Alternate Realities Challenge Winner - "The Last Plant" - Breakdown - Grimm

IG: @scgrimm
A breakdown of my Alternate Realities submission.
I used Maya for everything 3D, Substance Painter, Alchemist and Photoshop for texturing, and AE for compositing. Some of the models were purchased, some I already had, and some were made for this. Texturing took up most of the time, with pretty much everything painted in Substance and tweaked in Maya.
Thanks for watching!
PC specs (since some have asked): Ryzen 3950x, 64G ram, RTX 2080super.
Took somewhere around 90 hours of rendering for FG and BG.
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[@SirWrender]

Your hard work paid off cuz this shot was mindblowingly good. So much texture and detail. So much story packed into a few seconds.

[@scgrimm]

Thanks for taking your time to help judge this thing, I'm sure it wasnt easy with the level of quality in the renders. Really appreciate the kind words.

[@procrastinatingcartoonstm5130]

yes

[@cyrusburggraaff3748]

exactly the words

[@HarnaiDigital]

Is there a Way to contact Sir Wrender Personally. No way He won't respond. I made a mindblowing Render(Iron man Animation) using a Smartphone. Maybe he should take a look and leave his thoughts. But I don't know how to get his attention. LOL I guess I'll have to wait for the video to get viral. 🙂

[@Zyleq]

Incredible job man

[@fev4]

If a single image can say a thousands words you just wrote a damn book series

[@AdityaYadav-nq4uu]

How much time it take to make it And can a single person make it Asking because Don't know about 3d rendering

[@scgrimm]

Took about 4 weeks on and off. It helps that not everything is modeled from scratch, some of the BG buildings were started with purchased models.

[@MrKlayVFX]

Absolutely stellar work my dude. Well deserved!

[@scgrimm]

Means a lot coming from you, yours was insane!

[@starmeyproductions]

And I'm late :(

[@procrastinatingcartoonstm5130]

@@starmeyproductions is ok

[@starmeyproductions]

@@procrastinatingcartoonstm5130 oki

[@DaFuqBoom]

How much time it took to create from start to finish?

[@scgrimm]

I started as soon as it was announced, so about 4 weeks on and off. At least a few hours every day

[@tanushbhansali]

@@scgrimm looking at this work i assume a few hours means about 10?

[@bluebaconjake405]

@@tanushbhansali i think 23 is more accurate

[@AcE-tl7xw]

@@bluebaconjake405 25 realistically 🙄

[@bluebaconjake405]

@@AcE-tl7xw nah, 40 is the minimum

[@minanicola6084]

When I was watching the whole challenge and this clip came, I said this must be top 3. GREAT work dude.

[@scgrimm]

Thanks!

[@jayrob3]

Facts. I held on to this one for the duration.

[@ryanpereratv]

STEPHEN!!!! I watched the whole top100 and didn't realize this was you. Let's chat sometime soon! Stoked for ya - grats on the win.

[@scgrimm]

Hey Ryan! Been a long time, it’s good to hear from you. Totally down to connect, I’ll email you

[@anubisizzy]

Get a room you two

[@seasagar139]

@@anubisizzy lol

[@vive335]

@@anubisizzy LMAOOO WHEEZE

[@AniThingFilms]

amazing. just amazing

[@ZeusCreates]

Stellar breakdown man! Absolutely loved it! Also, you should probably write this in the title - "The Last Plant - Alternate Realities Challenge Winner - Breakdown by Grimm". It'll help others to find it! Anyway, I will share it with some people for sure. :)

[@scgrimm]

Thanks! Just changed it. I'm not that youtube literate when it comes to posting

[@ZeusCreates]

@@scgrimm you'll learn :) prepare for a lot of viewers coz you gonna blow up dude!

[@aathilaliyar2724]

@@ZeusCreates You are right. I came to know about Alternate Realities Challenge through Clint's channel. Later this video pops up in my KZbin feed. The title did catch my attention.

[@gtALIEN]

@@scgrimm lmao kinda ironic since you can do all these insane renders 😂😂 great work!!!

[@artofjhill]

dope work. Great job

[@scgrimm]

Thanks! I'm getting into Zbrush now and your work is really insipring.

[@mahroukkamel1476]

surprisingly I learned something out of this breakdown. interesting.

[@csanadselmeczy4066]

"90 hours of rendering for FG and BG." Damn. Hope i will get on your level one day

[@noelhoekstra6852]

Wait wut 😮. I just watched the "Top 100 3D renders' video and I still cant believe people have so much talent! Turns out you won that contest? Damm dude 😁😎

[@VFX_BUDDY]

love from india

[@Simon-is2xd]

Did you make the building's yourself?

[@scgrimm]

Some were modeled, but most were modified kitbash3D buildings with some extra bits, textures, etc

[@rothauspils123]

A masterpiece!

[@kermit90210]

I gasped when i saw this render among others. Piece like this just stands out. Great work indeed

[@8o8inSquares]

Amazing, when the full 2 hour movie is out?

[@TheLittleZiggy]

I literally just watched the top 100 and picked yours as my favorite one, without knowing you were the winner...it had an impact on me that no other animation had. Amazing job! Also greetings from Romania!

[@Glowbox3D]

Absolutely beautiful render. The story, the environment, the lighting, the detail and the composition...oh boy. The opening of the dead couple, and the reveal of life was perfecto! I watched the whole live stream of the submissions, and I had this as my first choice from the start. Really nice breakdown as well. Man, I've got so much to learn. Fantastic!

[@ShortsCoubAndMore]

Amazing!!

[@paresh6518]

This guy deserve many more subscribers..... beautiful work btw..

[@smashedlegends]

Awesome! Do you like Blender? What do you think about Maya vs Blender for modelling? Thanks you

[@scgrimm]

Blender is awesome! It’s amazing how far it has come. I just know my way around Maya from working with for so long, but I’m looking into using blender for some things that are more difficult to do in Maya, like dynamic paint. As for modeling, I don’t think it really matters. I’m not a great modeler, but find Mayas modeling tools to be fine for some hard surface work.

[@GambitInTheNight]

Amazing... I just love the idea that these two are keeping each other alive. The person breathes the plants oxygen, which it creates with their carbon dioxide. What a stunning idea and execution, I just can't get over how well done this is. You absolutely deserve the win, so much thought and love was put into this!

[@Zazool]

Thanks for sharing the breakdown of this amazing render, congrats on winning, this helped me learn some stuff for the next challenge, next time I definately need to go in with more of a plan than I did with this challenge and also do some post work in after effects!

[@scgrimm]

Thanks you, glad you learned something. Good luck on your next one.

[@Zazool]

@@scgrimm Thanks, good luck to you too if you join it!

[@moonglass4533]

Где-нибудь можно посмотреть урок, пособие или какое-либо объяснение, как делать такую сцену? Последовательность, логику, нюансы

[@ljrnet9542]

This is amazing. Thank you so much for making this awesome breakdown. What did you use to make the simulations? I love your concept, it's so unique.

[@scgrimm]

I use Maya, so the clothing, background fabric, and ceiling stuff were ncloth. Used Bullet rigid bodies for some of the props, like the banisters, planter, chairs, etc. And used follicle systems for ropes, tubes, and plant.

[@ljrnet9542]

@@scgrimm Thanks so much for letting me know. The sims look so awesome.

[@allroundlad]

@@scgrimm Excuse the perhaps silly question, but when you added the character model, did you animate it to the walk cycle template or you just replaced the animation with the model?

[@scgrimm]

@@allroundlad It had to match exactly to fit with the other animations, so I used the animated skeleton in the file. Skinned my model to it.

[@filmweaver2013]

Deserved! Gave me goosebumps with the story, looking at the breakdown you did proves how high level of an artist you are :)

[@StevenPtasinski]

Thank you for the breakdown! And Congratz on winning the internet’s biggest 3d challenge! Top notch work!!!

[@gunnar1734]

This was my favorite of all of them too amazing, i like how the animation has a story behind it

[@TheStuffChannel01]

the big window in the background made this 10000000000000000x better

[@1ali1996]

somebody please let pixar and everyone see these guys omg ... 🔥😭 ... give them an oscar award ... am loosing it here ... ❤️🔥

[@luh034]

Don't get me wrong it is fucking beutiful, it just doesn't really speak to me u know. Still very deserved win.

[@psyberpirate]

Where can I find 4k wallpapers for this?

you have good sketching and observation techniques

[@lucidcannibal]

It's amazing, obviously deserving absolute winner quality work. But it's really hard to get the idea of scale of the background. I thought it was just another distant wall but in this breakdown I realise that there's a lot going on since those are big buildings in the background. What do you think?

[@rutwikhiwalkar9583]

Somebody please help I deadass want this wallpaper

[@261]

watching the top 100 i instantly paused when this came up. i was mindblown by how brilliant of an idea this was. it is a masterpiece. excellent work and immensely inspiring!

[@andymoto8298]

this is insane, you managed to create an entire movie in my head with this short clip

[@corporalanonymous4589]

It's great but most importantly it creates a whole story in just a few seconds.

[@bluebaconjake405]

I dont get how people can say this one is not good. THIS IS THE BEST ONE

[@JTLN25]

love your work. please do more animation

[@imfine5528]

I have a strong feeling u got inspiration from beeples last plant nft

[@tremzz8456]

this was one of my fav ones from the challenge amazing attention to detail

[@domenicksdesigns6417]

This is mind blowing. Absolutely beautiful.

[@noencurta7792]

dude I wanted to know how you did this is the plant etc..

[@d34nl]

damn bro, that shit is so cool and i loved the way you put this edit together, its so awesome and interesting to see the process

[@kjg6262]

this is beautifully done 😍

[@Artof3drendering]

Absolutely amazing! congrats mate

[@scgrimm]

Thank you!

[@GamersDk123]

Amazing piece man! So Grand and Expressive 🙏🏻

[@syauqiumair2699]

Verrryyy cool!! Thumbs up

[@smr4804]

Horrific and beautiful

[@franciscolauandosgarcia5838]

Congrats, awesome work!!

[@tusharmaharana3373]

don't do that don't make it look easy.

[@usuariodogoogle1369]

Shit, how you do this? Where? With what?

[@sainikhila1193]

Dude how much time did this take.😵

[@shloftyy]

Im sure this guy is an architect

[@someonenoone1480]

Amazing Work, Bro ,whats your pc Spec?

[@scgrimm]

Ryzen 3950x, 64G ram, 2080super. Nothing too fancy

[@Adil-dp4ll]

You truly deserved it. Kudos

[@adarshas6444]

Great work....congratzz

[@blacklight4720]

Now that's what I call a winner's breakdown!

[@WangleLine]

This is genuinely incredible

[@timelapsebydk]

This is outstanding brother

[@QuantayPeoples]

well deserved

[@reasonablyrad]

amazing work for real

[@_kurtmateo]

I don't want to see this happen

[@VonDoehner]

Can one marry a render these days?

[@WastedProps]

Hey Stephen, do you have an instagram I can follow mate? Your work is absolutely mindblowingly exquisite!

[@scgrimm]

Yea I do, I'm making more stuff at the moment so I should be more active: @scgrimm

[@zeroy]

Work of art!

[@NaveenBosco]

You are unreal my friend. Great job and congrats

[@benedekfodor269]

How long did it take to render?

[@scgrimm]

About 5 days on and off

[@benedekfodor269]

@@scgrimm God damn, it worth it tho!

[@engineeringvfx]

thats so great.... congrats 😍

[@jandubam8589]

congratulations!

[@procrastinatingcartoonstm5130]

I never knew how much work this took

[@richardhegenkotter4276]

Such an impressive Image and feel! I really like that! Earned winner 😊. Could someone from you guys in the comments help me out with something? I am learning blender at the moment, saw this video and asked myself why and how there are those passes exported separately (diff, spec, trans, etc.)... Can someone recommend some tutorials, that explain this workflow? Preferably in english or german 😅 Thank you! Looking forward to Clints next Render-Challenge ;)

[@scgrimm]

Thanks for your comment. I searched "blender render passes" in youtube and found a lot of tutorials that explain render passes. If you add together the passes (diffuse, specular, transmission, emission) you get the result of the beauty render. Having it broken into passes means you can adjust specific things in your render. They can can broken down in other ways, but those are the basics. The specific passes may depend on the renderer you are using as well, so be sure you are looking at those when looking for a tutorial.

[@Muhdhadi]

Can you turn this into live wallpaper?

[@scgrimm]

Not sure how easy it is, since it doesn’t really loop.

[@atletien5737]

awesome. i love it.

[@matoxetu]

fantastic job

[@spencerfaithfull9247]

Your work is sooo good ♠️

[@romirmeshram2826]

thats great work

[@krb4264]

fabulous work bro

[@o2bagimlisi]

çok iyi

[@draco3096]

Omg this is so good! Im creating a similar thing with Blender but with a figure walking through a highstreet at night for my college work, this breakdown really helps and inspires me to make one too. Thank you!

[@scgrimm]

Thanks! Good luck with your project

[@deshanperera2729]

When I saw the montage ur clip was my favorite among other clips. Then I saw in the description ur clip is also the no 1. Love the atmosphere you make in this clip.

[@scgrimm]

Thanks!

[@makskocemba2608]

lmao wtf did i just watch, and i considered myself as someone who knows his ways around cg software lol

[@neonn8876]

Truly deserved!

[@Indi3R]

def one of my favs

[@irving7848]

I found your work through Tiktok vid then went to YT finally found the creator

[@scgrimm]

Thanks for tracking it down.

[@sagarparmar9678]

amzing render and the hard work behind it 👌👍 well done grimm and have you done this rendering in laptop or pc ? And you handmade this amazing textures and for future you can do better texturing with a new pen tab won by you in the challenge. Very very Congrats man 🎉🎉🎉

[@scgrimm]

Thanks, I wouldnt recommend a laptop for rendering. Most hardware is throttled and cooling can be an issue. You get more bang for your buck with a pc, plus I never leave my house...

[@mwint1982]

This one was 👍

[@Yuel07]

Your work is really astonishing! And specially the composite part i though it was done on nuke but it seems you are super good with AE. I would like to know what is the 'cc' for, it means color correction or cc composite in after effect or even a curve layer? So much to learn from people like you

[@scgrimm]

Yep, just color correction. Usually with Lumetri color, levels, or curves. Thanks!

[@kitara_69]

Masterpiece

[@moonshard8690]

congrats man

[@lhagun]

what? how u render separate? i mean u look like rendered foreground and background seperated?

[@scgrimm]

I usually render layers separately and combine. Helps when trying to fix something in post, and with Z passes. In Maya, you can spit up parts of your scene into render layers. Blender and C4d probably have something similar

[@emirakn9474]

wow just wow

[@bipgtm768]

I have been on blender for almost a year now. I just wanna know how long did it take you to get to this point? It was mind blowing to watch the breakdown. Damn!!!

[@scgrimm]

I’ve been using Maya for about 8 years, but there’s people that have used 3D software for just a few year and make insane stuff. I think it just comes down to what kind of projects you set for yourself. Good luck!

[@alexdib3915]

Excellent!

[@chryssdale5747]

This is art

[@Mr-ie]

¡I love it!