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After a week of working through Blender tutorials about modelling objects with better typology I decided to challenge myself to model a roll of Kodak Gold film without following a tutorial. While finalizing the model I learned about lighting systems, adding in custom UV maps, and exporting clay object with wireframes renders before editing it all together in After Effects. ✨
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