In this first episode of Creating Whatever I Want (but I want too much), I'll be modeling, texturing, lighting and rendering a tiny robot in the shape of a luxurious diamond!
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00:00 Explaining the rules
00:43 Rolling the dice
01:58 Working with creative constraints
02:26 It's a diamond robot, I can feel it!
03:37 Designing the legs
06:49 Technology inside the diamond
08:45 Stealing from myself
09:01 More diamond robot technology
09:58 More leg design
10:55 Finding diamond symmetry
11:25 Making cute lil' diamonds
11:47 Assigning the accent color
12:32 Figuring stuff out
13:27 The rig works!
14:15 Animating the body
14:43 Animating the legs
16:20 What does this robot even want?
17:47 Trying to make it come alive
18:24 Making the mirror
19:18 Brainstorming the scene
20:00 Making jewelry I won't use
20:58 Finding and importing assets
22:29 Making jewelry I will use
23:00 Lighting begins!
23:52 Diamond reparation
24:20 Sticking to the rules
24:48 Camera depth of field
25:05 Tweaking the ground material
25:35 The camera is a character too!
26:51 First still render
27:22 Reflecting on color reflections
28:11 Tweaking the animation
29:30 Exponential glare node setup
30:07 This usually works, I swear!
30:36 Exponential glare demo
31:27 Drinking glass speedrun
32:08 Modeling more scene details
32:41 Reviewing the preview render
33:35 Further animation tweaks
34:58 Cycles X is amazing
35:59 Adding some textures
36:27 Creating custom vintage bokeh
37:37 Taking my hands off!
38:07 The final result
38:20 HDR upgrade
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Thanks for watching!