
Inspiration from Twitter. Process
0019: Geometry Nodes Exploding Chiptune Sun
Download uncompressed video. Music from HIGH ENERGY CHIPTUNE ♫ Biscuits – Evan King. A frame from the video...
0018: Is it Juice or Cheese?
Inspired by a YouTube video....
0017: Mood Swing Animation
Reference used (by Lucas Zanotto) Lucas Zanotto is one of my favorite artists. He makes minimalist animations around mental health. I’m very fond of...
0016: Surprised with my inverted reflection in a bowl
So, today I got really surprised when I noticed in a kitchen bowl, how my own reflection would appear mirrored down up to the middle point of the bowl...
0005: The more F-Stops, the more F’s in Focus
Finally learning some 3D camera and lenses theory and practice. Depth of field, focal plane and F-stop. The bigger the F-stop, the more F’s in focus....
0006: Dolly the Sheep, Zoomed
Understanding and practicing Dolly Zoom. Also playing around with the array modifier. 3D cameras and compositing is hard. Lighting is even harder, but...
0015: Learning 3D Lighting is Fun
Finally starting to learn lights and lighting! Also remember: deal with the scene Exposure, instead of trying to “explode” the power of the lights. I...
0014: Eyes in the Darkness
Inspired by this video.
0013: Old 90’s CD-Rom cover recreated in Blender
I recreated an old magazine Ad / CD-ROM cover in Blender. This is probably the most fun I’ve had in Blender so far (more than PS1-like modeling which...
0009: The Mandatory Stranger in the Sci-Fi Corridor
Procedural shading in Blender is fun. Also a reminder that I have to learn Photoshop Masks again. Corridor made in Blender with the help from Ducky3D....
0010: Meatball Asteroid Pulsing Field
Procedural shading done in Blender, without any help from tutorials this time – it’s still far from good, but it’s a start. Post processing in...
0003: Hard Surface Modeling + First Photobash
Hard-surface modeling without add-ons. Lighting and composition in Blender is extremely difficult. Photobashing in Photoshop is fun, but very hard....
0001: Blender Donut but In 10 Minutes
Learning Fluids in Blender. Learning resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0mFLJG_Cyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7sKdxMlNks