How I Animated this 3D CINEMATIC Scene in Blender!

Learn how I animated this 3D Dragon Scene in Blender! This was my entry to the Pwnisher VFX CGI Render competition challenge Boss Fight. Here is a narrated animation breakdown behind the scenes of how I made it! I learnt a lot from this project that I can't wait to use for future animations, and I hope you enjoy the video!
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[@Achilless1]

This man just made blender look easy. Respect!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much glad you like it! :)

[@grindordie3336]

He said it took 3 weeks to get 5 seconds!

[@peterdesigns]

The way you animated that emisive design was incredible would like more of an indepth tutorail on that for sure! Great job!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@FynnGB]

@@lewisanimation would love to see that as well!

[@all3ngaming407]

@@lewisanimation i wanna see that too!

[@gameplayontamil2879]

yes i really liked that part man. can u make video about that.. looks fire!

[@doroshenko6473]

@@lewisanimation We need a tutorial!

[@user-dw6nd5kx9v]

that's what a generalist means

[@erik_james]

Dude, that looks amazing/mindblowing/excellent/awesome/woderful - and many many other synonyms! I couldn't even imagine how much experience man should have to literally repeat the entire production pipeline used in big studios with many different kinds of professionals. And not only repeat but do it successfully and get awesome result at the end. I can definitely tell you - "My dream is to be able to do the same stuff".

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much I really appreciate it! Most of the techniques used are from youtube tutorials so it's really the Blender community I have to thank for sharing the knowledge. Good luck on your 3D journey and thank you for the comment :)

[@FM-lo9vv]

Completely awesome. Big budget feature film grade for sure!

[@atch300]

I really love your method of creating a matte painting. It looks so good yet its less time consuming than modeling.

[@wwklnd]

Absolutely stunning! I ended up not having time to work much on my animation and couldn't finish it on time, so I'm thinking about turning it into something slightly different, but this is a wonderful example of where smart work within set boundaries can get you!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Like most projects it was certainly still getting more and more rushed as the deadline approached :)

[@Misterred-GW2]

What a good breakdown! so clear, so statifying to watch. And a beautiful result aswell! Please do continue these types of video's, with voice over and showing your process.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much I really appreciate it :) More videos like this on the way!

[@judedarby7506]

Lewis disappears when we need him most

[@PJZ]

Just starting my Blender jouney but this is an INCREDIBLE inspiration. Amazing work.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Good luck on your Blender journey, it's one of the best decisions I ever made and I hope it is for you too :)

[@StormBlessedxo]

how's your journey going? I am 3 months in on mine. I learn new things every day!

[@Oybek554]

after seeing your work, my interest in blender increased even more 👍

[@lewisanimation]

That's amazing! Glad you like it :)

[@patrickmuenster]

Impressive job. But what excited me the most is the animation and the glow effect of the clothes. Just awesome! I have to try this.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! Glad you liked it, I hope it goes well for you :)

[@John-ru4iz]

I've just started trying to learn Blender and 3D animation like, last week, and stuff like this is what I want to ultimately create. It's easy to see how much I have to learn!

[@lewisanimation]

Most of the techniques were learnt from KZbin tutorials so there's a lot of info out there for Blender! Just takes some time and consistency :)

[@AdenMackdaddy]

This in one of the most inspiring things I've seen all year! Thank you for sharing man!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much it really means a lot! Glad you enjoyed :)

[@cliq7513]

My goodness this was amazing! Thanks for the breakdown and well done.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much :) Glad you liked it!

[@ILikeAmazingThings]

That clothing on the character with the appearing symbols is dope!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! Glad you like it :)

[@HussainBassam]

I'm so mad at the youtube algorithm for not showing me your videos sooner! this was very impressive! Can't wait to binge watch your other videos now haha

[@lewisanimation]

Welcome to the channel! I hope my current and future videos live up to expectations! :D

[@3dMistri]

So many techniques we got aware, days of work explained in 5 minutes, thanks for making this breakdown video...

[@lewisanimation]

Happy to help! Thank you for watching :)

[@MiDaY_i]

Amazing work bro! this is studio level quality by one man!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much :) Really glad you like it!

[@mwauraerick]

2 things I love about this: The cloth sim and the emissive pattern design

[@lewisanimation]

Amazing! Glad you like it :)

[@yamil9015]

That's just epic. it's amazing!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much! :)

[@horoscin]

Amazing work, I'm surprised that you didn't get to the top 100. You have such a good workflow and a good optimization of the scene, thanks for the breakdown, I'm going to try your workflow next time

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much really glad you like it :) I hope this workflow goes well for you!

[@sctoonz8552]

@horoscin please where can I find the top 100?

[@Ben_CY123]

This maybe one of the most detailed boss challenge breakdown/tutorial. Thanks you for share!💪

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much :) Glad you like it!

[@inmalopez8692]

We need a full course of this scene creation asap!!! 🔥

[@RobinPittelkow]

Wow, beautifully done! Hope to see you again in the next challenge!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much! :)

[@Chilloveque]

SO much knowledge condensed into one beautiful piece of work! Amazing job man, really cool to watch!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you I really appreciate it :)

[@Chilloveque]

@@lewisanimation bro, keep going strong! I wish I had enough motivation to learn more of this :)

[@lewisanimation]

@@Chilloveque It's mainly just consistency over time and you'll get there! Most of this was learnt from KZbin tutorials, it just takes a bit of time to get there! :)

[@companyomidayendeh5325]

This art of making realistical vfx is so phenomenal. It motivated me alot. Thank you so much❤🎉

[@lewisanimation]

Amazing!! I'm really happy to hear that :)

[@fived9424]

Amazing! You make it look easy

[@lewisanimation]

Amazing!! Thank you so much I really appreciate your support it really means a lot :) Really glad you like the video and I hope you find my future videos entertaining and helpful! :D

[@kimmysander2447]

amazing, this is exactly the sort of thing i needed for learning the Blender workflow.

[@Brockolii]

Wow, I need a whole real-time workflow tutorial of this! That was insane! Great job!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much! :)

[@JoshKings-tr2vc]

I appreciate this video because he gave a rundown of every step. (Plus, now I know what I need to know to be better)

[@BlueBerryFTW]

Truly remarkable work. Very informative as well. I'm feeling very inspired after watching this. You also did a great job of making this video engaging.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Really happy to hear it's inspired you :)

[@LarsLegacy]

This is absolutley stunning!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@filmeric-films]

AMAZING! So nice work! Hopefully you were in the top 100!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@ARUSHROBLOX]

Man I don’t even know blender this much in depth but THIS FIVE MINUTES.. just five!! Taught me like so much even though this isn’t a tutorial And I was am amazed to see the end result of all the boss fight renders This one’s my favourite

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Really glad you found the video helpful :)

[@MrFour4th]

Dude this is freaking awesome! As a concept artist. This is what we aspire to be

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :)

[@vnt956]

Wow this is so good😍 I have learned a lot from you!!

[@lewisanimation]

Amazing! Happy to help :)

[@Osiris261]

that is an absurd amount of work put into a 4 sec shot :D looks good worth it..

[@yhiu92]

thank you, i learned so much from this breakdown. one thing miss is staging. the dragon move and the cloth's glowing effect happened in the same time. we focus on the dragon and didn't see the cloth at the first glance. I hope you can make another awesome next time!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much! And I completely agree, the effects would look a lot better being able to focus on one part then the other, it would've probably overall worked better in a small sequence instead of one shot. Thank you for your feedback :)

[@RaffoVFX]

Nice breakdown, that creature is amazing!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :) Glad you like it!

[@sprigganforce174]

I just started today making the Blender Guru's Doughnut and im picking it up quite fast. this inspires me to keep making my cylinder sprinkles xD watching this is amazing. great work!

[@lewisanimation]

Amazing! Learning Blender was one of the best decisions of my life and I hope it turns out the same for you, I wish you luck on your new journey! Really glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@sprigganforce174]

@@lewisanimation Thank you! it really is a great pleasure when you create something from start to finish! WHAT to create next! haha

[@GauravJain-d6o]

Incredible, thanks a lot.

[@gabrielmoro3d]

This is stunning. Great breakdown.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much! :)

[@gehriggosselin9468]

ah man this is great! Would love to see more in depth on your multi-res workflow, that's a part of blender I feel like I rarely see touched...

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :) I'll see if I can include more info on it in future videos. Most of it is just doing a base high res sculpt, retopologizing that mesh to make it low res, adding a multi-res to the retopology subdividing it a few times, then add a shrinkwrap modifier targeting the high res sculpt, then apply it and it puts that detail onto the multi-res layer, so you've now got an animatable mesh with detail kept in the modifier. Then to texture it I UV unwrap the low res mesh, duplicate it and apply the modifier on the duplicate so I'm texturing on a high res model but the textures still work on the original with the multi res

[@KPCStudioOfficial]

​​@@lewisanimationyour videos motivated me to learn animation, can you tell me how much time do I need to learn animation like you ? I was working as judge so I need to manage time to learn animation. Edit: hope you will answer to me

[@lewisanimation]

@@KPCStudioOfficial Amazing to hear you've liked my videos! Animation is a really great thing to learn :) So I've been learning Blender for about 3.5 years now. It depends on what type of animations you want to make as to how long it will take. It's taken a while for me because I want to create quite complex scenes, but you may find your niche sooner. It definitely is a years long process to develop the skills to a high level and to find your own style, but I will always say that it's worth it!

[@FunnyAmped]

Always loved your videos. It's just a different style, like the Lewis style.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! That's exactly what I've been trying to do so I'm very happy you think so :)

[@tony_cgivfx]

Lots of great stuff here, well done!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :) Glad you like it!

[@GlitchmanVGM]

This is epic!! I hope I will someday learn how to make amazing works of art like this in Blender! It's a long learning process, but I'm willing to put in the time and effort! 😁

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! That's a really great approach to have, most of this was learnt from KZbin tutorials so the info is out there, it just takes time and consistency. Really good luck on your Blender journey! :)

[@hardiksoni6546]

breathtaking

[@Movilavideo]

really fantastic! Great work!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@SirPanda47]

Outstanding breakdown!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :) Glad you like it!

[@Bellator_of_the_Shadow]

Awesome!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you!

[@rainv974]

This is amazing as always!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much! :)

[@beaustine6093]

Incredible work. Keep it going! 🤘🏻

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much will do! :)

[@KevinMerinoCreations]

Excellent work!👏👏👏

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@lorenzocasciaro3717]

Amazing work and great explanation!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much! :)

[@engineersquad]

Amazing work and perfect explanation.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much! :)

[@blockschmidt]

i am blown away, crazy 10/10

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you glad you like it! :)

[@blenderconch]

Damn! That is some excellent work!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@Agent-57]

Just starting to learn blender and this is Godly to see. Suscribed

[@lewisanimation]

Amazing! Blender is an incredible piece of software to learn. Welcome to the channel! :D

[@MoreCreativeGFX]

great artwork

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you!

[@ImRaynosaurus33]

super underated channel. Keep going!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much I really appreciate it :)

[@snakeverg9390]

Very inspirational and useful video, I'm happy youtube recommended you

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :) Glad you enjoyed!

[@rafales1525]

woow - very impressive - hats off ☺👏👏👏greate artwork ♥☺

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much :) Glad you like it!

[@mohanplays]

Great work

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! :)

[@yorivisuals]

Amazing breakdown, thanks for this.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :) Glad you like it!

[@FreeW1ngs]

THANK YOUUUUUU!!!!! I wanted to model a creature for my story, and i couldn't find the thing that works for bones... NOW, CAUSE OF YOU, I KNOW. I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUU THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCHHHH

[@lewisanimation]

Amazing! Really happy to help, good luck with your creature story! :)

[@nossacamera]

Incredible work! And the breakdown is amazing!! 👏

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed :)

[@siemensohm]

crazy. amazing work

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :)

[@DesignSantos17]

Perfect !

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you!

[@PlaymakersInTheFaith]

Great Work!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you!

[@electronicmusicartcollective]

Good work and explain, thanx

[@lewisanimation]

You are very welcome! :)

[@wb2463]

This is honestly amazing work and I love how thoroughly you've broken it down here to show that even a super complex looking scene like this is actually created by a LOT of fairly simple techniques, just combined very well.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Exactly most people already have a lot of the skills it's just learning how to combine them :)

[@harshh8196]

This is More than the audience demands.

[@lewisanimation]

Just happy people are enjoying the videos! :D

[@VFXBlend_yt]

Great Job.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you!

[@nicoprothanimator6529]

Amazing !!

[@ForcePF]

Seeing amazing work like this almost makes me want to give up 3D art, because I know I'll never be this good

[@lewisanimation]

Please don't give up! Getting to this stage has taken years of work and a lot of things went wrong along the way. A shot like this also takes a very long time to make too so definitely don't compare your current ability to it. It just takes some time to find your own niche and what you're good at and that you enjoy :)

[@ForcePF]

@@lewisanimation Thank you for the advice.😀

[@cgimadesimple]

amazing dude ❤

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you!

[@fortissimoX]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing!

[@lewisanimation]

You're very welcome! :)

[@Ablumz]

I'm surprised this didn't make top 100, but I believe I know why - it's likely because the story doesn't develop much. I suspect if some kind of magic beam or shield came out of the staff it would have been enough to carry this into perfection and it also would have balanced out the color and lighting values from the near monochromatic color scheme it currently is. As it is now, both characters essentially just strike a both and nothing happens. I get that the fire in the dragons mouth and the symbols on the witches back light up, but that doesn't quite suggest enough on what is about to happen. incredible work overall, great explanation of modelling tools and techniques

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you for your feedback! You're spot on with it, the original plan was to add fire being blocked by some kind of magic shield, but my PC was really struggling with embergen and I ran out of time to work something out! I agree it would've worked super well with a contrasting colour magic effect. Thank you for spending the time I appreciate the comment :)

[@EpicBilalYT]

Love this! You just got a sub.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Welcome to the channel :)

[@proathome]

Amazing work!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you!

[@br11bronc34]

insane🔥

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :)

[@ChrisWalker-ol8et]

Bravo mate - really nice work

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much :)

[@nosirve9458]

im such a fan of this channel! Nice vid ! ^^

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much I really appreciate it :) Plenty more videos on the way!

[@nosirve9458]

Les go!! I'll be around :)@@lewisanimation

[@chrischart]

Top tier this mate - bravo!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@sakugaaddictraunak5919]

The cloth design lighting animation is cool but kinda remains unnoticed due to day lighting it will do great in dark lighting anyway great work learned a lot

[@MadrasGamers]

😊thank you i really learned new things from this

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! Really glad it helps :)

[@weilouie5430]

excellent breakdown

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :)

[@RAAnimation]

great man

[@lewisanimation]

:)

[@jabumahlangu6830]

Holy crap! You're ages into the Blender future.

[@sagarpandita371]

Mind blastinggggg

[@lewisanimation]

:)

[@scenefiller]

masterful work 🙂

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! :)

[@bd3d]

Awesome work!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@nisharupapara3695]

Amazing work. Very informative. I'm feeling very inspired after watching this. please can you give us your next tutorials in depth?

[@DavesBrain]

amazing

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you!

[@enriquebarrios6245]

one of the best

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! :)

[@HomieOficial]

CRAZY GOOD

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! :)

[@subzero2971]

u r great bro

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :) u r also great!

[@mists_of_time]

Love it!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! :)

[@uesleimenezes9489]

nice job sir!!