https://www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work daily 0.75 2025-11-03 https://www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/vfx-showcase-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/dark-sword-slash-vfx monthly 0.5 2025-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/1b384466-0001-48d8-85e7-d40508911716/NBAssetCollage.png My Work - Dark Sword Slash VFX - Make it stand out An overview of all systems, materials, and textures used for this effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/bcfb0906-73b8-4ace-b066-b9811ca2ccef/Screenshot+2025-06-06+155937.png My Work - Dark Sword Slash VFX - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/63a9eb70-e4b0-4ba4-a671-1aed6c4037ad/Screenshot+2025-06-05+160945.png My Work - Dark Sword Slash VFX - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/f7b3dd73-c6a0-450d-862d-81cc739d893b/Screenshot+2025-06-06+160241.png My Work - Dark Sword Slash VFX - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/e3207971-6a07-4cdd-b5f4-55a60652d9a3/Screenshot+2025-06-06+160400.png My Work - Dark Sword Slash VFX - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/27f7a78b-7ac5-410e-ba90-e83f13e3fb57/Screenshot+2025-06-06+160205.png My Work - Dark Sword Slash VFX - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/b170cf22-ad8f-4066-8a35-1c1f770ae556/Screenshot+2025-06-06+160115.png My Work - Dark Sword Slash VFX - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/69bc00fb-7b38-414c-95ea-a19fc7389bf6/Screenshot+2025-06-06+153730.png My Work - Dark Sword Slash VFX - Make it stand out An overview of the various Blueprints & animation montages used for the demo scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/db463594-bb79-4bcb-b9ce-3373b53b3749/NightbloodConcept.png My Work - Dark Sword Slash VFX - Make it stand out Concept drawing for the slash effect, going over several key poses in the animation. https://www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/magical-beam-attack-vfx monthly 0.5 2025-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/4fc87bb0-0955-48ed-936c-2823b4e5b804/LesbeamResources.png My Work - Magical Beam Attack VFX - Make it stand out An overview of all materials, meshes, and textures used for this effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/79989c79-acf4-4176-86e4-1b6cf585b12f/Lesbeam_1.png My Work - Magical Beam Attack VFX - Make it stand out A still from the starting phase of the effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/cc51fa5c-ab2a-4a8b-9818-a4c8578b55b3/Screenshot+2025-04-10+113848.png My Work - Magical Beam Attack VFX - Make it stand out The material node network that generates the anchored screen UVs that are used for the lip-shaped dissolve of the smoke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/e7c0f5c3-c5e9-4a50-90e0-11247510a7f1/ProcDustClouds.png My Work - Magical Beam Attack VFX Overview of the procedural system for generating the smoke meshes in Houdini. 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(Graph rearranged for the image.) https://www.bluebendypencil.com/my-work/magic-shield-vfx monthly 0.5 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/c8f45a6a-6ef3-4aad-94e9-8f0fb4b40e82/Screenshot+2024-12-23+140359.png My Work - Magic Shield VFX - Arcane Style Study - Make it stand out One of the earliest iteration of the effect, using a simpler pattern texture and a basic scrolling noise distortion for the continuous dissolve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/549182da-19f2-4042-a47c-1b047583f24f/Screenshot+2024-12-23+170150.png My Work - Magic Shield VFX - Arcane Style Study - Make it stand out Extra ribbon particles during main loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/249a6f5b-3de9-44a5-b2ad-86aee3000982/niagarartsetup.png My Work - Magic Shield VFX - Arcane Style Study - Make it stand out A scene capture Blueprint renders the Niagara system to a texture, which works rather well, especially after some additional UV distortion is added. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6724d543d5d18b67a647b3e7/2631bf48-a5f3-4e61-ac44-a8aa626f904d/Screenshot+2024-12-23+170543.png My Work - 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