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Integration is a process

Posted by Marius Oberholster on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, In : Just for fun 
Hey all!!
Last week we took a pleasant break from the film making posts and we're still kind veering off a bit, but it actually also does relate... confused? Me too, LOL. Anyway, this week I want to share about a recent movie that has made headlines, but not for the reasons we all had kinda hoped.

- JUMPS BACK A BIT -

A short while ago, we spoke about the style or medium of the movie and that applies here. When you're dealing with an established franchise and you go and flip it's medium to...

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Violet Evergarden: The Movie review

Posted by Marius Oberholster on Sunday, October 24, 2021, In : Just for fun 
Hey all!!



Now, I know what you're thinking!
"OH NO, HE'S GONNA DO ANIME REVIEWS NOW!!!!! NNNNOOOOOOoooooo.........."
No, no I'm not planning on doing that at all, BUT, this is one that I think needs some perspective.

SPOILERS!!!!!

I've read a few reviews about it before it ever surfaced here in South Africa, btw, huge thank you Netflix - I really appreciate getting to see it! No, that's totally serious, not being sarcastic at all.

The reviews were overwhelmingly negative and I was quite taken aback...

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Water

Posted by Marius Oberholster on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, In : Just for fun 
Hey all!!

The theme for the Make Human competition this month (October 2015) is Supernatural. Below is my entry and the post with it :D


Theme:
The entry for October is called "Water". I thought it would be a clever title, because people will definitely wonder "Water?! What did he do?" haha.
This one is of JESUS walking on the water, specifically from Matthew 14. That has to be one of the coolest supernatural things HE did, apart from going to the cross on purpose.

Process:
In the initial render, I ...
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Color Study 2015

Posted by Marius Oberholster on Monday, September 7, 2015, In : Just for fun 
Hey all!

I really feel strongly that GOD wants me to do a little bit of a study. It's nothing like huge or whatever, but I think it can be very interesting. Unfortunately, I can't tell you guys the theory yet, because if I do, it will affect the outcome of your answers, if you choose to participate (which I know you will (^^,) ).

If you would like to be a part of this, which I know you do, you can answer the questions here.

I'm not going to push this beyond the end of this year, because the poin...
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Paper and art

Posted by Marius Oberholster on Friday, December 6, 2013, In : Just for fun 
Hey there everyone!

Today's post is one kind I have not been able to do for a while! So very excited!

Yesterday, a friend and I was talking about doing crumpled paper. Now, I was thinking he was talking about those balls of paper you make when you try to form an idea, then you don't like it, so you tear it off, crumple it and put it aside. But, he meant like paper that was crumpled then folded open again. Haha, anyway, so I said I would try it (before the misunderstanding was cleared up) and th...
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Free wallpaper today, yey!

Posted by Marius Oberholster on Friday, September 28, 2012, In : Just for fun 
Hey all!

Didn't get any requests for this one, but I believe HE wants it shared. So, here it is. I had to modify it a bit, because the single mountain landscape, just didn't cut it. I added a few more and some mist as well as a few other things, but I really wanted to add as much photographic qualities as I possibly could to just give it that bit of a boost, including a vignette (it is that bright spot in the middle of most photos). Because this is a very bright scene, the appearance thereof w...
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Can Blender do a glitter material? You know it can!

Posted by Marius Oberholster on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, In : Just for fun 
Today I spent most of the morning's work time on finding a way to replicate a glitter containing plastic (thought it would be cool if Blender could do that) and in the last tutorial, Procedural Textures - An Introduction, I showed an intro as to a possible method, but I was yet to fully give it a try and today I did and it looks fantastic.

You can see how it responds here. I rendered only a low res version that you can watch here, but this was just for fun, not work:
Glitter Material

Enjoy!

Thank...
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