2024 Collab: Week 49 “Sleds”

[FedPete]

This is the Blender Collaboration 2024, week 49 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 “Sleds”.

• Sleds - … December, snow, Santa. Sleds like traditional, homemade or modern ones.
• Subject selected by the previous Week 46, 2024 “ First Prize " winners Joey_Cuevas, xealstrag

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. 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.

Deadline: 2024-12-07T22:55:00Z

• Last week’s collab: Blender Collab: Week 48 “Christmas trees”
• Next week: 50 - Favorite thing about december
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[xealstrag]

I might add a few more details after this, but I think this is fine.

[Megane_Wang]

I love that “marzipan” look!

[mfortunato]

Marzipan is such a great way to describe it!!! Really great looking sled. And I love the rope, how did you get the clean twist? Did you use a modifier or use paths first?

[xealstrag]

Thanks!

I started with this mesh shape, then used the screw modifier to get a single segment of the rope. I then used the array and curve modifiers to align it to the nurbs curve for the full effect.

The knots were created using the extra curves add-on. I just duplicated the rope segment and re-aligned the modifiers to the knots, making sure to apply their scales and put the origins in the correct places.

[mfortunato]

Thanks for the explanation. I forget about some of the modifiers and sometimes end up doing things the hard way in Blender.

[mfortunato]

In keeping with my 2.5D comics/cartoon theme, here is my recreation of Calvin & Hobbes from the original cover of the “Authoritative Calvin & Hobbes” collection.

Camera view of just the models:

Perspective view of just the models:

Perspective view with the grease paint layer:

Final Render:

[FedPete]

[mfortunato]

That’s so sweet! I have never thought to do something like that on a wall but it’s such an excellent idea!

[FedPete]

It was a difficult project. How do you scale a small picture. I traced it onto a transparent sheet of plastic. Then built my own projector … A cardboard box with a magnifying glass, a strong lamp behind the copy. But I couldn’t get it strong enough. The solution was to draw out the rough lines in the semi-darkness.

The lines are black tape (5 mm). Because you can then stick them in flowing lines and often cut them with a knife.

In some places the tape comes loose, because it has been stretched too far.
In the process you learn … have fun.

[mfortunato]

Holy c**p! i thought that was a decal or something. You really worked to create that wonderful image on your wall.

[Joey_Cuevas]

[mfortunato]

That sled is HUGE and that dude looks terrified! It’s great. Nice job on his scared expression, too.

[xealstrag]

I gotta say, this is kind of mind-blowing to look at. It’s amazing what you can do with blender. Great stuff!

[mfortunato]

My next experiment, I want to try a combination of drawing grease pencil on a 3D object (like the tutorial @FedPete Shared) as well as using Blender’s auto outline with grease pencil to see if I can do some simple 2.5D animations. Like a camera pan with parallax scrolling.

[Megane_Wang]

Working on this… I am not sure whether it is a sled, but oh well

This is the one for this week

[FedPete]

That’s funny, I had the same idea! I like your vision better.

[FedPete]

We @BlenderCollab have a few days to vote. You can vote fast but also think slowly about design, colors, technique, difficulty, subject, realism, etc. Choose consciously and not on your entry.
The new subject week 50 “Favorite thing about December” has already started. The winner of this week’s “Sleds” challenge may select a subject for next week 51 and win a badge.

Sleds

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[Megane_Wang]

I like your version too . I think that my final render is a bit dark. I am afraid it has to do with my working allnighters this week and tired eyes.