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Posting this again. Previously the asset was not viewable as it was a link to an Instagram post. Please view the link in the file I have uploaded the video.

I am trying to see how to replicate this material in blender from this artist. Please see Video here. https://arifqz.github.io/files/127264400_368795457682043_378612915796313300_n.mp4

Credit goes to the artist here. http://www.alexkiesling.com/animation-1

I am fairly certain they did this in Cinema 4d

Can it be done procedurally? or a particle system?

Thanks. i did a few searches and wasn't able to find the look I was going for

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It's not exactly the same, but try something like this - it just takes a Voronoi texture as a displacement and pulls it "down" on the Z-Axis. Enter #frame in the value node to make the value match the current frame (makes it move when you "play the scene).

Displace

Remember you need to be in cycles and have a heavily subdivided object for the displacement to work. You also need to enable "displacement only" or "displacement and bump" under the materials settings.

Looks like this - it actually looks much better/smoother, I just had to go low-res for a .gif small enough to upload - this is only a 3 second repeating clip:

Move

Also, I just noticed, you can probably make it match your sample a bit closer if you choose Smooth F1 on the Voronoi texture.

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  • $\begingroup$ Hey thanks for the tip. I am trying to set it up with the node configuration. I have #frame in the value node and have copied the node set up but for some reason its not behaving like the gif you posted. Here is a link to the blend file on google drive. drive.google.com/file/d/1_ja7CTi02pZAsfl2BEMc1Vba5qZhzhyA/… $\endgroup$
    – Arif
    Commented Nov 7, 2022 at 3:39
  • $\begingroup$ Your Map Range node has the input range mapped to a space between 1 and 1 (no space at all). Change the To Min to something like .6. HOWEVER - your mesh seems oddly subdivided. For the best results, start with a cube, add a subdivision surface modifier (catmull clark level 3) and apply it. Then add a Cast modifier set to sphere (default) and change the Factor to 1. Apply that as well. Then, add another subdivision surface modifier (level 3 or 4), but don't apply it. This should give you a sufficiently subdivided "quad-sphere" (no tri's or poles) - optimal for displacement. $\endgroup$
    – Christopher Bennett
    Commented Nov 7, 2022 at 3:47
  • $\begingroup$ Also, you probably want to reduce the multiplication of the frame speed to something like 0.02. $\endgroup$
    – Christopher Bennett
    Commented Nov 7, 2022 at 3:51

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