# Trust Me 25 (Pandora,AKRAS)

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/trust-me-25-pandora-akras/1579730>\
**Category:** Finished Projects\
**Tags:** modeling, video, low-poly, lighting, characters\
**Created:** [February 16, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/trust-me-25-pandora-akras/1579730 "2025-02-16T17:43:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![AKRAS](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@AKRAS](https://blenderartists.org/u/AKRAS)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/trust-me-25-pandora-akras/1579730/1 "2025-02-16T17:43:54Z")

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![trust 3d scene still final](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/0/9/4/094994dae89070182a6ce43a6f1ee6009d67535e.jpeg)

Hi there! I’m a music producer first and foremost. This week I collaborated with the legendary eurodance artist Pandora, and we released a new modern take on the hit Trust Me called Trust Me 25. (_[spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/7DJnYwJepMWhJ14Oj0x39I?si=ccf5cf2b976942e0)_)

The photo above is from an animated 3D scene I created for promo material. It’s rendered in cycles for the best volumetric atmosphere. The playstation one era low poly aesthetics are in the core of my AKRAS-project, and it fits perfectly with the futuristic and nostalgic feeling of the 32 year old song.

It was a bit tricky to get the cloth simulation (both on hair and dress) to work properly with such a low-poly model, but using a “simple” subsurf solved it.

The art features a “mermaid dress”-theme, and red “mines” that is sort of a new, more underwater-ish take on this classic Pandora album art:

 ![0x1900-000000-80-0-0](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/e/8/ce8636d35cfab9393b8c7766e993e354f423e693.jpeg)  
_Best of Pandora (1997) - reference_

Here’s the 3D scene in motion:

[![](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/0/4/c040504cebb6732541be61b1771a2911087d7141.jpeg "Trust Me 25 - Out on February 14th!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSMw2LjCFjI)

[(link to instagram](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF92JB0NPJY/?igsh=MTRzZzduY2xrMG94eA==))

I also filmed the live video in the promo material and added 3D effects like red mines on top. The strobe light effect was fun to create: I don’t have expensive led gear, so I just made the red channel flash in After Effects, synced to the flashing “mines”.

Tell me what you think and enjoy the song​✌🏻

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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:** [February 22, 2025, 7:42am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/trust-me-25-pandora-akras/1579730/2 "2025-02-22T07:42:35Z")

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