My "Endless Engines" Pwnisher Contest Entry

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[@AlfieVaughan]

The project files from this video are now on Patreon. Obviously, as this contest is still live, please don't use any of this for your own submissions!! www.patreon.com/alfievaughan

[@PanArt_]

I'm really in awe of your workflow and in depth knowledge of all the steps to creating a CG shot. This was so fun (& impressive) to watch 👏🏾👏🏾 good luck 👍🏾

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much Panashe!

[@landgrenwilliam]

Cool!!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Ayyyy William! Nice to see you man. Thanks a lot!

[@Joshbrucemedia]

This turned out great! Good job 👍

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you Josh!

[@harem137]

OMG!!! in blender????? man they have come a long way!!!!!! good stufff!!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Yep! The foreground is blender and the smoke simcof the volcano but the rest is a 2.5D matte painting in Nuke

[@kyleheilig255]

Awesome breakdown. I'm in no way going to make the deadline, but I'm going make something, nonetheless.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks Kyle! Good luck!! You still have a few weeks

[@Porkupine69]

same, I had to cut down my plan many times

[@kyleheilig255]

@@Porkupine69 I'm okay with it. I'm a complete noob. I could make something meh. But I decided to push myself to make something I'd enjoy more. Then at least I'll have learned a lot more for the next challenge.

[@jynxbot352]

Im worried about that too heh :( I havent had time much till this week to work on it

[@madlookzvfx]

Ofcourse, Texturing, lighting, rendering and Comp in nuke please!

[@AlfieVaughan]

For the tutorial??

[@madlookzvfx]

@@AlfieVaughan Yes! Sorry, forgot to mention that. and Best of luck!

[@ketansharma4143]

fascinating to watch the speed run

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha thanks!

[@Porkupine69]

I have seen so many submissions, and this is my favourite idea. Only thing I felt was that the horse moves to the side a bit too fast but after watching it a few times, I guess it's not that bad. This is probably the closest I've seen to my idea. I had planned to add a volcano which shoots flowers might not have time for it

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much! Yeah it's probably not perfect. I'm not a great animator and I had some technical issues with the rig and parenting which made it very hard to tweak it all later once the first animation stage was done. A good learning experience for next time!

[@idecided852]

You're amazing at this.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! :)

[@RickHenderson]

Very cool work. I agree seeing others' work makes it seem like there is no sense in trying, but you never know when they're looking for something special. I learned so much box modeling in Blender (relatively speaking) that I was glad to see your build process was more like how I expect things can be modeled. Good luck!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks very much Rick!

[@nevillebossilo7088]

This challenge is gonna be fun 😁😁😁😁

[@AlfieVaughan]

🎉🎉

[@jynxbot352]

Epic as heck

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@LSDStudiosParahill]

Awesome!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! :)

[@nightcow8767]

impressive

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@visualsbyjasper]

This is sick bruh

[@AlfieVaughan]

Ayyyy thanks!

[@EXPstreams]

Yoh man, I was going to submit something for the challenge, was about to render out my final, but after seeing 90% of peoples work, i'd just look like a joke, INCREDIBLE work man, super well done!

[@plainshades]

That actually was the reason I stopped too and now I regret it. Imma start from scratch again. Do something simple.

[@EXPstreams]

@@plainshades you know what, fuck it, i'm with you, lets go bro!

[@AlfieVaughan]

No need to be disheartened guys! From what I've seen from previous ones I don't think I'll be in the top 100 either. Just do it for the fun!

[@EXPstreams]

@@AlfieVaughan totes agreed

[@jaspreetmaan121]

just add smoke trails to fireball and also add some camera shake and a particle effects when it hits the ground like kicking up mud and rocks.

[@AlfieVaughan]

There's already smoke on the fireballs! You can see it streaking across the sky before they land. I didn't realise you could add camera shake until after I submitted. I thought the camera had to stay exactly how it was provided

[@shaunramkelawon]

sooo cool :)

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@Scouty]

Awesome Entry! Also love seeing more Nuke compositors on youtube recently!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! I work as a compositor at a VFX studio so I've been using Nuke for ages!

[@defaultanimator9679]

💯🔥🔥

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!!

[@valenciasainz]

Looks great.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@animatorFan74]

that horse is seriously seriously moving....damn, moving more like 10 horses. :P Nice scene and character, though. Good job.

[@AlfieVaughan]

Apparently the speed the project file is moving at is about 250mph 😂 fastest horse in the west! 🤠

[@claw214]

@@AlfieVaughan I think there are youtube videos to reduce the speed of the subject in the template file

[@animatorFan74]

@@AlfieVaughan yeh the speed of the default vehicle is crazy :P

[@AlfieVaughan]

Yeah you're right you're allowed to slow it down. I didn't realise til after I submitted. Oh well!

[@TheHenryMedhurst]

Gorgeous stuff Alfie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks man! 😎

[@BeyondLimits3D]

Very great work, bro!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@P9_STUDIO]

Wow

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks!

[@surathsaha7776]

i just want to point out one thing. The challenge is about engines, so is it okay to use a horse drawn carriage? Just wondering

[@AlfieVaughan]

Yep Clint specified at some point it just needs to be a vehicle. Not specifically one with an engine

[@surathsaha7776]

@@AlfieVaughan Alright. Best of Luck!

[@thearcaneartbyjac5170]

Technically... the horse is the engine... as in ONE HORSE POWER ENGINE! lol

[@AlfieVaughan]

A single brake horse power!

[@M_k-zi3tn]

Nice!! I haven't even started animating mine

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! You've still got time :)

[@evansreels6]

CGI❤

[@Gettutorials123]

Awesome work!

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you!

[@SamBenPro]

It feels like the horse is going way too fast.. like sliding. But great vid, keep working 👍

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! Yeah the speed it's moving is over 250mph 😂😂😂 I learned after I finished it that you're allowed to slow down the speed of the supplied project file. Oh well!

[@soap_machine]

Maybe add some camera shakes using ian huberts addon

[@AlfieVaughan]

I didn't realise we could add camera shake until after I submitted sadly. I thought you had to stick to the camera move exactly as it came in the project files

[@d1nozaur]

This is great! What is the other one 3d software, beside Blender?

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks! That's Nuke. It's the most popular professional compositing software. It's not actually 3D software but it has a very good 3D system for using geo and projections etc

[@VisualistAyush07]

Classic

[@AlfieVaughan]

👌

[@guitaristkumar8487]

tutoriallllll i need it u too good bruhv

[@AlfieVaughan]

Haha thanks! I'll post one next week

[@raghavendra4633]

Hope you upload a tutorial

[@AlfieVaughan]

Next week! :)

[@nnaniii]

Looks great, have you submitted it yet?

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thank you! I have, yeah :)

[@mdoz]

Do we have to do add sound in our submission?

[@AlfieVaughan]

No they won't use sound even if you add it

[@soap_machine]

My one still sucks 😔

[@AlfieVaughan]

Nooooo nothing you work hard on ever sucks :)

[@heimskr2881]

How long did this take?

[@AlfieVaughan]

I spent about 20 hours on it I think. Including render time. Probably about 12-15 hours of work

[@crescentlive1]

the bgm made me sick

[@AlfieVaughan]

🤷‍♂️

[@yesdadbut960]

Great work ground looks bit weird tho

[@AlfieVaughan]

Thanks? 😂 It's motion blurred grass! Not sure how it would look any different

[@yesdadbut960]

@@AlfieVaughan bro i thought its a magical smoke or something lol may reduce particle count

[@AlfieVaughan]

It's already finished... The horse and cart is literally running on it. It's very clearly grass. Why would they be running on smoke 😂

[@yesdadbut960]

@@AlfieVaughan its a wizard sitting on it lol

[@AlfieVaughan]

😂😂😂