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Sorting out our board game collection, splitting it into frequent plays, which will stay in the house, and infrequent plays, which will go into the garage.

Lots of denial going on here. 😅

YouTube video by Martin Crownover Secret Bunker Island Roller Coaster (Night Edition)

The nighttime version of my secret bunker island roller coaster animation is finished!

Check it out on YouTube, here: youtu.be/_lajXWZI0NU

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I'm watching Reacher while I do my workout today and feeling... inadequate. 😆

A still frame from the roller coaster animation I released a few months ago, but this time, it's night. A roller coaster rail twists through a modern house complex high over the sea. A patio with chairs, heat lamps, and a grill are ahead, along with a large tree. Lanterns and hanging lights light up the area. Stars can be seen through the clouds above.

A little thing I promised my son I would do. 😊

Will have the animation rendered soon!

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Thanks, @blendernation.com! 😊

My Chess Box animation got featured on BlenderNation's Best of Blender Artists: 2025-30!

You can spot it far down the page: www.blendernation.com/2025/07/25/b...

And you can watch it on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=lvCh...

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Bored, ready to unbottle the rage for a second... something like that. 😁

I have not noticed much difference, but... my system is pretty beefy, so it was running pretty well already.

Thanks! The results of lots of tweaking. 😁

This One In Particular 😆

Made in Blender 4.4/4.5. Rendered in 4.5 with Cycles.

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Haha, I learned the same thing! And I could've sworn I'd used constraints with IK previous, too!

A 3D still image from an animation showing a colorful hole-punching machine hovering over a conveyor belt, with a series of pink slabs on it. One slab up the conveyor belt is whole, the one beyond the machine has a giant hole in it, and the one underneath the machine is in the middle of flopping back onto the conveyor belt, with a slice from it flying through the air towards a nearby receptacle.

I think this animation is done - will post it tomorrow! 😎

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Constraints don't work with IK, unfortunately (I though t they used to, but apparently there are separate controls to constrain IK-controlled bones).

I think I was just over-thinking it though, making the rig too complicated when it didn't need to be. 😅

Awesome, thanks for the link!

Nice work, as always!

Is there somewhere I can read about this artfight stuff? I'm the dark about all this, haha.

Wait, Mario Paint is on Switch now (via SNES Collection)?

Time for some creative nostalgia! 🎨

Thanks! I'm looking forward to finishing it soon! 😄

The rig for this stupid thing has caused me so much grief.

The first time I rendered it, everything looked great in the viewport but completely broke on render. I had to redo the IK about 5 times before I got it right. 😵‍💫

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A 3D render of an uncolored, untextured machine that is hovering over a conveyor belt in a similar state. The machine looks like some kind of press attached to a multi-hinged arm, with a swivel at the bottom.

A little weekend thingy.

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Steam should let you see your friends' system specs so you can make better gift buying choices for them.

I had a sandwich for lunch today, on Dutch crunch bread, and it was tasty - but it absolutely *wrecked* the roof of my mouth.

Having flashbacks to when I used to eat Cap'n Crunch cereal.

Flossing hurt so much tonight! 😫

They just... don't... stop... 🍪

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It looks a little less realistic this way, but here's a quick turntable of the final cookie, if you're not hungry enough already. 😎

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A 3D render of an array of chocolate chip cookies sitting on a plane with a grid.

A 3D render of an array of chocolate chip cookies sitting on a plane with a grid.

After all the feedback yesterday, I'm done with these. A fun experiment!

Thanks again to everyone who gave me ideas for improvements. They were a big help!

I included the original render, so you can see the progression.

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A 3D render of an array of chocolate chip cookies spread out on a sheet with a grid overlay. The depth of field is strong, making only the cookie in the middle of the view easy to be discerned.

Here's a new batch. 😎

Moved some material stuff into Geo Nodes for less reliance on bump maps. Also added more fine detail and made the texture less busy.

Face count has gone up ~3.5x to accommodate the extra geometry. 🙃

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Haha, thanks (and me too)!

A 3D render of an array of chocolate chip cookies spread out on a sheet with a grid overlay. The depth of field is strong, making only the cookie in the middle of the view easy to be discerned.

I wanted to see how close I could get to a photorealistic chocolate chip cookie with procedural textures/geometry.

I think it's pretty close, at a glance. Looks a little video game-y on closer inspection, though! 😅

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A 3D render of a chocolate chip cookie sitting on a white plane. The chocolate chips are way too large and very deformed, sticking well out of the cookie.

I think there's something wrong with my chocolate chips... 😆

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Almost made an extremely lucky guess!

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