Incidental pattern

The theme for this weeks' competition was "under the sea". My submission was "Looking up to the sky" and of course had to try to get a pattern out of it.




This is the pattern I made from the fish model I used for the video. Took about 10 minutes to make so not a great but still proud on how quick I was able to make it.

Hopefully of use to someone. It actually doesn't look bad as a model. Made this from the height map to show what you can get from the image. This is still virtual with a wood texture applied but you can see the detail. I did clean the fins a bit to lower the texture.

Dang it, Mike! You and your keen eyes and brilliant brain. lol

Yup. I missed it even though I've looked at it a hundred times.

Here is an updated image.

Tom,

Done. Version 3. Tweaked the hands a little bit as well.

I was asked to show how I make my height maps on another site so made a chain bed as an example. I've also been playing around trying to figure out the fastest way to make these. I have it under 3 minutes but I know it can be done way faster. It is tileable.

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Here is a blender screen shot to show the setup.

P.S. I used a different method to render the height map image. That's why its a bit darker than my normal method. For the 3d folks, this utilizes a material that pulls the z-height data and mixes it with a bit of ambient occlusion. Its a cheat for mostly works. As I mentioned on the other site, not all models are good candidates for this type of rendering.

Made an animation for my wife's Twitch account of a dancing teddy bear. Of course had to try to make a pattern from the model. It came out kind of mediocre but it might still be of use to someone with a small one.

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Happy pre-Valentines day.

Twisted wrought iron heart with some welds. Nothings says love like a chunk of wrought iron.

Damascus steel background texture.

I am playing around and trying to get a good variety of damascus steel patterns. This is my starting base. I think its looks a little like damascus Thor pattern.

This is what it looks like converting the height map to geometry.

For any Blender users, here is the node group I used to get the above material. The normals and displacement maps are not totally required. I created them using Shadermap 4 Pro from the material.

Good. It can be used as a background or as a texture depending on your need and cnc software.

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Tom, thanks. More fun than wonderful.

Here are some more patterns I came up with last night.

They can also be used for abstract art pieces.