# A Goat

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953>\
**Category:** Finished Projects\
**Tags:** sculpting, modeling, featured, animation, texturing\
**Created:** [June 26, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953 "2022-06-26T22:42:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![VFX\_Grace](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/vfx_grace/32/636755_2.png) [@VFX\_Grace](https://blenderartists.org/u/VFX_Grace)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/1 "2022-06-26T22:42:17Z")

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I created this goat for a project.  
For me, the difficult part of the creation was its hair, which took me a lot of time to research.  
Comments welcome.

 ![JF0L219A3_Goat01_Effect map02](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/9/4/9/949881c6cfe57dcc905315ddb67c07df26e83088.jpeg)

 ![JF0L219A3_Goat01_Effect map01](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/2/7/527f599958e98748861e945758d90b9839538eed.jpeg)

 ![JF0L219A3_Goat01_Effect map03](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/d/0/0/d0006e1df489fb7a3f876262976212d9345744ea.jpeg)

 ![JF0L219A3_Goat01_Wire01](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/e/b/d/ebdbd3920df72eca4f327eee68cbf4edaa1aebb2.jpeg)

 ![JF0L219A3_Goat01_Wire03](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/a/c/3/ac3245a5898b897d7480166256063887ef8ba570.jpeg)

 ![JF0L219A3_Goat_Rig01](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/3/8/5/38550534cb39b3e598ab283257b719285eaf8725.jpeg)

 ![JF0L219A3_Goat_Rig02](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/9/1/3/913cb4d4bc7d63f440bfb36616fbc53d05828804.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![MxD](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/mxd/32/780064_2.png) [@MxD](https://blenderartists.org/u/MxD)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/2 "2022-06-27T07:49:00Z")

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I’m no goat specialist, but this certainly looks very real! Done meticulously! Super! 👍

Even the rig and the animations look really good. 👌

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**Author:** ![MxD](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/mxd/32/780064_2.png) [@MxD](https://blenderartists.org/u/MxD)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/3 "2022-06-27T08:24:03Z")

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A long time ago I once sketched a page full of goats.  
They still look exactly the same as they did back then 🙂

 ![potloodschets - scan - Geitjes](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/e/d/7/ed7aecba57b5b0ed25ce0aeb05971c13017e1e2a.jpeg)

But for me it was only a quick taste, yours was quite a job! 👍

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**Author:** ![DNorman](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dnorman/32/24845_2.png) [@DNorman](https://blenderartists.org/u/DNorman)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/4 "2022-06-27T15:25:06Z")

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Beautiful, the animations really bring it to life.

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**Author:** ![VFX\_Grace](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/vfx_grace/32/636755_2.png) [@VFX\_Grace](https://blenderartists.org/u/VFX_Grace)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/5 "2022-06-27T18:41:22Z")

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Thank you. Your sketch looks good too, the goat is happy, haha.

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**Author:** ![Ingapambi](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/ingapambi/32/746306_2.png) [@Ingapambi](https://blenderartists.org/u/Ingapambi)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/6 "2022-06-27T19:07:37Z")

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Love it, the hair looks great to me and the same with the walk seq. I don’t know as much as you do but is the neck a little long?

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**Author:** ![kaamura](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/kaamura/32/1336949_2.png) [@kaamura](https://blenderartists.org/u/kaamura)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/7 "2022-06-27T19:19:15Z")

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The goat itself looks perfect, the hair is spont on. But the rigging?!?!?  
I’m totally blown away! You really took your time to study goats, right?  
Awesome job!

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**Author:** ![Marcotto](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/marcotto/32/548224_2.png) [@Marcotto](https://blenderartists.org/u/Marcotto)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/8 "2022-06-27T20:47:46Z")

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You even made the glup after chewing the grass 😃 insane !

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**Author:** ![Renzatic](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/renzatic/32/1433665_2.png) [@Renzatic](https://blenderartists.org/u/Renzatic)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/9 "2022-06-27T22:44:11Z")

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Is good goat.

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**Author:** ![VFX\_Grace](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/vfx_grace/32/636755_2.png) [@VFX\_Grace](https://blenderartists.org/u/VFX_Grace)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/10 "2022-06-28T16:40:52Z")

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Hi John, thanks for your suggestion.

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**Author:** ![VFX\_Grace](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/vfx_grace/32/636755_2.png) [@VFX\_Grace](https://blenderartists.org/u/VFX_Grace)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/11 "2022-06-28T16:43:42Z")

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Thank you. I did spend a lot of time studying it.

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**Author:** ![kaamura](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/kaamura/32/1336949_2.png) [@kaamura](https://blenderartists.org/u/kaamura)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/12 "2022-06-28T18:12:57Z")

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Successfully I dare say!

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**Author:** ![rodrigosaure](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/rodrigosaure/32/1133248_2.png) [@rodrigosaure](https://blenderartists.org/u/rodrigosaure)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/13 "2022-06-29T00:53:49Z")

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I can see its esophagus swallowing and its muscles bouncing. Brilliant.

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**Author:** ![JoanaJane](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JoanaJane](https://blenderartists.org/u/JoanaJane)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/14 "2022-06-29T11:10:24Z")

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Thats really cool!

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**Author:** ![GSB](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/gsb/32/1074916_2.png) [@GSB](https://blenderartists.org/u/GSB)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/15 "2022-06-29T14:02:22Z")

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Besides a real goat, this is the best goat I have ever seen…

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**Author:** ![Montaguti](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/montaguti/32/944742_2.png) [@Montaguti](https://blenderartists.org/u/Montaguti)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/16 "2022-07-01T06:15:17Z")

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Really realistic animation … it’s awesome 😍

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**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/17 "2022-07-01T07:38:14Z")

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**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/18 "2022-07-06T23:00:23Z")

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You’re on the #featured row! 👍

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**Author:** ![IvyKnight](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/ivyknight/32/769849_2.png) [@IvyKnight](https://blenderartists.org/u/IvyKnight)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/19 "2022-07-06T23:21:31Z")

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REALLY REALLY well made, looks almost real!

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**Author:** ![medart](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@medart](https://blenderartists.org/u/medart)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/a-goat/1387953/20 "2022-07-07T01:46:14Z")

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This is beautiful! I have two goats and one of them looks just like this. The walk cycle is also top notch! Great job!!!

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