Creating a Sci-Fi Octopus in Blender - Cyber Kraken Tutorial

Creating a Sci-Fi Octopus in Blender - Cyber Kraken Tutorial

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What we'll be creating

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What we'll be creating

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Creating a Sci-Fi Octopus in Blender - Cyber Kraken Tutorial

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  1. 1 What we'll be creating
  2. 2 Creating the armature for one arm
  3. 3 Modeling the tentacle suction cups
  4. 4 Duplicating the arms
  5. 5 Parenting the link objects to the armature
  6. 6 AD: Skillshare
  7. 7 Modeling the head
  8. 8 Modeling the eyes
  9. 9 Attaching the head to the arms part 1
  10. 10 Modeling tubes using curves
  11. 11 Modeling bracket clamps for the tubes
  12. 12 Attaching the head to the arms part 2
  13. 13 Duplicating the bracket clamps
  14. 14 Drawing more tubes
  15. 15 Adding disc shapes for the head
  16. 16 Modeling energy storage devices
  17. 17 Modeling vents to the cage
  18. 18 Modeling spikes to the tentacle arms
  19. 19 Parenting all objects to the armature
  20. 20 Giving it a more dynamic pose
  21. 21 Adding volumetric lighting
  22. 22 Adding some simple materials
  23. 23 Adding and tweaking textures
  24. 24 Adding a subsurface scattering shader
  25. 25 Adding compositor glare
  26. 26 Material tweaking
  27. 27 Giving the octopus a tail
  28. 28 Further material tweaking
  29. 29 Fake caustics/god ray setup
  30. 30 Procedural noise animation
  31. 31 Final result
  32. 32 Thanks for watching!

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