2024 Collab: Week 25 “Magic Trick” - VOTE CLOSED

My first rabbit in Blender just -“Poof!”- appeared :grin:. Still working on the idea (and the more I do, the more I think it can be done better :grin: - oh, well, I guess this is called learning) !

This one will be the final version for today:

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This is what you quickly came up with? It’s so great! I love the expression on the magician’s face. It reminds me of a claymation cartoon like Gumby. Well done!

We’re all learning. That’s why we’re here. This rabbit reminds me of the old Chuck E cheese animatronic characters. There’s something both sweet and sinister about that rabbit. A very “Five Nights At Freddy’s” kind of vibe. I totally dig it.

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I’m trying to do bigger projects, like animations. And revived some old project assets. Improvement of the mesh, more attention to the armature. Thinking about what bone movements I need. Then I thought I needed a test to see how things work. So I made a test reel to isolate problems.
It’s not entirely magic, but the video shows a little trick…

  • I need to re-rig, I forgot to detach to body from the legs.
  • Do not use EMPTIES for animation, use bones.
  • Some strange pole bone behavior
  • The legs have a bad limit on reaching the floor (foot needs to stay while body moves)
  • Arm and legs mesh stick out (I don’t use weight paint, but object bone relations
  • Arm movement etc, are to slow. Need to fiddle with the graph editor. But wat to use the NLA editor

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looks good, you’ve put alot of character into it :slight_smile:

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Great Bender model, FedPete. The animation is really cute. Heh, as if we couldn’t tell what he was doing before he turned around :smile:

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Also, I’d recommend doing the whole render, not just the bunny by itself. There’s a lot of whimsy in the spaghetti-armed magician.

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Bunnies a classic!
Have you ever wondered where they came from to the hat?

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Hahahah, very nice! I was exactly thinking about the same question, though my “answer” had been more like a humanly-cosy place under a magician’s hat :grin:

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This is brilliant and kinda creepy. Those poor bunnies have no idea what’s in store for them. And they look so trusting too!

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So I zagged a bit when it came to a rabbit out of a hat. I’m not entering it this week as it’s not finished (I’m such a perfectionist) but I’m really stoked with the way this is turning out. I haven’t painted textures yet, just selected faces and added flat colors (with the exception of the coat and hat - I’m experimenting with a procedural shader). I’m currently unwrapping the models so I can get cracking on texture painting. I added lights and some volumetric fog to make it look finished, but it’s all smoke and mirrors (ha ha ha) I hope to have this textured soon. Hope you all enjoy the work in progress.



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if you didn’t said that its work in progress we wouldn’t be able to guess it. Great work!

The emotions of the participants are shown more clearly than in the original. The wizard is scared, surprised, he is completely unprepared to pull out the crocodile. But the crocodile is deliriously happy to escape from the hat. Its like his lifelong dream had come true!

On unrelated note… Now it seems to me that this crocodile grew up with the bunnies from my entry… and he was boooooooooooooored…

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Ooh, we have a crossover! I think that’s a wonderfully hilarious thought - my croc in your bunny world. I can imagine the poor croc just wanting to play but the bunnies just ignoring it. I guess this croc is a vegetarian :joy:.

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This story is better than what I came up with! :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: ignoring a playful crocodile is exactly how bunnies will behave!! my bunnies never agreed to play with cats.

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Crocodile is not a vegetarian, but bunnies breed so quickly that they don’t notice disappearances. This croc is so fat that he won’t be able to get out of this hat, he won’t fit through…
I felt very sorry for the bunnies. :cry:

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Now I feel sorry for the croc - he looks so happy right now. Wait until he realizes he can’t get through the hat :rofl:

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Congrats to good composition, Kzanna!

Of course it’s not the only thing good here but it’s pretty rare to see it in 3d art community.

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Because of the direction everyone went in for this subject, I thought you might all enjoy this. The whole video is great, but this part in particular (2:12) left me in stitches the first time I saw it ^v^

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That was hilarious. I have now shared this video with all my family :grin:.

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@Kzanna Congratulations on a special vision of the magical event. It makes you think for a moment. The rabbits are well modeled.


  • Megane_Wang - Classic! I think somewhere in the modeling process the modifiers were out of order. This now makes the model look angular.
  • HobbyPirates - Cute! You can improve the lighting to make it a bit more lively.
  • FedPete - Creating the animation was fun. But as a still image there is no relationship to the subject. – no magic involved –

Note: I don’t want to offend anyone. I try to write down positive ideas and visions in my simple use of the English language. I am also sometimes more inspired by a particular subject or solution. I’m also learning from you!

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