Giving Deathwing a realistic smoke trail with EmberGen

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  • Опубликовано: 21 апр 2024
  • This video is sponsored by JangaFX🔥I recreated Deathwing's fire and smoke trail using EmberGen, the real-time smoke simulation tool! Try it today: jangafx.com/try
    Resources used:
    Blender: blender.org/download
    EmberGen: jangafx.com/software/embergen/
    HDRI from PolyHaven: polyhaven.com/a/evening_road_...
    Music from Artlist, PremiumBeat, RUclips Audio Library and WoW Cataclysm login screen
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Комментарии • 417

  • @OS3KI
    @OS3KI 26 дней назад +1402

    not making the wings flap was a missed opportunity, but it still looks fire🔥

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  26 дней назад +302

      100%!! I genuinely tried for soo long to animate the wings flapping, but at some point I just had to give up. One could say I didn't have the strength to fly him out of the uncanny valley!

    • @0fenser
      @0fenser 26 дней назад +33

      ​@@Polyfjord I can feel that! I also tried making a dragon animation before and its not easy as it seems

    • @henrychess3
      @henrychess3 26 дней назад +6

      @@Polyfjord maybe you can make it into another video, or if it's too hard, a series of multiple videos

    • @FergusAnimation
      @FergusAnimation 26 дней назад +6

      @@Polyfjord I can animate something for you and send it back if you like :)

    • @OS3KI
      @OS3KI 26 дней назад +7

      @@Polyfjord honestly fair enough, i suppose you 'winged it' with the gliding option

  • @essamalghamdi4720
    @essamalghamdi4720 26 дней назад +458

    1:00 scared the shit out of me i thought my mouse broke

  • @TheTheorizingFrog
    @TheTheorizingFrog 26 дней назад +391

    these animations make real life look like 8-bit rendering💀

    • @KeplarDesign
      @KeplarDesign 26 дней назад +2

      Yea

    • @MrSongib
      @MrSongib 26 дней назад +5

      Did you realize the smoke and flame look and feel "small"? if not, then go do some "real life" adventure more.

    • @Dielma
      @Dielma День назад

      @@MrSongib is there a quest that starts this real life adventure mode?

  • @GimmeCookiz
    @GimmeCookiz 25 дней назад +196

    5:31 "Even the tongue is rigged" _alowlwolwlo_

  • @thewaysh
    @thewaysh 26 дней назад +137

    Taylor Swift flying to her next concert 12:11

  • @Golden_SnowFlake
    @Golden_SnowFlake 26 дней назад +61

    It's badass that they decided that this task was worth sponsorship, those dudes are definitely the nerdy type!

    • @azure5584
      @azure5584 7 дней назад +1

      They knew what they were doing, I mean incoming Asmongold reaction and massive exposure for their software 🐢

  • @scpWyatt
    @scpWyatt 7 дней назад +6

    The final two shots of Deathwing flying over Stormwind are jaw-dropping.

  • @ruimahe
    @ruimahe 26 дней назад +67

    9:00 You can just hear his rig screaming in agony haha

  • @LetMeXplain
    @LetMeXplain 26 дней назад +82

    Wow, it's hard to wrap my head around the physics simulation. The fact that you can preview it in real-time is just mind-blowing!

  • @DerekElliott
    @DerekElliott 26 дней назад +30

    Oh man now I gotta log into my old wow account

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  26 дней назад +2

      Nothing hits like nostalgia!!

  • @franktothemax
    @franktothemax 25 дней назад +8

    Polyfjord-this one hit levels of nostalgia that I didn’t even know existed. The curve, the lols.. this is a masterclass of content creation. Thank you for this 🙏🏻

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  25 дней назад

      Appreciate it my friend ❤️

  • @Nulley0
    @Nulley0 26 дней назад +24

    Just imagining the amount of fuel used to produce the amount of smoke is humbling.

  • @newrockboy1553
    @newrockboy1553 26 дней назад +8

    I’ve been wanting to create more advanced sims with ember-gen, but I hit a dead end with my creativity. This video sparked my creativity again. 🙏Thank you!

  • @soldeera
    @soldeera 24 дня назад +1

    embergen is just magic, being able to do real time simulations with such quality is insane

  • @janbertus
    @janbertus 26 дней назад +3

    Your skill level is INSANE, honestly you´re a awesome!
    Everytime I watch one of your videos my mind is blown :D great work!

  • @monstaguru1442
    @monstaguru1442 3 дня назад

    The heroes of the storm model feels so much smoother... blizzard missed so much opportunity when they finally released deathwing. This made my day to see and so refreshing ❤

  • @LordDonnington725
    @LordDonnington725 10 дней назад

    The added vortices really drives home the realism which makes it way cooler. Beautiful touch

  • @HomAxz
    @HomAxz 26 дней назад +4

    still one of my favorite shot cines. wow has been one of the reasons I got into CG, and seeing this now here is insane! great video

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  26 дней назад +1

      Yeah me too! I think their cinematics has shaped a generation of 3D artists

  • @erksp7961
    @erksp7961 2 дня назад

    Dude, I love how you love doing this stuff!

  • @bengutierrez9074
    @bengutierrez9074 26 дней назад +2

    This video is so inspiring. Thank you for what you do

  • @Nerdforge
    @Nerdforge 23 дня назад +1

    WOW this is amazing

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  23 дня назад +1

      Thanks guys!!! Keep up the awesome work 🔥🔥

  • @hawkeyejo9609
    @hawkeyejo9609 26 дней назад

    Love that you can hear the fan's spool in the background when he's working in ember.

  • @AgeOfTheJoshua
    @AgeOfTheJoshua 26 дней назад

    Amazing video man, I reaaaally have to try all the jangafx stuff WOW! Thank you for the video !

  • @dariussutherland1
    @dariussutherland1 17 дней назад

    Just wanted to saay. I got into Blender during Covid for a bit, had a break for 3 years and picking it up again and feel confident following your tuts. You were the reason I found Blender. No idea how, I just came aross some of your amazing work. Sound,Animation,Modelling,Tutorials. All amazing and thank you for creating the inspirational stuff you do.

  • @nadimmahamud1856
    @nadimmahamud1856 26 дней назад

    Thank you so much for awesome ideas and thanks embergen

  • @kunibertrandolf1886
    @kunibertrandolf1886 20 дней назад +1

    Ember Gen is so insanely cool and capable of the things ot does, it is mind boggling.
    I am currently working on my job expanding to animation and 3D simulation (I am currently a creative writer) via all the things I learned in the past 2 years from channels like you, and then I will finally be able to experiment around with the full version of the entire JangaFX roster via the work subscription.
    Truly, thank you very very much for all the work you put into your videos and the level and quality of explanation you give. It literally helped me change my life towards more and more creativity.
    Next stop - my own game (in another few years).

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  20 дней назад +2

      What an amazing comment my friend!!! I wish you the best of luck!!!

  • @pZq_
    @pZq_ 26 дней назад

    like that though process and all discoveries through it. thx for sharing 🧡

  • @ZA5TEESH
    @ZA5TEESH 16 часов назад

    Blizzard need to hire this guy to show them how to make a proper game

  • @shmuelrosenbluth9741
    @shmuelrosenbluth9741 22 дня назад +1

    11:57 this shot is beautiful. Looks likes something straight out the house of dragon series.

  • @manmeetsinghkhanijo7249
    @manmeetsinghkhanijo7249 26 дней назад

    Polyfjord just changing the blender community dynamics with his unique incredible ideas Love you poly ❤❤

  • @samwood3691
    @samwood3691 26 дней назад

    That was flipping amazing!

  • @williansilva4150
    @williansilva4150 26 дней назад

    Just amazing!!!

  • @txma.
    @txma. 26 дней назад +2

    This makes me want a ton of How to Train Your Dragon sequences, specifically involving the Monstrous Nightmare (I think this simulation would make that dragon pop immensely) and then unrelated to EmberFX, I'd love to see some electricity sims/anims with Toothless

  • @vingroenewegen5781
    @vingroenewegen5781 18 дней назад

    love the editing in this video

  • @SugarBomb69.
    @SugarBomb69. 6 дней назад

    Oh my god...! So good!

  • @mnfhh
    @mnfhh 10 дней назад

    I got very excited if I see something like this in the game

  • @vel5063
    @vel5063 26 дней назад +14

    Deathwing has as much carbon footprint as Taylor swift

  • @loljoshyboylol
    @loljoshyboylol 14 дней назад

    that turned out amazing

  • @CrimsonPhoenix.
    @CrimsonPhoenix. 10 дней назад

    Wow! This video was so interesting and i wish i knew how to do what this guy does and play around with adding ember gen to weapons to give new affects! The deathwing model w/ effects is EPIC!

  • @germansausage7310
    @germansausage7310 6 дней назад

    I love that the Best WoW related stuff is not from everyone but Blizzard Nowadays

  • @eastjavaID
    @eastjavaID День назад

    Wow, this is awesome

  • @homborgor
    @homborgor 11 дней назад

    Never knew I wanted to play wow with one of my favorite RUclipsrs

  • @nightwing367
    @nightwing367 15 дней назад

    Jetwing be looking nice today!

  • @KRLYProductions
    @KRLYProductions 26 дней назад

    Stunning.

  • @Muziek37414
    @Muziek37414 23 дня назад

    THIS LOOKS SO EPICCC

  • @turionb1408
    @turionb1408 3 часа назад

    awesome skill and amazing result

  • @artandgrow9240
    @artandgrow9240 26 дней назад +1

    Okay I recognized DW but I spit out my coffee when you mentioned HoTs, I have fond memories of playing that game with my siblings and it’s so cool to hear it brought up by my favorite Blender artist 🥹

  • @kingghidorah8106
    @kingghidorah8106 13 дней назад

    embergen is such a phenomenal piece of shoftware. We getting liquigen soon and i'm hyped.

  • @milowpawlow
    @milowpawlow 17 дней назад

    Amazing!!!

  • @Adumperson1
    @Adumperson1 20 дней назад

    when I tried to make this on my old laptop, it was so good that I could even smell the fire!

  • @POLY__3D
    @POLY__3D 26 дней назад +1

    Yeah a new video! Your great work always teaches me something new, keep up the good work and thank you

  • @xXScalesOfSolaceXx
    @xXScalesOfSolaceXx 15 дней назад

    The final product almost looks like actual found footage of the Cataclysm. Good job on it!

  • @OrionLaerithryn
    @OrionLaerithryn 25 дней назад

    Very cool!!!

  • @zachmartin3347
    @zachmartin3347 20 дней назад

    That smoke is insane, the fire is aight.

  • @robna1168
    @robna1168 2 дня назад

    Holy smokes 11:56 that is probably the most badd ass anything I've ever seen of a dragon ever even compared to movies, that gives that sense of force of power, it reminds me the scene of the balrog on the bridge

  • @niklaspetersen
    @niklaspetersen 2 дня назад

    Amazing!!!!!

  • @dbcontre
    @dbcontre 26 дней назад

    SO COOL!

  • @DemonKez
    @DemonKez 25 дней назад

    pretty cool video.
    wish i learned something like this xD

  • @user-jt6dp1rb6e
    @user-jt6dp1rb6e 26 дней назад +2

    Something with Star Trek would be cool

  • @rapheboutte8206
    @rapheboutte8206 26 дней назад

    dude you gotta do more video game cinematic stuff! This was amazing!!

  • @Whiteleon13
    @Whiteleon13 26 дней назад

    epic dude!

  • @sirgarffington8572
    @sirgarffington8572 19 дней назад

    Deathwing in your finished render was giving me major Valstrax vibes from Monster Hunter

  • @jonwebb7042
    @jonwebb7042 8 дней назад

    amazing job

  • @flack9828
    @flack9828 25 дней назад

    Epic scene ❤

  • @AnishMurthy1297
    @AnishMurthy1297 14 дней назад

    I love the sense of megalophobia that seeing Deathwing fly overhead gives in your animation. Like your world is being eclipsed by this cataclysm level monster.

  • @DenimPirate
    @DenimPirate 26 дней назад +1

    6:54 "Let's FIRE up EmberGen"
    I see what you did there 😁

  • @27nes46
    @27nes46 25 дней назад

    So cool .. I am looking forward to seeing what you do with the new aesthetics of the DUNE movies

  • @skyr3ssaep
    @skyr3ssaep 26 дней назад

    so inspiring.

  • @8bitbunnie936
    @8bitbunnie936 20 дней назад +1

    I love how you can hear Poly's PC fans trying so hard to cool down his pc

  • @manan3655
    @manan3655 23 дня назад

    THE EYES!!!!!
    they are literal fire

  • @iakan6937
    @iakan6937 12 дней назад

    I think having the wings flap a couple times and increasing the wind movements could have brought this up a level. Still looks sick even if it does look kinda stationary

  • @anzaklaynimation
    @anzaklaynimation 26 дней назад +2

    Infinite supply of gasoline to the wings of the dragon.

  • @ScientObject40
    @ScientObject40 26 дней назад

    You're the GOAT.

  • @citriccanine544
    @citriccanine544 25 дней назад +1

    5:33 best moment, we need polyfjord out of context

  • @MrLieka
    @MrLieka 26 дней назад

    I'm a HOTS player and you just blew my mind dude wtf 🧡 I think the fire parts should have some noise variation so it doesnt look like too uniform

  • @widt94
    @widt94 26 дней назад +2

    Dang this looks awesome, would love to see what you can render from Helldivers 2 they have quite a few explosions :)

  • @KaneyoriHK
    @KaneyoriHK 26 дней назад +1

    the wings moving so flatly is so uncanny especially with it flying so slowly

  • @jay_utopia2651
    @jay_utopia2651 25 дней назад +1

    You should do something Star Wars related. I always love seeing epic lightsaber and blaster battles, especially when there's smoke or fog involved.

  • @GoldAnthroWolf
    @GoldAnthroWolf 7 дней назад

    Wow.. (no pun intended) This is absolutely amazing, that you can do this sort of thing EVEN better then the original, becuase of advancements in technology! I've played WoW since it came out in 2004, and I remember I was in AWE when the original intro scene was done, and played. It was mind blowing, considering what was considered 'normal' at the time. I remember reading that it took an entire render farm months to compile that scene, and it's barely 5 minutes long. Now, a single computer can utterly trash that time, what a time to be alive!

  • @user-te7we6xw6h
    @user-te7we6xw6h 22 дня назад

    I,m watching you from Egypt you are the best ❤

  • @DeLiVeR4nc3
    @DeLiVeR4nc3 День назад

    Embergen is definitely a game changer, waiting for the day they officially release liquigen. Would love to see you cover more WoW videos, I tried recreating one of the Warcraft3 trailers and it nearly cooked my laptop.

  • @Smirnoff67
    @Smirnoff67 26 дней назад

    Absolutely cool and nice work ! I used to tinker some 3D animation stuff like 10-14 years ago on WoW, and i'm amazed at how it's easy to extract and animate stuff now compared to the old day ( you had to rig everything yourself back in the day ), and it took literaly hours to render it. Cuda wasn't really something, and it was a pain even with a gtx980 lol.
    What you can try is to model and animate is the wake of Sindragosa by the Lich King, like in the WOTLK trailer !

  • @herbertherbertson2670
    @herbertherbertson2670 8 дней назад

    the HOTS model looks so goofy standing, but how you made it fly... dayum

  • @pineapplepizzasandwich1974
    @pineapplepizzasandwich1974 19 часов назад

    Holy moly.

  • @Thor_Asgard_
    @Thor_Asgard_ 15 дней назад

    Damn EmberGen does look amazing. They need to get this kind of fluid simulation into Unreal5, especially for water, as UE has good fluid sim for volumetric effects allready.

  • @Kay8B
    @Kay8B 20 дней назад

    Flapping wings is what makes the original trailer look insane, hopefully you can attempt it in the future.

  • @TheNitroG1
    @TheNitroG1 20 дней назад

    I know most animators for dragons use bats as reference, maybe you could find a bat wing flap animation and apply it, exaggerate the movements out a bit, slowing at all the points where direction changes to increase the weight of the animation.
    I think it would be amazing to have a really dynamic shot like the original where you include the wind vortex as deathwing spreads out into a glide after flapping to get over a mountain.
    It would also be cool to see death wing perched on an actively exploding volcano, before roaring and taking flight.
    Also the movie Reign of Fire has some fantastic dragon animation reference, specifically you could look at the fight near the end. If you search "reign of fire run like the wind" you will find the scene I'm talking about but there is an excellent shot of the dragon with a bunch of smoke all over it flapping it way towards camera, some other great shots of the dragon flying around in that scene too.

  • @Anisbelgacem-bq2jm
    @Anisbelgacem-bq2jm 4 дня назад

    insane

  • @Petch85
    @Petch85 26 дней назад +1

    This made me think of the old 3D Mark 2001. ("Game 2" in the benchmark, Dragothic, is a dragon flying and spewing fire)
    You could remake the "Game 3" scene Lobby (The matrix). See how good destruction, smoke, movement you can make now, vs then.
    At least the destruction could be fun.

  • @LolmenTV
    @LolmenTV 24 дня назад

    OMG! I have goosebumps on this scene 12:23 This is really a masterpiece! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @brendanquinn6819
    @brendanquinn6819 4 дня назад

    totally fantastic. unqualified opinion. wings flapping and the fire surging with it woulda been wild

  • @VenusaurForest
    @VenusaurForest 25 дней назад

    Valstrax, the amazing rocket dragon!

  • @YakOfArt
    @YakOfArt 26 дней назад +1

    🔥

  • @Cleosz
    @Cleosz 3 дня назад

    This is insaaaaane

  • @efex5720
    @efex5720 10 дней назад

    I really love that you didn't try to recreate the original but looked at what planes do to air and mimic this behavior.
    The fire part seems a bit too smooth tho. I checked on youtube there is actual footage of plane engines catching fire and there is a lot of turbulence and detail going on in the fire. I would love to see this in your render too.

  • @Kurt634
    @Kurt634 26 дней назад

    This was so cool and inspiring to watch. You make some of the best interesting Blender videos 🫶💛

  • @ross1779
    @ross1779 7 дней назад

    nice!

  • @ZergYinYang
    @ZergYinYang 23 дня назад

    Really great work!
    Would have loved some more wing flapping though ;)

  • @Muziek37414
    @Muziek37414 23 дня назад

    DEATHWING FOR THE WIN!!!
    ALL WILL BURN BENEATH THE SHADOW OF MY WINGS

  • @MrDisgruntledGamer1
    @MrDisgruntledGamer1 21 день назад

    Imagine sitting in your car and you suddenly see this thing coming towards the city from a distance