> I took my first baby steps in Blender back in 2017
I believe I took mine in 2001-2002. Coincidentally, this was my introduction to the concept of "open source" software. The idea that such a powerful tool could be completely and irrevocably free was just absolutely mind blowing. And it allowed me to create the sort of precise, intricate things that were inaccessible in any other way as I, as an 8th-grader, had not yet accumulated any machine tools.
Glad to see this program is still going strong.
danielbln 18 days ago [-]
Extremely strong, even. I dabbled with Blender in 2006, and I could have only dreamed of the resources available today that teach you just about everything about Blender. It's a huge community and Blender is very popular.
Cool to see the whole process behind it. Some sneaky tricks there, and much knowledge. Unfortunately, I find the picture doesn't show the tidally-lockedness very well. If it wasn't for the title, I would never have noticed. The haze on the sun side makes it look like clouds.
monsieurblender 18 days ago [-]
Thanks! You are right, the effect is weaker than I had anticipated. Maybe I picked the wrong green tones, or the perspective was too close. I'm sure I'll try again sometime!
Samuel
JoeAltmaier 17 days ago [-]
Neat how-to, very glad to see experts sharing their insights.
The ship is masterful. Macro and micro scale, it has visual interest and convincing detail.
The planet is pretty, but not so much effort there - it's just backdrop. Room for more visual interest, it's been suggested a tidally locked planet would have perpetual storms at the terminator due to the thermocline. Perhaps a desiccated sun-side because of the water being sequestered in ice over millions of years. Lots you could do with that.
Anyway, beautiful and instructional - like a zen master.
gttalbot 18 days ago [-]
This looks fantastic. I particularly love how cool things look at the different perspectives -- presumably this is because you did the hard work of making the planet at realistic scale? Thanks for sharing the process. It was fascinating!
patrickhogan1 18 days ago [-]
Just want to say this is so cool! Many concepts seem much more accessible in visual form.
> I took my first baby steps in Blender back in 2017
I believe I took mine in 2001-2002. Coincidentally, this was my introduction to the concept of "open source" software. The idea that such a powerful tool could be completely and irrevocably free was just absolutely mind blowing. And it allowed me to create the sort of precise, intricate things that were inaccessible in any other way as I, as an 8th-grader, had not yet accumulated any machine tools.
Glad to see this program is still going strong.
Samuel
The ship is masterful. Macro and micro scale, it has visual interest and convincing detail.
The planet is pretty, but not so much effort there - it's just backdrop. Room for more visual interest, it's been suggested a tidally locked planet would have perpetual storms at the terminator due to the thermocline. Perhaps a desiccated sun-side because of the water being sequestered in ice over millions of years. Lots you could do with that.
Anyway, beautiful and instructional - like a zen master.