{"id":2427,"date":"2025-07-18T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cgnerd.com\/?post_type=portfolio-item&#038;p=2427"},"modified":"2025-09-15T19:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:12:12","slug":"touching-grass","status":"publish","type":"portfolio-item","link":"https:\/\/www.cgnerd.com\/index.php\/portfolio-item\/touching-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"Touching Grass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div style=\"--col-width:;\" class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Touching Grass (A short Blender stop motion style animation)\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wqfrr73_RJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> July 18, 2025 \u25fc\ufe0e <strong>Client:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgnerd.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CG Nerd<\/a> \u25fc\ufe0e <strong>Platform:<\/strong> Web\/Social \u25fc\ufe0e <strong>Software:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blender<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackmagicdesign.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DaVinci Resolve<\/a> \u25fc\ufe0e <strong>Music:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa25sZmJ6czQ2OXBFS29YWUQ1eHc2NGVqM1c5d3xBQ3Jtc0treXpKYkZGRGRiZXplTUd3dzk4Qlh2MThjdHc3NmRnWmxKLWc2SXU1eVVISWRPb0dKdkQ5eF9pM1RqTHVKOHZKVGRfXzYwMjIxUGI0bl9kSFF3a241RzdWOGZ2bUMtTEt5TUpHVDdnY1hMcU1pekF4dw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ffreemusicarchive.org%2Fmusic%2Flite-saturation%2Fcinematic-trailer%2Fcinematic-trailer-2%2F&amp;v=wqfrr73_RJk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cinematic Trailer by Lite Saturation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I was recently in talks with a client about doing some product visualisation work for toys. I&#8217;ve worked on product visualisation projects before, but not specifically in this area, so I thought it would be useful to put an example together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to work with a 3D printable toy as the files I&#8217;d be working with would be similar to CAD files from a toy manufacturer. I found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:3552114\">this<\/a> great mech model on Thingiverse that I thought would be perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After adding materials, assembling the parts and rigging it up, I created a turnaround and sent it off. All of that work felt like it deserved a little more of a result than a turnaround, so I made this ultra short film in Blender. I wanted it to have an authentic Stop-Motion feel to it, so I animated forward on 4&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty happy with the final result, especially considering it was made from start to finish in a day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ultra short stop-motion(ish) film about a mech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2428,"template":"","filters":[28,39],"class_list":["post-2427","portfolio-item","type-portfolio-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","filters-animation","filters-personal-projects","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Touching Grass - CG Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An ultra short stop-motion(ish) film about a mech. 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