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My latest Blender animation project, which showcases all the MLB National League batting champions from 1876 all the way through 2022. Each champion is displayed with their very own pillar, with the height of each pillar correlates to their batting average for that year, along with their team flag flying above, the year, their name, and batting average stats in gold lettering on each of their pillars. The higher the average the taller the pillar is. This is a follow up to my American League version I did earlier, only this time it was much more taxing to complete. The history of the National League is longer than the American League with seasons going back to 1876. So I had to add 25 more pillars and flags to this animation. With the added pillars and flags, I ended up having to add an additional 2,600 frames to the sequence. Way too many!!!! I first tried rendering it in the Cycles Engine, but it would have taken about 7 days to render it all. And plus, during the first few hundred frames, the flag seem to not wave as often, sometimes freezing without any changes, from one frame to the next. So I decided to switch over to using the Eevee rendering engine instead, which of course renders faster, but doesn't quite give you the quality results as the Cycles engine does ( better shadows and light bounces ). All in all, the Eevee render took about a little over 30 hours to crunch the 7,600 frames total. Yet I still got uneven and jittery results on the waving flags. This is even after changing the settings to the wind simulator three different times! Anyways, at this point, I was just desperate to get a finished product, and this is what I ended up with. Not exactly what I was hoping for, but maybe next time, I can figure out a way to keep the flag waving smoothly. I tried baking in the physics results multiple times, but each time I did, Blender would crash at the end, and I would have to close and reopen the application, only to find out all my baking was gone. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this animation. It was long week of frustration for me to get it done, but I learned a lot in doing so. This NL version, I made the names, dates and batting averages much larger on each pillar so as to read better when displayed on smaller devices. It all looks great on a big screen TV, but most people are probably watching on their phones and tablets. Check out the American League version here: https://youtu.be/UA3skEN5n7w Music: Youtube Audio Library: "I Had A Feeling" by TrackTribe. This project was created using Blender 3.4.1 and iMovie. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Plus more Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

Oddballs & Obscurities Car Show at the Kansas City Auto Museum in Olathe, Kansas on Saturday, June 24th, 2023. There was a chance of rain so that was one reason it was a low turnout. Plus it was an even that was rescheduled from 2 weeks earlier because of rain. But there was still some nice cars to look at. The Peugeot was one of them. Saturday, June 24th, 2023 in Olathe, Kansas. Music: Youtube Royalty Free: Greaser by TrackTribe. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Plus more Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

Trail cam footage of activity during the month of April of 2023. I've been kind of busy lately working on my animations, so I have neglected to get any trail cam footage posted. So I thought I would just take a bunch of the clips and put them all into one video. One of the clips was the first time the cam has caught a rabbit, and the first time it has caught a dog, I'm guessing it was the next door neighbors dog. These clips were all taken during April of 2023. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Plus more Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

A morning Miata drive to work in downtown Kansas City, Missouri and a drive back home later in the day. It was one hot day with temperatures reaching 97°. The sky covered with clouds to help make it one steamy and humid Wednesday. Lately I've been spending a lot of time doing my animations, so I felt I needed to do another Miata drive video. Hopefully I can do more soon. This video was shot on Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 with the Wolfang Camera. Unfortunately, the mini SD card card wouldn't record in 4K, so I had to set it to 1080P. But the results still look pretty good. If you enjoy this video, please give it a like. And comment if you like, and share as well. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well. I'm always coming out with new content on a weekly basis. Have a great day!

My latest Blender animation project, which showcases all the MLB American League batting champions from 1901 all the way through 2022. Each champion is displayed with their very own pillar, with the height of each pillar correlates to their batting average for that year, along with their team flag flying above, the year, their name, and batting average stats in gold lettering on each of their pillars. The higher the average the taller the pillar is. The first animation sequence was done using the Eevee Engine in Blender, while the second animation sequence was done using the Cycles Engine in Blender. The Cycles Engine will give better results, but usually takes 10 times longer for each frame to render. One Cycles frame ended up taking about 1 minute and 10 seconds to render, while the Eevee Engine frames took about 3 to 5 seconds to render. I misjudged the speed aspect the first time around, only utilizing 1,500 frames, which made the animation play way too fast. So I went back and expanded from 1,500 frames to 4,500 frames, which gave it a much smoother and well paced animation. I wasn't happy with that video either, so I went back into Blender and expanded it to 6,000 frames, so it now runs much more smooth. I also corrected a few errors I made on some flags. Notice which way the wind is blowing and which way the clouds are moving. I can't get everything right. ha ha If you want to be able to read the names and averages clearly, you can always pause the video here and there. Music: Youtube Audio Library: "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" by E's Jammy Jams. This project was created using Blender 3.4.1 and iMovie. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Plus more Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

Take a quick glimpse inside The Factory where they make the best metallic cubes in the world. The factory is managed by just two robots, Felix and Marvin. Here we see them checking out the assembly line, making sure everything is operating properly. It looks like somebody is up to some shenanigans, as we see on Felix's back as he motors away. A big thanks goes out to YouTubers Polygon Runway, for his "Blender Factory Animation" tutorial, and to Ducky 3D for his "Amazing Rolling Text" tutorial. This animation was created in Blender 3.4.1, using the Cycles render engine, and iMovie. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Plus more Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

The rain lingered and stayed for a while during the church Of The Resurrection Car Show in Leawood Kansas, Saturday June 10th, 2023. Despite the rains, many car enthusiasts stayed and enjoyed the brave individual car owners who stuck it out on the cloudy drizzly day. 

My latest Blender animation creation - A traffic system on the highway at night, with 4 lanes of cars leaving the big city and heading into the mountains. This one took a while to put together, lots of things going on. A big thanks goes out to YouTuber Cartesian Caramel for his "How To Make Traffic Systems in Blender 3.0" tutorial. This animation was created in Blender 3.4.1 and in iMovie, and was completed on June 5th, 2023. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Plus more Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

This was a project I began working on about a month ago and at the time I wasn't sure on how to give the scene proper lighting. Now that I have learned a little bit more about how to light a project I was able to move forward with it. Once I completed the animation, I thought I would try rendering it using Blender Cycles instead of Blender Eevee. Each Frame took about 1 minute to generate, but I think it was worth it, since I discovered a Cycles render would give the objects better reflection values. So this project turns out to be my first one rendered using Cycles, except for the beginning and ending titles. Those were still rendered with Eevee. I was also able to incorporate my new "Like & Subscribe" green screen overlay with The Duck Song Duck flying in his newly painted red biplane. Just give that Duck one juicy grape and he'll likely do anything! This project was completed on June 1st, 2023, using Blender 3.4.1 and iMovie. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Plus more Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

Zeus The Cat, not able to go outdoors anymore because he might end up as lunch for the neighborhood foxes, longs to go outside in the backyard. He’s so close he can almost touch freedom. But all he can attain is just the smell of the freedom he once had. Oh well, just more time to lounge around the house and sleep.

Johnson County Funeral Chapel & Memorial Garden, at College BLVD & Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas - Memorial Day 2023. We were there to see my dad‘s gravesite- Robert Alan Stude.

Enjoy the visuals of these rolling balls gliding up and down across their wavy rails. Shot with many of different cameras, you can enjoy the visual from all different angles. In the background, you might notice The Duck Song Duck flying over in his biplane. What the heck is he doing? Crop-dusting? He'll do anything to get some attention. Thanks to Youtuber "Ducky 3D" for his tutorial on this. This project was creating using Blender 3.4.1 and iMovie. Music: Claudio The Worm by The Green Orbs. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Plus more Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

Another Blender project I've been working on lately. This one taught me how to use some of the physics properties while working with animated spheres, with the help of YouTube's PIXXO 3D tutorial. This video was completed on Wednesday, May 24th, 2023, in Blender 3.4.1 and iMovie. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! More Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

The Duck Song duck is back! And this time he is more determined than ever to get his grapes. In this short, we see him boarding a retro rocket spaceship, and blasts off on his quest to reach the forbidden “Planet Of The Grapes”! Will he make it there? Will he survive? Will he get his grapes?? Tune in to the full video linked below!  Full video: https://youtu.be/07WHnyhdDBo More "Duck Song Duck" spoof videos coming soon!

The Duck Song duck is on a mission to get his grapes. He realizes that The Man at the local lemonade stand will never stock any grapes along side his ice cold refreshments, so The Duck has decides to take an adventure to where no duck has ever gone before: Outer Space, to see if he can find the legend of Planet Of The Grapes. He commandeers a newly built retro rocket space ship and blasts off into deep outer space in search of Planet Of The Grapes. Will he make it there? Will he die in space? Will he encounter any evil aliens on his trip? Will he finally complete his mission and attain some juicy grapes? Will he ever make it back to Earth? Stay tuned and watch to find out! For this Blender project, I was able to design a retro rocket space ship with the help of YouTube Daniel Grove Photo and his Retro Rocketship tutorial, and also YouTuber Alaskan FX, for his tutorial on Epic Rocket Engine Fire Effect. Then after building my own ship, I decided to incorporate The Duck into the video ,since it has been a while since I was able to spit out a Duck Song spoof video. I have a few more I've been working on, but just haven't yet pieced and of the together completely. Stay tuned, I shall be coming out with more Duck Song spoof videos, along with other Blender videos and more. Check out my other spoof Duck Song videos: https://youtu.be/JcSCsoFgBDc https://youtu.be/6-ZwpncQcuo https://youtu.be/GpjP2L3HElk https://youtu.be/tm0GQe-NoTk https://youtu.be/MmhuDQQVK5k https://youtu.be/K2qjhFxtO6k https://youtu.be/VTc0tDHgVYQ This video was completed on Friday, May 19th, 2023, in Blender 3.4.1 and iMovie. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! More Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

Another Blender project, this time with dominos lined up out in some green grass, then begin to topple one by one. I added a bouncing ball in the center. I learned some physics settings and some collision settings with this creation, thanks to tutorials by "Blender Modeler" and "TLD Studios" on Youtube. I also learned how to create a semi-nice plot of grass. This video was created with Bender 3.4.1 and iMovie on Monday, May 8th, 2023. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! More Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

Many new users who are just getting started are not familiar with lots of tricks you can do in Blender. Here I explain how to do one of the simple tricks that many might not know about. Create a quick pyramid without a hassle. This video was created using Blender 3.4.1 and iMovie. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! More Blender tutorials to come! Thanks for stopping by!

LIVE! Exclusive Hot Item, The All New Tiny Bot! Join in on the LIVE STREAM and see what the excitement is all about! Hurry and order yours NOW before inventory and supplies run out! This is another Blender project that I've been working on. Instead of just giving you a short video of the robot I created, I thought I'd have a little fun and jazz it up a bit. So I created it simulating LIVE streaming event selling the Tiny Bot while people chimed in with comments on a live chat. In this project I ended up having 6 different emitters with lots of particles emitted. The Blender project took about 14 hours to render. Yeah, you could say I did go a little bit overboard. Credit: I have to give Youtube's Onlygoodsir credit for putting together his insightful and splendid tutorial on how to create this little robot. This video was created using Blender 3.4.1 and iMovie. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Thanks for stopping by!

In this tutorial I will show how you can take text and engrave it into an object in Blender. I took me a while to figure out how to do this, so I thought I'd make a tutorial on it to help out other Blender novices out there. And when I come across other cool features in Blender, I'll be back with another tutorial soon! This tutorial is done in Blender version 3.4.1, on May 2nd, 2023. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Thanks for stopping by!

The Iron Man Metallic Silver suit in 4K. A project I put together in Blender. This video was created using Blender version 3.4.1, on May 1st, 2023. Credit goes out to LLiypuk Sketchfab.com: Modeling by Harlow fx Model mark 85. The file also contains an energy refocuser, hammer hands, infinity gauntlet. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Thanks for stopping by!

Garden Bros Nuclear Circus: How mans Gone Wild set up their Big Top Tent at Oak Park Mail in Overland Park, Kansas. What a weird name, eh! Who knows? Maybe they’re going to explode a nuclear bomb during the show ! It was opened from Friday, April 28 through Sunday, April 30, 2023. 

Waves of radioactive waves from nuclear fallout ripples through the ocean. Another Blender creation. A simulation of glitter in programmed waves. This was created on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 using Blender version 3.4.1. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Thanks for stopping by!

Holy cow! Zeus can talk! 

A Blender project I put together after learning several new things in the application. Three arrays of cubes on Bézier curves with rotation animation baked in. Enjoy! Created with Blender 3.4.1 on April 25th, 2023. If you enjoyed this video, please smash that like button, & leave a comment or a question below. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well, I create new content all the time, so don't forget to check back weekly! Thanks for stopping by!