Making a 2D/3D animated star map! (grease pencil & geometry nodes)

[@klassixx1]

It took me ages to figure out, but the reason why the grease pencil objects are black in that viewport is because the "vertex paint opacity" is turned off. To fix, go to "vertex paint" mode, and click the greasepencil button at the top next to the viewport overlays buttons, and you should find the "vertex paint opacity". It's buried in there!

[@SophieJantak]

Wow I had no idea that dropdown even existed!! Thank you for sharing, this solved it for me

[@JacobdelaRosa]

Every Sophie post is a must watch

[@SophieJantak]

I appreciate that! :D

[@PinkPlume]

You always know that Sophie will find a way to push GP's capabilities towards the most inspiring thing you've ever seen

[@SophieJantak]

That's kind of you to say! But I'm also super inspired by all the other artists making incredible grease pencil stuff 😊

[@Dantti]

Great video Sophie! GeoNodes is the future and perfect mix with grease pencil! I just published a tutorial what you can do with it in blender 4.3, it's soooo good ❤

[@SophieJantak]

Thank you! Also I just watched your tutorial, what an exciting time for grease pencil! Makes me very happy I'm learning geometry nodes now, I think I'll be ready for when the update launches 🤩

[@Dantti]

@@SophieJantak Awesome! I can't wait to see what you come up! :) Devs are cooking a lot of cool stuff, there's so much it's hard to keep up, grease pencil will get A LOT of love in 4.3 🥰

[@enex5647]

You're brave as heck, Sophie. I'm STILL too petrified to learn Geometry Nodes. But, with this video I think I can muster the courage. Thanks for inspiring. :D

[@SophieJantak]

Thanks, haha! I hope it helps to see my honest journey, complete with my many moments of confusion 😅 Honestly, I've been working on my next project, and it's going so well! I'm already having so much fun with geometry nodes, so I really recommend giving it a shot

[@hammerheadcorvette4]

Nothing to be afraid of. Just give yourself the time to do it !

[@SophieJantak]

Thank you for watching! There are resources linked in the description, and here's a look at what I'll be tackling next month: www.patreon.com/posts/july-project-106992552

[@Gadalac]

This is sooo cooool! I love your videos, you do stuff with blender I never would have thought of. Plus the concept for the art piece is so cute too. I like that you show when things are difficult in your process too

[@SophieJantak]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it! This piece was more personal than I tend to make my art, so I'm happy it resonated ❤ And I'm glad you appreciate seeing the struggles too :)

[@FascinateFelix]

Love it! Your energy is positively contagious, inspiring. ✨

[@SophieJantak]

I'm so happy to hear that! ✨

[@rogerkelly4550]

I like your small storyboard like project plan! I am going to try this. It must let you really focus on building the right parts.

[@rogerkelly4550]

You should do a separate video on how you plan out a project. Your execution seems so well thought out.

[@SophieJantak]

Ohh I appreciate the video suggestion, I've never thought of that before! Glad to know that's something you'd be interested in

[@angeliquesamson7562]

yaayy finally!! needed this

[@SophieJantak]

Happy to hear that! Hope it helps

[@scottdol2099]

you are truly insspiriing

[@timcameron9023]

bloody brilliant👍👍👍

[@SophieJantak]

Thanks!

[@오댕손과방울가위]

Wow!!!Your work is very inspiring I will try to apply it to my work, thank you.

[@SophieJantak]

Thank you! I hope it helps

[@pkckahaniwala9215]

You are an inspiration .. I am following your journey since the beginning .. :) .. I too made a part time career in 2d animation using Grease Pencil .. learn so many things from you .. :)

[@SophieJantak]

That's awesome to hear! Happy to have helped :D

[@davidmcsween]

Hmmm, regular 3d objects require a set material node to tell the instances what colour to be. Not sure about GP objects tho

[@SophieJantak]

Interesting, I didn't know that, I haven't tried using 3D objects as instances yet. So far, it seems like my GP instances are the correct color without additional nodes

[@IamSH1VA]

This is interesting, I might actually start learning GN... I will try this & try to make something of my own.. The BIG problem for me is I cannot wrap my head around node based workflow, I can easily understand code based (python etc) workflow cause of my programming background..

[@SophieJantak]

Best of luck! That's interesting to hear why nodes isn't as intuitive for you, with your background. I wonder if there are instructors who approach geometry nodes from a more code-based mindset, maybe that could help

[@AhmedHassan-if3iw]

did you tried Linux operation system before does Linux OS suitable for Graphic designer? I'm a graphic designer and using Linux for above a couple of years it's charm and fast I have replaced most graphic tools to Open-source graphic tools like (Gimp replaced to Photoshop) - (Inkscape replaced to Illustrator) - (Krita for drawing) -(blender replaced to Cinema4D). I replaced all my graphic tools to this Open-source apps that I have noted above. best wishes...

[@SophieJantak]

That's great! I also love open source, I use Blender and Krita, and recently a program called Scribus for when I need to prep files for printing. Though I'll admit I've never looked into Linux and am not sure I ever will, but it's great to hear that it works for you! Thanks for sharing :)