Iconic Ghost In The Shell Effect Recreated With Blender 5.2's New Cloth Solver

If you're a Blender user and have been online over the weekend, you've probably seen artists experimenting with new features in Blender 5.2. It's still in alpha and will remain so until June 3, but a lot has already been added to Geometry Nodes, including a new version of cloth and hair simulation.

Ashlee Alaniz, also known as ashlee3dee, whose work we've featured multiple times before, has also been exploring the new cloth solver:

A few more tests from various Blender artists:

In the new system, dynamic cloth tearing comes built in. Download Blender 5.2, enable Experimental features in Preferences, and check out this video from CGDive if you want to give it a try:

As usual, Cartesian Caramel has recordings of his livestreams that go deeper into the topic, which you can watch here:

You might also want to check out the recent fur simulation showcase by Furflection:

Don't miss Blender Studio's new film Singularity, which expands the Brushstroke Tools library with new painterly assets and more:

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