# Hand of the Ancients

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/hand-of-the-ancients/1296434>\
**Category:** Finished Projects\
**Tags:** npr, cartoon\
**Created:** [April 5, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/hand-of-the-ancients/1296434 "2021-04-05T16:21:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![skiesofmu](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/skiesofmu/32/787683_2.png) [@skiesofmu](https://blenderartists.org/u/skiesofmu)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/hand-of-the-ancients/1296434/1 "2021-04-05T16:21:35Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I’m posting my latest work from my personal IP “Skies of Mu”.

This year I picked up Blender and I decided to learn the software by building this fantasy world. In each piece I’m trying to learn something new while exploring the NPR skills of Evee.

In this one I used geometry nodes for the towers, trying to wrap my head around the new Attribute Vector Math and use normals direction to drive the stone bricks placement. Not sure I did it right though…

The meadow is made with geometry nodes as well, while clouds and trees are made with this amazing tutorial by Lighting Boy Studio:

[LightningBoyStudio Ghibli Trees](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEgzuMmJtu8)

If you are interested in the project you can follow me on:

[skiesofmu.artstation.com](https://skiesofmu.artstation.com)  
IG - skiesofmu  
Twitter - skiesofmu

Any comment / criticism is welcome 🙂

Stay safe!  
Filippo

#npr

 ![SKMU_grass_field_1](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/9/8/5/9857a5b45d84e8ad96c8228a7f4cd1185e50569c.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![RubenRamos](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/rubenramos/32/1241358_2.png) [@RubenRamos](https://blenderartists.org/u/RubenRamos)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/hand-of-the-ancients/1296434/2 "2021-04-06T08:29:43Z")

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So beautiful, good work!

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**Author:** ![muhuk](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/muhuk/32/2270_2.png) [@muhuk](https://blenderartists.org/u/muhuk)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/hand-of-the-ancients/1296434/3 "2021-04-06T10:49:08Z")

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This is great work. Please consider making a short animation with the clouds and wind.

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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:** [April 9, 2021, 7:45am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/hand-of-the-ancients/1296434/4 "2021-04-09T07:45:03Z")

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I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!

> **[Best of Blender Artists: 2021-14](https://www.blendernation.com/2021/04/09/best-of-blender-artists-2021-14/)**
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> Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I’m putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation.

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**Author:** ![skiesofmu](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/skiesofmu/32/787683_2.png) [@skiesofmu](https://blenderartists.org/u/skiesofmu)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/hand-of-the-ancients/1296434/5 "2021-04-09T15:46:23Z")

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Thank you Rubén!

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**Author:** ![skiesofmu](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/skiesofmu/32/787683_2.png) [@skiesofmu](https://blenderartists.org/u/skiesofmu)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/hand-of-the-ancients/1296434/6 "2021-04-09T15:48:54Z")

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Thank you Muhuk! I would like to animate some of these in the future…

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**Author:** ![skiesofmu](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/skiesofmu/32/787683_2.png) [@skiesofmu](https://blenderartists.org/u/skiesofmu)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/hand-of-the-ancients/1296434/7 "2021-04-09T15:49:31Z")

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Thank you Bart!