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The Technician
@thetechnician.bsky.social
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3d generalist using blender. Musician. former draftsman. varied side projects

https://cara.app/technician

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#blender #blender3d #b3d #geonodes
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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there is a custom procedural material too, Im using geonodes attributes to control the material, I thought itd be faster to setup if all the controls were grouped together

#blender #blender3d #b3d #geonodes #nodevember2025
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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I did #nodevember day 10 (zip) early!

I made this zip tie generator. it operates on a curve, which Im placing using cablerator

#blender #blender3d #b3d #geonodes #nodevember2025
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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#Nodeveber day 9, soft!
I made a vinyl couch. the couch is made from blocks, which used one of two geonodes setups to turn them into cushions or pipe, the wrinkles are made with texture nodes.

#nodevember2025 #blender #blender3d #b3d #3dart
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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ART TRAIN 🚂🚋🚋
Share 4 artworks and tag 4 (or more) people

thanks for the tag!

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November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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#nodevember day 6, Riveted!

This setup makes tilling riveted metal textures, using mostly geonodes, with different materials for different property exports

#nodevember2025 #blender #blender3d #b3d #geonodes
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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#nodevember day 5, feather

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November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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#nodevember day 4, bouquet... which I misremembered as wreath....

#nodevember2025 #blender #blender3d #b3d #geonodes
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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I was trying to avoid this, but I did end up getting the best results using a bevel modifier to put a very small bevel on the edges, then I used the absolute of the normal with a color ramp to isolate the bevels. I used that for the highlight
I used an AO setup to mask the damage.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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working on some new stylized material setups. trying for better edge wear and highlighting in eevee, without having to bake

#blender #blender3d #b3d
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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#blender3d #blender #b3d #math #geonodes
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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The Voronoi texture traditionally uses a random point distribution, but it can be drawn from ordered points as well. This is a spiral.

#blender3d #blender #b3d #math #geonodes
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Stylized rock generator, made with #geonodes

#blender #belnder3d #b3d
November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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#nodevember day 2, fire!

I made this one with all compositor nodes in blender 5.0

#nodevember2025 #blender #blender3d #b3d
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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November 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Day 1 of #Nodevember ! Pumpkin

#blender #blender3d #b3d #geonodes #nodevember2025
November 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The Satellite of Damocles

#blender #blender3d #b3d #scifi #sciencefiction #space #symbolism
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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some screen shots showing how I put this photo background together. this is the quick and dirty way to get the effect, starting with a cell phone photo. (details in alt text)

#blender #blender3d #b3d #pokemon
the original photo! I started by removing about 12 books from the shelf to get empty space. Ive tried stock photos before, but its much easier to work with a photo shot for the composition. also I wanted to use my bedroom. shows the scene from a different camera angle. you can see the 'shadows on nothing' effect from the shadow catchers. these are 3d objects that mimic the shape of the real objects. (because this is a quick piece I only model the objects closest to the subject) Ive really done the bare minimum to make this composition work, Had I wanted to do more, or use this for video, I could have modeled more of the geometry, cleared the shelf and taken cleared photos of the wall/books, or even just used clearer photos and more angles to eliminate distortion from re-projecting the photos. I also would have used a polarizing filter to cut the glare, and it helps to have a (separate) panoramic photo for lighting. the picture projected onto the shadow catchers, I am using it as part of the texture to get more realistic shadows (and light bounce).
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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One of these things is not like the others

#mimikyu #pokemon #blender #b3d #blender3d
October 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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still showing the magazine and ammunition
October 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM