How to Create Ghibli Clouds in 3D - Blender Volumetrics Tutorial

[@tripplejaz]

Quick tip to push the Ghibli feel a bit more Under the Noise Texture settings in the Normal Map frame, slightly turn up the distortion and reduce the scale to make it look a bit more hand painted, like the guache paint of your 3D clouds swirled and mixed.

[@LightningBoyStudio]

Totally!

[@LightningBoyStudio]

@ChocoGamin3 Depends on what you intend to do with it. But if you just need some simple mesh clouds to use in the background (and don't mind losing the dynamic lighting), you could render the volumetric cloud over a transparent background, and apply it back as a texture onto a simple mesh.

[@Aielo98]

This guy is such a unique user of blender that he doesn't even delete the initial cube. I'm sure he started learning it by modelling a pretzel or something

[@paulkanja]

We noobs are still stuck on diamonds

[@pot_the_potato1088]

you are the comment I was looking for

[@gwentarinokripperinolkjdsf683]

wait actually... a pretzel tutorial could be really nice way to learn blender

[@thytrin2103]

You're honestly the pinnacle of KZbin teachers. The way you communicate "What I want to do is", "The reason for that is" "this is why we don't want to do" "This is why we do" is absolutely perfect. Also the way you look at the camera when explain makes me feel like you're actually talking to me. 100% amaizng

[@LightningBoyStudio]

Thank you Thytrin! There is a lot of preparation that goes into a tutorial like this, and I do try to think of it as teaching. It's tricky because pure step-by-step tutorials are shorter and tend to be more popular on youtube but they also leave you more helpless the moment something goes wrong or you want to try something different. We do enjoy explaining things through and giving fun tips in the process so you can learn to think creatively by yourself.

[@maxgrey3694]

This channel has the most consistent, high quality, and creative NPR rendering techniques I've ever seen. I've seen loads of tutorials trying to make toon shaders and stylized clouds and so on, but most of the time it doesn't look very good or there is some big problem that nobody seems to have an answer for. And then I found this channel, with the most unique and effective solutions for these persistent issues, and the stuff you make looks so polished!! This is why I love the blender community. Great work!

[@yahyasyed9942]

Although I am not a blender user but ur response is amazing. Way to go blender.

[@bonbonviva5658]

@@yahyasyed9942 Welcome to the blender world ; )

[@Rossilaz58]

He's too powerful... He never deleted the cube...

[@exyl_sounds]

going to be rewatching this a lot :3

[@senorpretzel5079]

same.. my brain is smoother than a pane of glass, so it's gonna take a while for me

[@sreliata]

I don't think I can ever thank you enough for sharing your knowledge and letting us all be a part of the magical creation of those elements. I loved the trees. I love these Clouds and I definitely will give this a try. Thank you, so incredibly much!! You're a treasure.

[@fabianklejewski8389]

For rotating objects around another object, you can snap the 3d cursor to the selected object (make sure the origin is set to geometry of the selected object) and then pick the 3d cursor as the pivot point, this way anything you select will rotate around the object so you don't have to reselect everything each time etc.

[@LightningBoyStudio]

You're totally right, thanks! That's way simpler. :)

[@dardarbinks17]

I just want to say how refreshing it is to see a tutorial where the teacher doesn't just explain what they are doing, but why they are doing those things and how it all works in blender. Amazing video, thank you for the effort and love you put into this.

[@cheddargt]

Games in the future will bring me to tears thanks to this man alone

[@FlameIsLucky]

any tips for reducing lag? My comp starts to lag when I add more than 2 cloud pieces :(

[@LightningBoyStudio]

The best way to reduce lag is to reduce the spacing between each faces of your Array. From there, it's mostly raw computer power, unfortunately. It's a pretty intensive technique.

[@heartsandtarts]

You have such an upbeat personality when you do these tutorials, it makes learning so much fun. Thank you so much for making this video :)!

[@InvasiveAlienPlants]

THIS IS SO AMAZING. THIS IS THE BEST CLOUD TUTORIAL I'VE SEEN IN KZbin. THANK YOU FOR SHARING

[@dannyma8104]

You don't know how much Thanks I should say to you. You taught me how to draw the cloud I needed for my project.

[@Dennisjay9]

Ya'll are one of the best gifts the blender community has right now. Thank you so much for making these tutorials. Seriously if yall started a patreon id drop my spotify or something else to support your page.

[@wylde39]

I love clouds so much. I want to be able to go camping on a mountain and just paint them in guache. Chibli clouds evoke such feelings in me. If I can learn to do this, maybe I will learn a lot about clouds by making artificial ones. Thank you for this. You fill me with dreamy hope.

[@artisticlion9218]

Woo, loving the ghibli tutorials. Can't wait to try this out!

[@davideblonda6159]

So unfortunate that this channel is not very active at the moment, i hope we will se more videos and tutorial from you, this was Amazingly done.

[@m.filmtrip]

I second this!

[@andre_julius]

Next tutorial is how to write a Ghibli story in Blender, isn't it.

[@diwakar8815]

No youre wrong........next tutorial will be how to become miyazaki using blender

[@andre_julius]

@@diwakar8815 Why not both?

[@shittycontent]

You don't need a computer to do that. Or a piece of paper. Or a brain. Or existence. Because Ghibli has no story. Ghibli sucks.

[@virusrat7145]

@@shittycontent dont feed the trolls people

[@shittycontent]

@@virusrat7145 I'm not trolling this time, I'm actually kinda serious. Ghibli basically has no plot because of how Miyazaki just makes it linearly without a script.

[@samawatahsan]

I love how you explain the details with everything. Love these tutorials.

[@MohamedAhmed-uh8wi]

The smile on this guy's face is so genuine i love it .. also ty for the awesome tutorials ♥

[@SpyroTheGerudo]

Took me over halfway through the video to find out why Ctrl+T and Ctrl+Shift+Right Click didn't work, and even when I follow the instructions exactly, I am still not getting good results, so I'm probably going to keep trying until I see where I am tripping up. You have succeeded in inspiring me to keep trying though!

[@awayfromhome8580]

you have to enable "Node Wrangler" in top left corner of your screen: Edit => Preferences => Add-ons and searche for Node wrangler ;) After you position your mouse on the first node you want to be linked, push shit and ctrl keys, then right clic, drag and drop to the second node you want to be link, a mix shader will pop betweek thoses two ;) sometimes the mix will pop far away, you just have to position it correctly ;) Hope this helps ;)

[@alejmc]

Damn... the hero cloud at the end, it looks beyond insane.

[@ololo9283]

Literally the most underrated Blender channel on KZbin, and I do not say that lightly.

[@2Jackrabbit]

This channel is the reason i'm gonna switch my pipeline to blender.

[@icecold1805]

ok, just one minute in, looking at the preview of the result and... I am amazed, of how much language a render can have. It feels so far away from the synthetic, artificial feeling I would have ever expected a render to achieve. It's beautiful.

[@bitspacemusic]

That final flyby in the clouds looks incredible.

[@TheSoldatFrozer]

i cant believe that guy, Genius! these Tutorials are just 1st class soldier.

[@h4rry4k]

You, sir, are a wizard in the ways of Blender! Thanks a lot for your easy to follow tutorials.

[@TreyWojo]

Skipped ahead to see how the renders looked and instantly liked and subscribed. Awesome work.

[@margarinoslav]

I rewatched this like 50 times without skipping ads Reason: Respect

[@Nikuloki]

Each time the ideas get cooler, and the research gets deeper. Thanks a lot, guys.

[@itsv1ola]

thanks for the tutorial :) just wondered everytime how to connect two shaders with shortcut ... finally someone explained that

[@jacopodiprima4513]

You deserve so much more recognition dude

[@lostcrusader8053]

I would love a series of how to make modern anime background. This is really good 😁

[@greebly6011]

this man can wrinkle my brain harder than any other blender user, legit just said 'hold up lemme reinvent volumetrics'

[@BenjaminWeiler]

Very nicely done, well narrated, thoroughly explained. If all tutorials were this good, blender would not even need documentation anymore.

[@marsmotion]

amazing. wow. you re engineered volumetrics through some simple geo and clever shader editing. this highlights what blender could look at to make their volumes work better for artists because these clouds are what we really want, highly art directed cumulus not just blobs...

[@ForgivenessOfGodAlMighty]

man you are THE BEST . no one will make high quality videos like you . THANK YOU

[@NoNameBrandR4]

Brilliant, just a suggestion stopping to show your node tree is very useful. And going over it every once in while after it gets super complicated is very insightful. Sometimes I was just keeping up but not understanding it as well as I could of. But again brilliant brilliant tut. Thanks

[@SeeYouInBluffington]

So much technique. Thanks for the tut

[@Flandelacasa]

This is how you make a tutorial. And sure you could make it cartoony but you also don’t have to. I was looking for a tutorial on how to make good looking clouds that don’t take forever to show up in the viewport and are also easily editable. Thank you sir!

[@fernandoperez8911]

it is not a tutorial. It´s Art !! Thank you

[@Rossilaz58]

Volumetrics are such a powerful tool

[@cashoyboy]

i have no intention of trying to do this but these videos are so dope

[@lafinca437]

One of the best tutorials in youtube. We need it more frequently, please!

[@numb8007]

very cool, learning a lot of awesome techniques from this

[@IyeViking]

Very nice! I actually made my own Ghibli clouds but using the tree method and metaballs with a weight painted texture for different densities at the edges to get a bit of a rounder shape

[@LightningBoyStudio]

Interesting! Would love to see the result. Make sure to ping us if ever you post it on social media.

[@IyeViking]

@@LightningBoyStudio Will do! Just have to try and get myself remotivated to polish it up now that this is out, haha

[@NaydLazyBones]

Dude, you are genious styliser

[@Thandidladla]

Your techniques are crazy man I love it

[@tristafrog]

this tutorial and whole channel is ridiculously good thank you so much for your content!!

[@jimduivenstijn8913]

Does this also work in blender 3.4.1? I tried following the turtorial but I'm getting black artifacts and its not the view clipping problem. Same problem with the gumroad file.

[@Maxcoyc]

Had the same issue... Principled Volume shader have to be plugged into Volume socket of Material Output node. So the black box appears if you forget to detach volume output of Principled Volume node from surface input of Material Output

[@meb6140]

i just recently found your channel when I started using blender and honestly thank you for the tutorials !! even tho some are (such as this one) quite advanced to me for the moment but it will sure be useful to me in the future !! thank you aagaiiinn

[@BlenderFan]

Thanks for this very helpful tutorial and happy blending with blender.

[@patrickpope4655]

Wow just wow. You explain difficult concepts so well. So clearly. Thanks for making these.

[@daniyalniazi1771]

how he explains everything is just amazing!!!!

[@robertagurkenkopf3469]

All of your tutorials are very well made and although I speak the language, I understand almost nothing. Well, just shows how much I still have to learn. Thanks & Keep it up, please!

[@Dragonikku]

A bit outdated due to the changes in the blend mode and shadow mode and the removal of ambient occlusion, but still works amazing! I learned so much with this tutorial regarding nodes, it really is a godsend that you also took your time to explain everything. Thank you so much. Something I am very confused about is that in the render, even if the camera is facing the clouds, they don't appear. They do appear in the preview (don't know the name... the view option where it would show how the render should look) I know this is an old video, but if anyone knows anything I would appreciate it!

[@NicolasHansen]

You might be hiding your original object from the render, it needs to be renderable for the instances to appear in the render. To get around it I ended up putting the original object in a collection with everything visible, then putting THAT collection in another collection and hiding that one from the render view.

[@Mas_Ujang]

i just start watching and i already like the way you explain......Nicee

[@ilyashka_levelart]

Very helpful tutorial, thank you )

[@amandamaac]

U are amazing! Danggggg! So good this tutorial and the tree one! Thank you very much! i did a mixture with the tree techinque (for cloud) and this one. Kind of soup but it have been such a nice experience. Ty ty

[@cartoonfive]

Haha, what a ride. Together with the Toon Shader Series that made my weekend. The last part about per object variation via the object color was a delightful ending of a rather exhausting episode. Keep up the great work, and stay safe.

[@LightningBoyStudio]

Haha, thanks for making it through it! It was a hefty one.

[@milocero]

thank you man I followed through and im a beginner so it was quite a ride. thank you so much.

[@sohamdey175]

YES THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER THANK YOU

[@ScottNetherstone]

Welp, my mind is blown. Thanks for the 20 new things I was not expecting to learn!

[@NeerajLagwankar]

Can't believe this software AND these tutorials are free! Thanks a lot!

[@TheNo-DigArtist]

I managed to follow most of that! lol! Great vid, thanks! :-)

[@vagabundodetected5209]

This guy just showed us the true power of the default cube!

[@LaurArt_UK]

This was so insightful! I hadn't even spotted metaballs before and they're amazing! I can see them being useful for a range of stuff.

[@LightningBoyStudio]

Yeah, haha! Metaballs have been around in 3d apps for a long time, but they don't get a lot of attention.

[@andreaz1621]

Your ghibli tutorials are amazing, pleas give us more pleas

[@DanielOakfield]

I love how super creative is your way of working, the latest content Ghibli anime style is great. Well done!

[@SonNguyen-tt5mo]

I will like all of your tutorial videos 🙌🙌

[@Xraller]

Wow! Great alternative to volumetric clouds. Cant wait to give this a try and play around with it.

[@kruth6663]

Those clouds look amazing, thanks

[@MichaelTzanakakis]

What a good tutorial! Easy to follow as a beginner but tons of neat and useful information even for more advanced users and the result looks fantastic!

[@gabrieltoscano4440]

You're a mad genius thank you these will be so helpful for many applications!

[@mathometer]

lovely stuff. Really like the way you approach these and final result fantastic as always

[@gwentarinokripperinolkjdsf683]

thank you for the tutorial. I ended up going with a more procedural approach and I think you can get better results going that route instead of creating custom normal textures. you can get the normal of any 3d gradiant by comparing slightly offset values and then you can play to your hearts content with noise patterns and such. i ended up making the input to my noise patterns be the position output of a voronoi pattern and it get's the painterly look down a lot better but sadly still not perfect

[@socialofficial5247]

u make the best tutorials i've seen...great pacing and explanations, please don't change a thing lol

[@vanessa_mnrk]

I'm using blender 3.1 and I have realy problems following along as nothing works... does the technique still work with blender 3.1?

[@TokyoDynamite]

Thanks for making these dude. Really appreciate it and its so cool

[@whattuan]

BEAUTIFUL. LOVE GHIBLI

[@thedevil9442]

legendary tutorial as usual

[@Noideagsd0]

Superb tutorial!! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@Dyzcroll]

as aways awesome work, thank you for your contribution for the blender comunity.

[@azamburru]

Just looking for today and you are amazing, love your work. Tomorrow will try to mimic all the tutorial. Love Love Love

[@orenjidesu7290]

this is a next level of Blender sorcery XD

[@RobertoRoch]

love the enthusiasm on your voice. thanks for the tutorial! :)

[@godfatheralexander]

I'm still getting the weird black artifacts...

[@waarlordy]

Love these tutorials, I can't wait for the rest of your videos!

[@HapZungLam]

these tutorials are so good. keep them coming :D

[@diango73]

i will definitely try that after my donut is finished ;). Thx for the super content!

[@heinzlu8671]

great tutorial! been looking for something like this for ages!

[@TechCarnivore1]

Wtf, you're a max level Blender Wizard. This is crazy awesome! I am almost scared that I am dreaming or something so I download everything lol.

[@IyeViking]

Don’t say max, you’ll upset the Blender community

[@lamii83]

Your tutorials are so helpful~! Thank you:)

[@frozenfridge3943]

LEGENDARY, thank you

[@PurplesinnerW]

Thank you for saving my thesis singlehanded

[@Jamie-wh3kd]

dude you're fucking killing it with these tutorials.

[@riccardotedeschini2487]

I'm speachless about your talent but thank you for sharing it! ❤

[@kolupsy]

Kristoff Dedene announced this video on his channel yesterday... i could barely sleep

[@LightningBoyStudio]

Kristof really gave us a great shout out! He's the best. :)