Blender Tutorial - Creating a Stormy Ocean

Hello everyone, in this video we will be creating stormy ocean effect in Blender! We will first start out by creating the ocean, then the volume underneath, the particles for the rain and materials! If you create something cool from this tutorial make sure to send it to me on Instagram @blendermadeasy
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[@bill392]

Instead of adding the random camera rotation using a keyframe and noise, I added a "Copy Rotation" constraint, similar to the "Copy Location" and set the "Mix" to "After original". This way, the camera rocks and rolls like the sea surface. If the waves calm down, get more rough, or the camera is moving, it will self-adjust whereas the random noise would not.

[@BlenderMadeEasy]

Nice! I should have thought of that!

[@SuperIceteapeach]

in my project it almost works.. but the camera rotates heavily sometimes, dunno why :/

[@EDcase1]

@@SuperIceteapeach Try adding only the corner points of the wrapped plane to the vertex group. This will give a smoother average for movement and rotation.

[@SuperIceteapeach]

@@EDcase1 Yes this was my mistake! Thank you!

[@rakeshmani8787]

@@EDcase1 what is mean by number key sir anybody tell me

[@lebronzejames9738]

Simply amazing tutorial, straight no chaser, not too fast not too slow, excellent description and walkthrough and not to mention with less than 30minutes you get a VERY nice scene. This should be the gold standard of tutorials. Welcome back, hope to see more from you soon.

[@Goggalor1990]

Thank you so much! As someone who has only previously used Blender for Importing/Exporting models for use in Unreal, I was nervous getting into more complex tutorials, but you made this one very easy to understand and follow! I now have a very professional looking cutscene for a game I'm working on thanks to you AND I understand so much more about how to make scenes and use Blender.

[@3dd205]

your detailed teaching methods are beyond praise! Please continue! You explain things very clearly and clearly. Continue. The world needs you.

[@my_feed_online3747]

Great tutorial, really good work! First of all is totally understandable, so the steps are really easy to reproduce. Includes all details and shortcuts. It's also very nice work to use as a base when going pro.

[@echo_then_void]

Probably the most difficult tutorial ive done so far, but learned a lot, not sure how much i retained lol but definitely worth doing. Gonna have to do it again, rendering now. Thank you for the help! Great tutorial!

[@Bakamoichigei]

Oh man, this brings back memories! Last time I did a scene like this was in Newtek Lightwave 3D like 20 years ago, using procedural noise maps to make the waves, and some clever shader trickery to add foam to the tops of the waves... The last few years I've often found myself remarking how insane it is that something like Sea of Thieves can render water that looks a million times better, at 4K HDR, in real time, when it took me minutes per frame at like 640x480. 😂

[@Yazzzzy]

I used lightwave 10 years ago in high school. Back then I thought it was the easiest program because I had classroom instruction. Now that I'm learning blender on youtube, I can't figure out how I created my own ideas. I keep following tutorials but hopefully one day I can create something of my own again

[@Bakamoichigei]

@@Yazzzzy Well, I can say with confidence that _it's not you._ I have been trying to learn Blender for at least 15 of the 20 years since I made that scene in Lightwave, and until very recently, Blender has remained utterly impenetrable. The skills simply _would not imprint_ on my brain, no matter how hard I tried. There's something about its UI and the way it chooses to do things that my brain _will not accept._ Lightwave had a far more intuitive interface, and if I installed it right now and opened it up, I'd probably still more or less be able to use it as well as before. Meanwhile, I can spend a week reaching a 'not entirely useless' level of proficiency in Blender, but if I go more than a few days without using it...all gone!

[@Yazzzzy]

@@Bakamoichigei Wow blender is very hard to learn so I’m glad it’s not just me. I forget the interface as well if I don’t use it often. Im glad it’s free but it’s too hard 😭

[@Bakamoichigei]

@@Yazzzzy You'd think that with all the research and sponsorship money the Blender Foundation has gotten, they could afford to do something about how unintuitive and convoluted the interface is. I guess the sad truth is that at this point it's "good enough" and "just how it is" and people have had to learn to cope with how completely bass-ackwards it is. 😭

[@wanaxstudio]

I was literally playing sea of thieves 20min ago lmao

[@Krea]

Thanks for this nice tutorial! I've never understood Blender, but now with ur tutorial, everything worked fine! Please more!

[@flymanu]

i spent a hour and blender crashed ;-; Edit: Guys It's been 1 year since I posted this and I have already completed the project now please stop replying to this

[@nccairwing68]

🤣🤣

[@BlueBeeXD03]

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[@ninjag.p108]

Moye moye😂

[@TBGAMING2.0-cf5xr]

Use old version of blender ❤

[@flymanu]

@Libertystreet216 @BlueBeeXD03 @ninjag.p108 @Tbgaming everyone I posted this 12 months ago, I had created it again and completed ot afterwards

[@wheresrogers8288]

i just finished after about 40 minutes and i cant express my gratitude enough. i might do this 10 times to fullly grasp the ideas and concepts. thank you much. this is my 3rd day on blender and im catching on quickly. im very excited!

[@3dmonkeybizz]

How you coming along six months later? I am about the same time as you and cannot understand why I did not jump into Blender earlier. All the best!

[@yahyeah]

I know this kinda old now but do you still holding on learning blender?

[@mrsuhspencefake7299]

Wow! Thank you for the content and context off all the steps. This was easy to follow and now I have a dope water animation!!!

[@CRSESTUDIOS]

pretty much a blender beginner and I could follow along with this tutorial just fine, learnt a lot of new and helpful things along the way. thank you!

[@cyborgmetropolis7652]

This is great. After following this tutorial the first rendered frame took my breath away. I learned a lot. My intro to ocean waves, particles, shrink wrapping meshes. Thanks!

[@talhaharts3554]

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[@HtrolRemix]

*thank you very much . this is my favorite youtube channel *

[@arikolne505]

I would like to thank you for your amazing tutorial. I'm trying to learn how to do boat physics and stuff without any prior knowledge and this really helped. I was able to replicate semi realistic buoyancy and displacement with the way you setup the camera and buoy.

[@andrewhite1178]

Thank you! This is my second Blender project and I'm really happy with it. I'll be following along with your tutorials to learn more. Thank you for the instruction.

[@aloomia826]

The ocean 🌊 looks so real and the reflections really adds to the scene 🔥

[@talhaharts3554]

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[@siemzandvliet7912]

do u know why everything turns black when i enter render mode? and how do I fix it?

[@tttttttttttttttp12]

​@@siemzandvliet7912 idk if you still have this problem, but I had the same problem because I was rendering in Eevee instead of Cycles. If you're using eevee still, try switching to cycles and it should help

[@fadepanther6224]

This was a very soothing tutorial. I'm hoping to make something with it when I get the chance, maybe adding a few odd things I've picked up along the way and see how they all play with each other. Still, welcome back and I hope you are refreshed and happy with your down time. ^_^

[@vfx.360]

I love this! Thanks for being speedy and direct

[@haveanicedaym8]

Very cool tutorial! You really make blender easy . I admire how you can come up with such simple and at the same time beautiful ideas!

[@syvarutchpreavados5365]

If anyone is wondering why the Shrink Wrap on the cube is not being the way he is, when you choose the 'Group' on 11:14, it is because you might selected all of the cube's mesh. I'm stuck to this part too and wants to quit but when I realized that he didn't select the bottom of the cube 10:17 , I did not select it too and after repeating the steps multiple times, I did it! And it was fun.

[@ahmedibrahim3657]

Thanks!

[@hr1tz]

I STILLLLL CANT UNDERSTAND

[@pierangelamanzetti5407]

Hi I'm struggling with how he selects just the top half at 10.14 if you can advise me i'd be grateful

[@Gunner98]

@@pierangelamanzetti5407 the top half of the cube? You can do it using box select

[@pierangelamanzetti5407]

@@Gunner98 ah thank you I will try that, much appreciated

[@Ayden3D]

This is an awesome animation! I have finished your tutorial and am going to try my hand at the lightning tutorial to make this storm look even cooler!

[@siemzandvliet7912]

do u know why everything turns black when i enter render mode? and how do I fix it?

[@Ayden3D]

@@siemzandvliet7912 do you have light placed in your scene?

[@siemzandvliet7912]

@@Ayden3D no, but in the tutorial he deleted the light and went into render mode immediately, so im a little confused

[@bibs-thereactor6796]

@@siemzandvliet7912 thats because the buoy already had a light installed in it, are you using an other buoy model by chance?

[@apathi0d]

​@@siemzandvliet7912you have to add render layers node in the composition tab and connect it to the composite node

[@haroldsorto6997]

Thanks a lot for the video, learned a lot. Been looking to make an ocean for a low poly project and this was extra helpful.

[@unblender777]

Thank You So Much for Showing this Awsome Tutorial

[@MrToogood]

Man it is so damn good👌

[@eyebol]

i will only like cause verified

[@emmanuelmaterne5021]

Thanks for the tuto. There were no issues, super easy to follow. I'm working on the CG boost's lighting. I like Bill392 copy constraint solution, but I think both give a different result that depend on the intention. Meaning: my view was a person floating, so random works better for that. If the person is on a flotation device, then Bill392 is better, but is not, the person's mass would give a more random result, as in the tutorial.

[@talhaharts3554]

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[@davings]

Awesome tutorial!! Thank you very much for this. Really good work!

[@Therealsmulus]

Love this! really good tutorial! I have used all of this for another tutorial i was working on, the sea shack, and its really cool! Thanks!

[@GlennAndrewSmith]

I have been playing with this floating a cube and found if you use a Torus instead of a plane you get a much smoother floating effect. I plan to replace to cube with a boat.

[@rorypullman]

How do you get the under water part to look so good? I match your settings and it's too dark to see anything. Am I missing something?

[@vaderksy4730]

did u fix it ?

[@weeniehutjr3104]

i had the same issue, i put the density on plan.004 to .30 and it helped

[@zipper248]

same here

[@kongkonbora7925]

What gpu do you work in ?

[@samridhamajumdar9769]

Try Adding a light?

[@samm6871]

easily my favourite tutorial ive ever done i love this :)

[@MalinaXOT]

Wonderful ocean! Thanks!

[@giogiorno2]

for those with difficulties at placing the sea after Shift+D, use 50 or -50. When I used it was one at the top of the other when using -35 but it was right at the spot at 50!

[@Keil2590]

I was stuck on this as well. His number of 35 is just have of his size of .70. I made mine 200 and moved them 100 and they lined up perfectly.

[@dylansmith9095]

As a beginner I loved this tutorial, super easy to follow along with, my only issue that that i am only getting around 2-3 frames a second, and my textures look super grainy. it shouldnt be an issue with my hardware as i made sure it was able to run things like this at the best it can. Any suggestions?

[@JayWilsonMedia]

Made it to the end proud to say understood every step! Teaching was super comprehensive.

[@michelminuzzi]

Amazing!!! I will post my result after rendering it and show you! This was a really great leasson!

[@ripits_62]

A bit too fast for a newer blender user, but came out beautiful either way. A great way to show the capabilities of blender.

[@yanasitta]

I wouldn't consider this a beginners tutorial. the good thing is you can always slow down or pause videos on youtube.

[@Sjxixienxiei]

how do u render this project

[@nonamenofame2243]

@@Sjxixienxiei click render then click render animation

[@gtmusica]

@@nonamenofame2243 .

[@ParikshitBhujbal]

17:54 Why add 2 Principled BSDF , could you explain the reason for that please? Thank you for taking the time to explain all this to us new beginners.

[@WarningFx]

awesome bro. love you! great tutorial for such complex things for begineer

[@SourceAwareness]

Thanks again for the Excellent Tutorials!!

[@sst3321]

I´m new to Blender and did your video for the first time and it took me about 3 hours😅 But I have to say, it looks better than expected.

[@SardorOrifkhanov-yz6ux]

oh good luck

[@hartegane7202]

This is encouraging for newbies like me.

[@ankushchoudhary1775]

How much time did it take to render?

[@sst3321]

@@ankushchoudhary1775Almost 6 hours.

[@Nlsnart]

@@sst3321is it render image or render animation? 😂 it takes a lot of time to render one image in this tutorial

[@matthewcs490]

How did you get the default cube delete graphic? Is it something you made? I would love to know where and/or how I can do that. Thanks and great tutorial!

[@AkashKumar-pn7um]

select the cube and hit delete in keyboard..and its done

[@juanfxblender]

Thanks for this amazing tutorial, I learned so much from it.

[@heoyeuquai]

Thank you so much!

[@MattVanecek]

Now the question is, how do you make this loop seamlessly? Is there a way to edit the various "random" XYZ rotation graphs on the camera, to make them end at the same place as they started? Also, is there a way to modify the frame/35 driver so the waves end up at the start? I've been through a couple of iterations using keyframed time values on 2 stacked Ocean modifiers and got the waves to loop that way, but the camera never ends with the same view as it started, and the waves aren't as dramatic as with the frame/35 driver.

[@user-fe1um8mk1j]

if you figure out a solution please post it

[@shanedk]

It would have been perfect if you'd used PolyHaven's new "Ship Pannace" for this tutorial!

[@talhaharts3554]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH66c3SwhrdqfpI

[@jayavelanb4248]

Thank you man for sharing this stuff

[@filaudeauclairanne937]

Many thanks for this awesome tutorial !

[@MrGuitarzan985]

where did you get the audio files of the storm and ocean? Thank you. Great tutorial, thank you for sharing.

[@loki840]

+

[@Popsz75]

I was struggling to get the second "copy location" for the bouy working - the plane just would not adhere to the ocean surface using the project option - the trick to fix it for me was i had to tick the "negative" box in the modifier box and i think the reason is my plane's position was above the ocean, once i ticked this it worked perfectly

[@hugohamming1245]

wow thank you so much

[@user-qo1hk5fs5z]

i guess i have the same problem. Can you help me with this 10:31 question.You dublicate by shift D ,and then there is a layer,where should i put it or just leave somewhere,cuz in the video seems like there`s no duble😅and as i notices i have 2 separate squares,not like rectangle

[@Enchantedtomeetyou60]

I'm learning Blender for the first time and I want to say sir you are very very cool. Thank you so much for the tutorial!

[@arindaorpanya8296]

Awesome! Thank you

[@Mahaveerwawala0]

I have no pc and laptop 🥺 but still my dream 💔👍

[@legoman91]

Feel like I have missed something somewhere, tutorial is great don't get me wrong, but I 'm getting very different results for the volumetrics under the water. pretty sure I followed it exactly but it does not match up at all. Is there something in the render settings that needs to be specific for this type of render?

[@serega_aga]

hey, bro, do you find solution? i stscked at this poitn too

[@legoman91]

I can't remember exactly what it was, I followed it back through a couple times, think I had missed something, then just tweaked some of the settings

[@serega_aga]

@@legoman91 OH MY, I set to this 2 days ago and can't find out how to do this

[@serega_aga]

@@legoman91 maybe you can watch your google history? I'm done

[@legoman91]

@@serega_aga I can try and have another look yeah, definitely figured it out from.this video and some personal adjustments, just can't remember what without looking at it properly. But even my final render is slightly different.

[@ClintCarlson]

This was awesome. Thank you!

[@amalsenevirathne1867]

It's a wonderful tutorial. Clear in every bit of details.

[@MrMarshallMan3]

Just so you guys know, if the shrinkwrapped plane stops projecting when the water goes below the origin plane, check the Negative box in the Shrinkwrap modifier menu

[@ifroxxx1226]

Thank you so much!

[@kuriosity21]

Thank you!! I was so confused as to why it wasn't working lol

[@richardlionheart3935]

Many thanks sir. I was having that problem.

[@fstechhackerbd9282]

Where is the negative box

[@I_Like_Planes]

Bro my computer exploded when I tried to render 😂

[@omaiwak]

thank you so much for this! it was easy to follow

[@jatskuy5384]

Done with your tutorial, Thanks man

[@timothyganap1092]

Man, ur video actually made me move and make my first project ever that i want to put a lot of effort on it, this will be the start of my carrier with blender

[@Mratempa]

Dope tutorial. Thanks!

[@teolhuillier5218]

Wow thank you, that was exactly what I was looking for!

[@marklewis7306]

Awesome tutorial!! Thanks very much. THis is just what I wanted to learn! ...and you have done it so clearly and succinctly.

[@sayanth_t_m]

This one was so helpful. Thank you so much 💓 .

[@lucutes2936]

Definitely will do this

[@brandonjacksoon]

Thanks mate! Very nice tutorial!

[@meromero6284]

This gonna be my first render, so excited

[@IceinVeins.3d]

Thanks for superb tutorial, loved it.

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work 🥳 Thank you 💜

[@4music2power0]

Bro... Thank you for this. I'll most definitely show you what I come up with

[@RiddleRollerCoaster738]

But still able to explain each stage in a basic manner. Honestly thanks man!

[@charliemcgrain]

Excellent work. Many thanks.

[@kenossa666]

Today I have begun 5 different projects, all of which I didn't finish because things were not working as they should, and I have started to doubt myself and if I was just not getting it. I was actually intimidated by this tutorial after all the tries, but I picked it as my last resort to try and finish something. And I did. And it works! AND IT LOOKS AMAZING! Thank you so much, this was one of the best tutorials I have ever watched !!!

[@kkojha]

mind blowing.... must say!!

[@techcompany_]

I just completed making this amazing project ,,feel confident thankyou

[@RealVergilSparda]

Perfect for rendering my stylised ship sculpt

[@hishamalsanawi8620]

Great tutorial, thank you.

[@davidmo6038]

What an amazing videos !! Loved the tutorial !! Well Explained

[@EmvyBeats]

I've been waiting for something like this.

[@meitodorki6308]

This was great! Thankyou, it’s very clear and straightforward

[@bhupi213]

Thanx mate for teaching something so speacial. Cheers buddy. Keep your videos coming

[@user-zp2wy4qu7p]

thanks !!! master!!! I benefit a lot from this

[@kel_]

Insane work

[@tobiasringl8733]

Great Tutorial i struggeld at the beginning but know it looks really great thank you very much :)

[@lomagoody]

love it, thanks, learned a lot

[@chromagaming7986]

thank you I learnt so much from this video!

[@stephencurah1059]

pretty cool stuff, always loved fluid style sims

[@MrAminelabyb]

Wow. This indeed looked easy to make. Haha felt like I'm such a Blender master :D.. Thank you man

[@cortomaltese9101]

what a great tutorial! Easy to understand! Blender ❤

[@mr_multi_subscribe]

I know I’m 10 months late, but i just wanna say that this tutorial was great! Super easy to follow and not too complicated. I’m glad i didn’t have to download any hdris! 😄

[@binht8746]

The video is amazing! Thank you 1000 times!

[@pgvideos9138]

was a life-saver. Thanks a lot.

[@kokoukamekpo6988]

Goooood. Everything worked perfect. Thank you for this tuto. This is the first time I touch Blender or a 3D software but I'm surprised to succed. You're.

[@santhoshmg2319]

It's amazing I didn't expect I learn sea creation easily reference of your video thank you

[@donit.]

turned out really good, thanks

[@elitewolverine]

now this is a tutorial....well done. Keep up the great work!

[@dimdimtattooer]

thanks a lot for video! I've got that i needed!

[@ishanbhattacharyya8842]

Thanks Man!! really made me come back to blender!!

[@stuCameraman1]

Wow... Looks amazing... Im new to Blender and this is inspiring. Great video and straight to the point!!!! with no pet cats, no dogs, no new car, no lizards interrupting... I've seen some videos where they start introducing their new dog/cat and what foods it likes and how much poop it sprays over the floor..... Huff. 😋😇 I feel comfortable with blender...thanks again mate... All the best from UK