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Digital Hauntings with Blender: Crafting Chilling Video Effects
October 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm BST
Step into a spectral realm of digital horror with our two-session Halloween mini-Blender course by Mads of AlanSmithee Art. Within these sessions, we look at vintage video effects, showing you how to transform simple planes into haunting security video feeds displaying spine-chilling visuals!
Through combining the power of Blender’s Shader Node Editor with the aesthetics of grainy security CRT footage this course promises a blend of nostalgia and terror!
By the end of these sessions, you will not only have a tangible spooky video screen effect to showcase but will also have bolstered your confidence and expertise in learning further nuances of Blender’s Shader Node Editor. You’ll gain newfound skills and perhaps a few digital ghosts lurking in your monitor!
Mini-Course Content
Week 1:
- Noise & Film Grain: Begin by giving your still images a vintage touch, evoking the uneasiness of authentic and grainy-looing security footage.
- Jittery Movements: Use texture coordinates to introduce unpredictable and spooky movements to your images.
- Distorted Visions: Craft video distortion lines for that imperfect video feed, further enhancing the eerie ambience.
- Specter of a Video: Engineer a looping mechanism that cycles through different still images, mimicking a video feed for an immersive haunted experience.
Week 2:
- Bright Ideas: Design a node system that not only controls but manipulates brightness.
- Monitor Scan Lines: Dive into creating and animating these distinctive lines, reminiscent of old CRT monitors and grainy transmissions.
- Vignette Shadows: Harness textures to formulate and control a vignette effect, casting a sinister shadow around your monitor’s edges.
- Flickering Phantasms: Craft the signature flicker of CRT monitors, enhancing the retro horror feel.
Mini Course Dates and Times
Session 1 : Saturday October 28th : 19:00 BST (London) / 14:00 EDT (New York) / 11:00 PDT (Los Angeles)
Session 2 : Saturday November 4th : 19:00 GMT (London) / 15:00 EDT (New York) / 11:00 PDT (Los Angeles)
Duration : 1.5+ hours each session
Ticket Options
Free Ticket
- Entry to the first 30 minutes of session 1 only
Value Mini-Course Ticket
- Entry to sessions 1 and 2 : 3+ hours of instruction and coaching
- Includes unedited and non-searchable recordings
Premium Mini-Course Ticket
- Entry to sessions 1 and 2 : 3+ hours of instruction and coaching
- Blend file of final project
- HD searchable recordings of both sessions
About the Presenter : Mads of AlanSmithee Art
Madelyn (Mads) is a digital artist based in the eastern United States with extensive experience in filmmaking, photography & design. She releases work under the brand AlanSmithee Art, a nod to the historic pseudonym of Hollywood.
Mads began a journey into 3D digital art in 2019, exploring a program called FlowScape and its welcoming community of artists. In June 2020 she became the official tutorial designer, creating guides to Flowscape’s basic fundamentals, advanced techniques and creative possibilities.
She also began to learn and use Blender in her art, initially using it to convert and create models for use in Flowscape and eventually to create whole works, scenes, and environments. Blender quickly took over as her main tool for creativity.
In 2022 she brought her knowledge of FlowScape to the Digital Arts Live community in the form of a coaching group. This teaching environment was incredibly rewarding and courses on Blender soon followed.
See Mads’ creative works on the AlanSmitheeArt YouTube and on ArtStation.
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