My first Blender project. A 3D animated Christmas card

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Long time 3D artist (35+ yrs), but new Blender user. I’ve used many different 3D systems over the decades, but most recently coming from LightWave 3D. I’m currently learning the ropes of Blender. Just getting set up on blenderartists too. Just testing how to post YouTube videos of Blender projects in preparation of a new project I’m working on. This is a 3D animated Christmas card I did last Dec.

I used this to explore the Blender particles system to create a seamless loop of falling snow. The snowman is my take on a snowman from an online tutorial as I was learning the basics of Blender.

Let me know what you think.

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Here’s a tutorial I put together about creating the seamless falling snow loop.

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Don’t hate me for these seemingly scrooge-esque thoughts … it looks and feels bleak and somewhat dismal.

The Merry Christmas letter shapes feel like they’re covered in gray soot. The heavy handed vignette bleak framing even more sooty. The gray sooty ground is complimented by that bleak background.

The lighting is nice.

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I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!

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Wow! Thanks! You too!