Pushpin Toy setup - ala CGtuts+

Hi Everyone,

I just recently noticed a tutorial on http://cg.tutsplus.com/ that makes a pushpin toy effect using Houdini, which got me thinking about ways to do this in Blender.

This is what I came up with

It works with by using a subdivide plane and Dupliverts. I’ve given a basic rundown in the
.blend file below. It simply duplicates a single pushpin onto each vert of the subdivided plane which is being displaced using a BW image. This image or movie of course can be exchanged to whatever you like (just make sure it’s B&W).

If anyone has any questions or suggestions I’d love to hear.

hope this is helpful!

http://www.pasteall.org/blend/4471