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Modeled this Stylized watch , Stainless steel dial and Rubber Straps.
The four-view breakdown makes the watch feel engineered, not just modeled—the repeated camera choices let the bezel, strap, and dial read as one coherent object. The small red accent is a nice focal cue.
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Hey! 🙌 Guess it's time to introduce myself to the Contra community.
I'm Dmitri, a calm and responsible 3D motion designer based in Estonia.
For the past 3 years I've been eating keyframes for breakfast in my favorite software, Blender. I like turning pretty much anything into motion, just because moving things are more fun than static ones.
So... if you need to animate a dashboard, bring some infographics to life, add motion to your product's UI, or build an explainer video that actually explains what your product does, and you want a solid result with updates along the way instead of radio silence until the deadline, that's me.
(And if you know someone who needs exactly that, send them my way too 🙂)
Really nice motion work!
We are working with a deep tech aerospace company and these are jet compression engine rendered entirely handmade. No AI was used in designing the model
Pure artisanal craftsmanship right there! The precision on those turbine blades and thermal housing highlights the immense power of true manual 3D modeling in Blender. Nothing matches human attention to mechanical accuracy in deep tech!
Inspired by: Grere'o (Shield), Solomon Islands, early-to-mid 19th century, from The Met's open archive.
Link to Original Art : https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/310073
I liked this shield because of its beautiful pattern and shine. It has a detailed design with a human figure in the middle, made from woven cane and shiny shell pieces. It looked like something made to be seen, not just used.
What I made: I turned the shield into a surfboard, but kept its design exactly the same, same pattern, same shine, same figure. I only changed its shape into a board. I picked a surfboard because its long shape already matches the shield's shape, so it felt like a natural change.
How I made it: I downloaded the Sheild image from Met's open archive, then imported the sheild picture in flora , connected picture with text prompt node, then I connected both picture and text prompt node to the video node and I selected the seedance 2.5 model with 30sec clip, I kept the work flow simple because I am new to flora and I was afraid maybe I may use all the credits before even creating good video, add this in how I made it
Why I made this: I wanted to take this design out of the museum and give it a new life in something people can use and see in motion. I think the shield's pattern is still beautiful enough to belong in The Met today, just now on a different object.
Instagram post link: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc3Nn8IAT2O/
Twitter(X) post link: https://x.com/AhmadSauleh/status/2095827847915163648?s=20
Such a clean fusion of culture and modern sport! Did you encounter any issues getting FLORA to keep the intricate shell pattern consistent across different camera angles