Thinsoldier's Sketchbook 2022

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Very off topic but I just stumbled across probably my proudest moment in my internet history: https://fantasai.inkedblade.net/style/discuss/wasp-feedback-2008
So many things we suggested have become reality. It puts a smile on my face to see my name used in the same sentence as some of the most important names in the history of evolving and improving web design.

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Is there a better way to randomize multiple images?

I downloaded this free set of 5 image textures: https://3dsky.org/3dmodels/show/kerranova_slate_1 [image] It came with a UV mapped object to put the tiles on: [image] I eventually figured out a way to randomly put a different one of the 5 images on each tile along with randomly rotating the images: [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] Could someone have a look at the attached file and let me know if there’s a better way to achieve this than what I did? Slate Randomize…

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How to have textures in Geometry Nodes match shader nodes.

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Geometry nodes and the shader use different defaults for the coordinates of the Voronoi texture. Geometry Nodes bases them on the “Position” field, while the shader uses the “Generated” coordinates.
This is probably the case for most texture nodes, but I didn’t check this thoroughly.

Here is how you can match commonly used texture coordinates from the shader in geometry nodes:

Object Coordinates

Generated Coordinates

UV

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\Downloads\3D Downloads\3dsky.org_RARS\green-box-wall-hung-by-gusack

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benianus3d Scene 10 the seat

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I Need MATH Help to shift the Voronoi texture start position by half of a cell unit

I’m using Voronoi to make a pixelated screen/dot-matrix/score-board texture effect. [image] [image] It works perfectly with square images but with rectangular images I have to divide the width by the height and use the resulting value as the Y scale of the mapping node controlling the “dots pixels”. In this example the Y scale needs to be two: [2021_07_29_FSPX-Hillside-Flags_Celebrate] (other files might have wild and crazy aspect ratios) It works except the “color pixels” are half a …

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There are problems with the Bump node.

"Regression" : Using normal or bump maps in cycles produces flat washed-out...

Cycles: Bump node doesn't distort normals

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cloth objects are too heavy to upload here, will try to decimate them and see what happens later

3d models - download 3dsky.org

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C:\Users\thinsoldier\Desktop\BlenderWorkPC\2020\pool-house\

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Lollipop Candy Twist Problem with Generated Coordinates

I have this old file where I try to procedurally make a pinwheel candy/lollipop. The very annoying and strange thing about this file is it always looks wrong when first opened but after turning various things on and off multiple times it eventually fixes itself. I think the file was originally made in version 2.80. I have a cylindrical mesh and on that I use Simple Deform Twist. [With Twist][Without Twist] And then I wrap it around a spiral curve: [image] In hind sight I probably should ha…

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