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Alvin Shi

Dec 18, 20202 min

Breakdowns: Health and Wellness

Hello! Went radio silent there. Probably going to come here for more try-hard kinds of posts. My twitter's a bit better with actually...

Alvin Shi

Aug 26, 20201 min

Blender Saga: Physics and rigging

Water's down pat. Actually animating anything more complicated than a single rigid body is still strange though. Waving hands? Wavy fish?...

Alvin Shi

Aug 17, 20201 min

Blender Saga: Glass

Transparent stuff is important in the world of material modeling. I want to make potions; potions need stylish glass bottles. Seems easy...

Alvin Shi

Aug 5, 20201 min

Blender Saga: Intermediate Animating II

Having made use of drivers (a useful tool for modifying surface aspects of materials), I turned my focus on to ways of procedurally...

Alvin Shi

Jul 29, 20201 min

Blender Saga: Intermediate Animating

Previously, I expressed a desire to make more interesting motion. General location/rotation/scaling animation will get you far, but it's...

Alvin Shi

Jul 23, 20202 min

Blender Saga: Intermediate Modelling

Previously, we delved into how to make an interesting cutoff shader, along with some nice outlines. During that time period, I ran into...

Alvin Shi

Jul 15, 20203 min

Blender Saga: Toon Shading

One particular Blender Artist I take a lot of inspiration from is Andry Rasoahaingo. His use of vibrant environment dressing and pastel...

Alvin Shi

Jul 10, 20202 min

Blender Saga: Prelude

The end of spring quarter at college brought with it a completed experimental animation project. Made in Blender, an open-source 3D...

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