Satisfying Alien Plant Animation | Blender 4.1 Geometry Nodes Tutorial
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I'll show you how to recreate an alien Helicoradian plant from James Cameron's Avatar and give it a satisfying bloom animation. You'll learn how to make a detailed 'feather' for the leaves using a hair system and grooming, and how to procedurally generate the plant using geometry nodes. You'll learn how to use vector math, attribute statistics, map range, and the many uses of the float curve node. Watch to the end and I'll do a quick rundown of how I created the final scene.
This work is based on "Animated Flying Fluttering Butterfly Loop" (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/anima...) by LasquetiSpice (https://sketchfab.com/LasquetiSpice) licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)
This work is based on "Tree GN" (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/tree-...) by TechArtBGN (https://sketchfab.com/TechArtBGN) licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:08 Generate feather using hair
03:32 Groom feather, interpolate hair for more detail
07:02 Add second feather layer
08:49 Generate Spiral with geometry nodes, instance feathers on points
11:53 Set feather size based on ID (Attribute statistic)
14:53 Randomize scale (Random value)
15:24 Noise texture for randomness (set position)
16:08 Make the stem
21:23 Material setup
23:14 Procedural bloom animation (Map range, float curve)
33:51 Final touches
35:43 Final render scene rundown