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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

THIS IS SO CUTE HEHEHE this was such a wonderful attack thank you for this it gave me such a laugh xD

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Xan Zenith @xanzenith.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I put @bluecolty.bsky.social 's bug on The Cube for an artfight attack >:D

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

The whole tiger thing sounds absolutely wild to see LOL. Like just imagine thinking you've got this battle in the bag and then this crazy person riding a heccin tiger just shows up outta nowhere

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

This ones still a big favorite, the background feels so irken and the different expressions as Zim babbles on about something stupid probably is gold.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

From a VC with friends a week or so ago. Don’t ask.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

YESSSSSSS hehehehe Also thats a beautiful profile picture

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

5/5 LAST POST Just the plain model renders, no pose. AND A LINK TO THE YOUTUBE VIDEO I USED. It was very helpful. I might end up making my own honestly. So if you'd like to see that, please do let me know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=csXj...

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Basically lots of trial and error. And so much RAM usage. SO MUCH RAM USAGE. If someone would like, I'd be happy to share the exact values I used. That's it for now, he's all done! Rigged, weight painted, fur-'ed. The whole shebang. Can't wait to finally make some cool scenes with him! 4/5

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I probably redid Ratchet's (and later Rivet's (coming soon!)) fur dozens of times combined. Each time though, it got better and better. Material work with the fur was a struggle too. I eventually settled on a heavily color graded toon shader, completely yeeting the Principled Hair BSDF. 3/5

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Back in January (woah) THIS is what I started with. My first attempt. I had NEVER done a hair/fur system in Blender before. It was totally new territory. And frustratingly, there were so few resources on how to make it. Blender kept changing, so even recent tutorials were totally outdated. 2/5

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Newly finished character drop... THIS TIME RATCHET! Like Clank and Kit, base mesh and textures were yoinked from Rift Apart. Material work and fur was custom made though. Man, what a learning experience doing fur was. Gonna make a thread here to talk about it. For now, pics! 1/5 #ratchetandclank

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

True actually hahah. That was the Samsung U.2 SSD, it had 63 petabytes read from it and was at 91% health still.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Its really awesome to see all your different fandom art star! So many different series, but still the same lovely star art

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

OOOOH I think I have seen that lad around before!

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Nice modeling! How'd you do the inner part with the corkscrew pattern?

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Love all these goober designs! The second one... I cant quite place it, but it feels familiar.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

IKR, couldn't have asked for anything better thats for sure. Thanks!! Its a big step.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Such an accurate doodle. MORE STORAGE, MOAR

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✨Nox✨(Comms open) @noxeorn.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Silly sketch I did yesterday for fun for @bluecolty.bsky.social with his oc as dragon on top of big drives (and data, as well as possibly ram) hoard xD #furryart #furry #digitalart #dragonart #dragon

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It's at my old high school too, that couldn't have worked out better too. Nice short commute, I know a lot of the teachers. The whole shebang. I'll also be teaching woodshop, engineering, and an intro to tech freshman class. Nice salary too, makes saving for a house a real possibility.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Got ratified the other week by a school board to start teaching full time Fall 2025! Big heccin moves, its crazy to think its already a thing. I couldn't have asked for anything better either- COMPUTER ANIMATION IS A CLASS ILL BE DOING HOLEEE Time to overhaul the curriculum for BLENDER.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Oh wow that’s good to know, dang

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Hehehehe I do want to post that one soon too

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Oh nuts I missed responding to this, heccin Thanks so much nox :D!! Its definitely one I'm still really proud of

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

So sad, they really need to add that lol

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

THE GIF DIDNT WORK NOOOOOOOOOO

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The 4 poses are all different poses she did in the game at some point. Anyone recognize where they're from? Gotta say the facepalm is probably one of her funniest moments personally. Just the sheer disappointment from this lil lass at Ratchet. It's hilarious.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Ran outta characters. This is a rip from Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, assembled in Blender! Texutres and model are from the game, assembling, weight painting, rigging, and node-ing the textures is harder than it seems, especially to get the look right. ALSO KIT SPIN GIF

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

HERE IT IS! Back when I was ripping Clank, I also snagged Kit. Her character is actually the reason I got into the Ratchet and Clank series, by a random recommended YouTube video of her cutscenes from the game. So she does hold a special place haha. The model was quite fun making! #ratchetandclank

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Thank you to the Great American smoke detector “low battery” alarm for consistently choosing hours between 2 and 5am to notify the occupants of its status. Your consistency and ability to beep far enough apart obscuring which of you is having an issue is commendable.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Ooooh you captured his expressions so well! Very nicely done!

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Made this a bit ago, take it as a lil taste before I share the main "showcase" poses of my R&C RA-Blender assembled model of Kit! The end credits "thank you" scene is so adorable, and Kit's pose is so cute. So I tried to recreate it best I could with the size accurate game model. #ratchetandclank

ratchet and clank rift apart end credits thank you screen

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

2/2 filling the scene properly when the render was split apart into render layers. I wanted to do render layers because I wanted the lamps and MINI headlights to glow different amounts. I ended up still using render layers, but keeping some combined more and editing the areas in Photoshop.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

This was also one of the first scenes I've made where I've ran into a technical limitation of Blender. The fog glow you see ended up being a lot of manual work and not compositing. Basically setting it up the way its supposed to be set up (verified with others), my environment fog cube wasn't 1/2

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

A personal project as a bit of a change of pace. This was one of my first dives into full from scratch realistic Blender scene creations. It's of the Food Lion grocery store in Avon, North Carolina. Was trying to go for more of a moody nostaltic feeling with it, as my family used to visit here. #b3d

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Awww thats so nice of you to say my man, will definitely have to do more because it was lots of fun. Really happy to hear it got so close!

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

It doesn't quite look like the reference image, at least from the 2016 game (which has the highest quality). I just say its Veldin from a different angle haha. ALL HAIL THE NEVADA PLANET

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Back at it again with another planet thing, this time Veldin, from the Ratchet and Clank universe! Veldin is Ratchet's home planet, and the site of quite a few happenings throughout the series. Entirely procedural materials and made/edited in Blender! #ratchetandclank #b3d

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Yea the goofy lad got his butt in the picture LOL. AND RIGHT? Its only been about 2 years since I last did it. And after the UV coating dried it looks even better. Its wild.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The kit is a ArmorAll Ultra Shine Headlight Restoration Kit. You can get em from AutoZone if you live in the US. No this ain’t sponsored, just providing the name here if it’s useful to anyone. I’ve used them quite a few times and they really do give great results.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

CAR MAINTENANCE WITH BLUE A $15 headlight restoration kit was all it took to turn my headlights from yellow to almost looking brand new. Better visibility and it makes my 14 year old MINI look not 14 years old haha.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Oh shoot good eye haha that’s great

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

There's an alternate too haha, while I was posing GIR I accidentally made this funny surf pose. So I grabbed a model from blenderkit and made it a thing too. GIR would totally ride a satellite.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

3 goobers floating through space... This is a heck of a crossover lol. Just a lil silly idea I imagined the other day. Made in Blender, Clank and Wheatley are from their respective games. #b3d #blender #ratchetandclank #portal #invaderzim

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Model and textures are from the game, even then assembling and properly putting everything together in Blender was tricky haha. It was great material and lighting practice, and a great simpler way to get back into Blender character making. Some poses are some reference, such as the first one.

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

BLENDER ARTS FROM THE DEPTHS Recently got into a lil PS2/PS3 game series called Ratchet and Clank. Great series, 10/10. Richard Horvitz is even in it lol. Anyways, this is Clank! Ripped from the game, and reassembled in Blender, I just lit and posed em. It was tons of fun lol #RatchetAndClank #b3d

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Bluecolty @bluecolty.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The Minecraft server PC is approaching its FINAL FORM 1U, 64gb RAM, 9th gen i9 It’s uhh… functional. That’s a word lol. Just waiting on the water cooling loop to arrive. Don’t mind the temporary packing tape holding down the heat sync that doesn’t have any mounting hardware 🥴

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