LogInPavel Oliva showcased a new mind-blowing project and explained how it was made.
Made using Blender, Pavel's WIP dynamic squashNstretch rig that the bird uses is animated by adjusting just one controller bone, with auto-keyframing turned on. The bird itself is a deformed UV sphere with a single vertex extrusion, its legs are made up of 20 vertices with a skin modifier, and its feathers use a shell texture created with Material Maker and Blender's Perlin Noise.
As for the rig, Pavel says that you can recreate it yourself with the help of an add-on for dynamic bones, such as Swingy Bones Physics, Wiggle Bones 2, BoneDynamics, or any other similar tool.
You start by creating a controller bone, a stretch bone, and a stretch target bone, then, you need to parent both stretch bones to the controller bone, apply bone dynamics on the stretch target bone, and add stretch to constraint to the stretch bone. Finally, parent the rest of the rig to the stretch bone and animate the controller.
Previously, Pavel also showcased an adorable cat model with a fluffy shell-based shader and procedural animations powered by Unreal Engine 5:
And prior to that, Pavel experimented with Blender's new Simulation Nodes, showcased a cool Blender-powered setup that allowed him to animate a rigged character and run simulations on demand, demonstrated great procedural tools for generating wood platforms, toadstools, ivy-covered bridges, and buildings, as well as shared a free Modular Desert Kit for Blender. You can check out all of these projects and more by visiting the creator's Twitter page.
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