#liminal pools

I spent so much time on water. Just months on different water shaders, caustics, rendering and lighting setups. So many projects I never posted.

Tried the mannequin thing lol

Most of those project files are from 2022. The time really does pass anyway huh? Part of me feels nostalgic. Like I loved all the late nights just learning Blender and more modern 3d concepts. I'm happy that all the practice actually led to getting better. But at the same time I remember all those nights alone just working. And that hasn't changed. I wanted to prove to myself I could still make things even without a "real" 3d career, and I guess I did that. But I'm trying to figure out what's next. I want something that won't leave me feeling empty this time.

The creepy aspects of liminal art were always interesting. But I think the isolation of it comforted me. There's no people to be jealous of or to remind me that everyone else is out living a life while I'm just here. So I could spend a lot of time working in rooms like that in 3d. The pool in the mannequin one is a replica of a real hotel pool my family went to in the 90s. I converted some home movies to digital and took screenshots to recreate it.

Gross, old fake-rock pillars collecting dust.

From Blue Prince