This is the Blender collaboration 2022, week 39 challenge. Don’t be afraid to join, a lot of us are beginners. This is all to practice, have fun, learn, and get together.
This week’s subject is “Robots”.
A robot is a machine — especially one programmable by a computer — capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within.
The rules are simple. 1 subject, 1 entry, 1 week.
You create whatever object or scene or whatever you can think of that has something to do with the subject. It can be as simple or complicated as you want, all entries are welcome!
Post your picture here in this thread. And at the end of the week, we start to vote. And if you are the winner, you may choose the next subject and win a unique badge.
One I made earlier largely following a Ryan King tutorial series.
I had intended animation with a cat model and that lever was for the robot to open the cat flap not shown to the right). But the riggify cat armature was a nightmare.
At the same time, I was looking for a sine solution or info. I came across Blender 3.0 Dynamic paint. I have never seen this. But does it make my project go faster? Learning new things consumes time …
I think my solution is better for my laptop, sub-division and animation (physics) makes my project slow …
@FedPete I tried a little ripple effect using a simple circle and extruded the outline a few times, then I raised the even edges and lowered the odd ones. I then added a bevel to those edges trying to get them as close to the next one as possible. Finally I gave it a surface smooth in sculpt mode.
Yes, that was also my first idea. But my floor need multiple ripple effects.
And the ripple center must be affected by coordinates.
Working with material nodes and the ability to add multiple ripples, was the solution I was looking for.
The main problem is that working with material nodes makes my machine go slow. Sometimes you need to tweak between numbers like 0.01 and 0.009. It’s no fun then.
HDRs may be able to help with the lighting: (This isn’t meant to be my submission for the robot collab). If you need any help setting this up, I’d be glad to help.
