Fishy Cat making-of

This video is a making-of of this image: bit.ly/FishyCat
Download the CC0/Public Domain .blend file:
files.manujarvinen.com/fishy_c...
Made with Blender, Gimp in Linux (Xubuntu)
The original drawn concept is by: Miisa Lopperi
Music is the 037 release from cyan-music.com

[@RossReedstrom]

Oh, and amazing work! Congrats on the Belnder 2.7.4 splash page selection!

Ross Reedstrom Thank you!

[@DmytroDoblevych]

Another great making-of. I had no idea how much time and work goes into it.

[@danylbekhoucha6180]

Your creations are very inspiring, i love the "atmosphere" in your timelapses, i don't know how to explain that. :) A nice demonstration of what a good artists can achieve with Blender. While i watch videos like that i remember of peoples that say that Blender is reserved for amateur uses.

[@DY357LX]

What a fantastic final picture that is.

[@Fozz84]

That is High Quality :) I listened to your show on the blender podcast ages ago. Ill love to get to your level of artistry. :)

[@ledf2012]

WHAT THE... YOU...You're the one who created that amazing bulldozer too! :D And you even shared your workflow! Thanks! That Bulldozer and this kitten is just freaking awesome! :) Good job, I hope you'll create more amazing stuff in the future, and then share how you did it again :) I Really loved how you made that bulldozer from start to end :)

[@szmeew]

You are a great master. Thanks for this amazing video. It is so inspirational.

[@NemesisIrae]

Wonderful. Now I see that a long road with Blender is still before me :D I love this kitten. An essence of cuteness ;)

[@abdoubouam]

very nice video it's always nice to see someone using blender and linux :)

[@torq21]

Wonderfully done! Thanks for sharing. I'd love to sit down and analyze your process with the fur.

[@lucasblender]

Amazing work!

[@nologin5375]

This is amazing, and does anyone else fell like this stuff takes centuries to learn to make or a millennia to make with your current skill? I can't make a armature, much less a cat with like a googolplex number of faces.

[@dr.heinzdoofenshmirtz7392]

This is truly amazing!

[@liserlaser]

Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!

[@adrikito]

Nice job man, i wish i know half of your composition skills :3 !!

[@CoyotePark]

Very nice and so good music! :)

[@gomadojo1056]

amazing!, thanks for sharing the video and the file :)

[@peterluxus7382]

Fantastic!

[@cg.man_aka_kevin]

I've downloaded this .blend in blender demo files...

[@3dwondersdigitalartstudio298]

Hello. First off, I have watched all 3 of your videos, especially impressed by the bulldozer. Great work. That said, my only request would be do you think you could turn on screencast when in Blender in future videos. Would be most helpful. Thanks for reading!

3D Wonders Digital Art Studio Yes, sure :) When a good moment comes along

[@Olav3D]

Great work, subbed.

[@TSIT3D]

Great Work !!!

[@CG1970ify]

Congratulation. Very very good work.

[@davidmcsween]

That was amazing, what a great share. Thank you very much. I learned so much. And the cats cute too.

[@PietroChiovaro]

Beautiful Work! ;)

[@fodzHUN]

Awsome! My jaw just disappeared, dropped so deep :)

[@KarribuCG]

This is amazing work! Why when I try to sculpt does the polish brush take huge chunks out of the mesh :(

[@tulakanRuangrong]

Super awesome.

[@kyjelblue]

Nice work!! Congratulation~ What are your desktop theme? Your task bar is very pretty :D

Thanks :) - Icons are Numix Circle - Desktop Environment is xfce I'm not sure if I have a theme - it's like a combination of settings from many different settings panels I've installed (and broken my system a bit because of that)

[@kyjelblue]

Manu Järvinen Thanks reply info :D

[@RoohBOTS]

Amazing! - From Blender 3D Brazil.

[@LotteStarck]

Cool tutored cat!

[@gabrielduarte5313]

Amazing :D

[@artturimantysaari5867]

For me watching your videos is like watching some Pixar movie. :D

[@gaaraxpo]

you did it better than your reference image

[@pedromarques1880]

Superb

[@chayannelicon6884]

that is cool :-)

[@jaxvisions5502]

Hey, I was wondering if you can send me the real time footage of this because i'm not too good at blender! Thank you, Overcloaked

[@JuliusBurton]

How long did the overall process take you. (asside from editing this video)

Julius Burton Hard to say - about two weekends and a little bit on the week, something around that

[@santicheeks1106]

The music at the start reminds me of the silent hill 2 music on the ps2

[@ben-2368]

WAiT! Did you mean 10k, as in 10328 x 7760 res?

[@vaccaciao]

is there a cut when you add the sparcle particle system? i am play-pausing at 0.25X to learn all tricks but i can't understand this passage! thanks!

What section exactly? You can try to download the .blend file and look for the particle system there, maybe?

[@vaccaciao]

ok thanks I'll check

[@andreitheimpaler6605]

what graphics card do you have ?

[@mcpepa]

much better than the original one.

[@vanezcha]

Lol dude he is the maker of its splash screen

[@mcpepa]

vanezcha loool, I didnt know it.

[@RossReedstrom]

What's the realitime for this? i.e. how long di dit actually take, over how many sessions?

Ross Reedstrom All in all, quite fast. Around 3-4 evenings. Maybe 30-40 hours very rough estimate

[@naughtyfish1080]

Master, show me the way...

[@drugfreeyouthmusicproject9533]

How can I contact this gentleman, Manu Järvinen. I have a proposal for a animated project. There is no email address on his website!

[@davidmcsween]

deduct points for not using the VSE to edit the making of :P

[@Tymon0000]

I like the theme how it's called?

+Tymski It's a tweaked version of a theme called MOYO. Download here: manujarvinen.com/~eternal/blends/tweaked_moyo_blender_theme.zip

[@delent4011]

we need tutorials

[@JayTailor45]

i wanna give u one more like

[@Tymon0000]

+Jay Tailor make another account :D

[@JayTailor45]

Tymski :D

[@miranda.cooper]

How long have you been working with Blender?

Marcus Mravik In 2009 I started my transition from 3ds Max to Blender by making this piece: goo.gl/fMbQLG - So, I guess the number is something like 5-6 years. But in 2005 I started with 3D, so previous knowledge of course also helps when learning a new software.

[@GioGziro95]

Manu Järvinen Carl's quote. :) Loved the cat, BTW. The video was enjoyable too.

[@freakmean16]

What OS is that??

Esteban Salazar Xubuntu Linux :)

[@theofficialreedanger1515]

What is the name of music?

Reedanger Kajmurat The first couple of songs from release 037 from cyan-music.com

[@nikitasamodurov6735]

Could you share your theme?

Nikita Samodurov Here you go: manujarvinen.com/~eternal/blends/tweaked_moyo_blender_theme.zip

[@gigigigiotto1673]

21:59 Inception

[@jhonnyarana3374]

your hardware..?

[@ColdFusionTickles]

This is so epic! I just had to do a 7680x4320 render. Here's the 150MB 16bpp png: app.box.com/s/jukc7ds82czkrgkl9dh82tu2basfh85j

Duder Wow, nice! The grain actually comes out quite nice, good to know! (It seems I accidentally left the dynopo-mesh flat-shaded, dang it >_< Also, something weird white stuff in the lower-right corner, hmm hmm :/ ) Tweeted: twitter.com/manujarvinen/status/583350533869703168