joeycarlino

Important Patreon update!

Hey everyone, I just updated the tier benefits and prices to reflect changes to what I'm offering.

For those of you who are already supporting me, the price shouldn't change until November 28th, so if you aren't okay with the price change, make sure to cancel or switch tiers before then.

Thank you to everyone who ...

How I made the wizard teeth

Here is a closer look at how I set up the teeth for the wizard in my NLA video.

Next month I'll be mostly making these exclusive videos for the 2nd tier and above

NLA video - behind the scenes

Here is the first BTS video. When I start my next project I'll make one about a more recent video.

Let me know if you would like a behind-the-scenes look at one of my other videos

[early access] Animating hair with grease pencil

I had this idea today and had to make it fast!

Enjoy

Public Discord event starting in 30 minutes

There is an autumn themed speed modeling event that is open to the public on my Discord server.

https://discord.gg/dvmAZdwf5e

Drop by and test your skill or just hang out and chat with people.

See you there!

Grease pencil to mesh experiment - Blender 4.3

You can essentially have a different mesh per frame now, similar to how you would do 2D animation. I'm super excited about what people could do with this!

Office hours - I'm live on Discord right now

If you'd like to voice chat with me, come on over to my Discord server. Ask questions, show me what you're working on, or just hang out.

https://discord.gg/dvmAZdwf5e

Make sure to link it with Patreon so you get a Patron role when you join.

Elektron Model:Cycles spooky jam

I decided to make this a separate video to make it easier to find.

If you like this sort of thing, let me know and I'll post more.

October Update

I hope the editing isn't too bad. I used an editor called Gling to remove the silence, but it took some ums and uhs as well.

https://whenisgood.net/esnm897

Tell me when you're available for events

Looking at Blender 4.3 geometry nodes

I have a test video for you all where I try out some of the new 4.3 nodes for the first time.

It's nothing spectacular, but I wanna get into the habit of recording what I do more often.

Let me know what you think

Patreon update

The TL;DR version is that I'm planning some supporter exclusive events. Tell me what times work best for you by using this link: https://whenisgood.net/esnm897

Update?!

Yes. I've decided to not take on sponsorships for a while, so that I can ...

September Donation and Patreon update

This month is $100 to World Central Kitchen who is always doing good work providing people with food who are suffering from disasters, like Hurricane Helene.

As always, thank you all for your support which helps me make these donations. Funds have been a litt...

[early access] 50 Blender tips that will make your parents love you again

I was originally planning on doing another creature creator video but the first one bombed so I pivoted to this video with a bunch of tips in it, and I'm pretty happy with how it came out. There are quite a few project files for this one too.

I hope you all like it.

EARLY Normal Blending video

People have been asking how I made this normal blending effect from the creature creator, so here are two ways of achieving it.

Also, I included the file!

September Donation

This month is $100 to the Natural Resources Defense Council

I like making these donations but I might have to lower the amounts for a while until I make more money. I'm also thinking about doing some experimental videos that are more risky financially and I h...

I made a SPORE style creature creator for Blender

I finally made this into a video!

I started it a little later than usual so I didn't end up doing my usual character animation but it was fun to make. If it does well then maybe I'll make a second video where I expand upon it, because I'd like to add a lot more.

I'm including one of the old versions as the project...

August donation

This month is $100 to Environmental Defense Fund and $50 to World Central Kitchen.

As always, thanks for supporting me so that I can actually donate to causes that I care about.

Stretchy bone rig explained [2nd channel]

Early second channel vid!

it's been a while since I made a second channel video. I just started understanding how to make stretchy bones that maintain volume properly so here is a quick explanation and project file.

I'm sharing my avatar with you all

Please don't make me regret this.

I've had a few people ask me to share this so they can make funny memes for Discord.

Have fun!

NLA editor video!

It's finally done! (except the thumbnail and description 😭)

I hope you all like it, I put a lot of extra time into the animation for this one.

Make sure to check the project files this time if you wanna play with the wizard characters or interact with the actions I made for the NLA editor.

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July Donation

This month is $100 to Clean Air Task Force and $100 to World Central Kitchen

As always, thanks for the support, without all of you I wouldn't be able to make these regular donations

Early NLA tutorial

Here's an early version of my next video on the NLA editor. I'm still working on animated portions but all the Info is there. Enjoy!

btw, I'll probably remove this video once the finished version is released

Old text geometry nodes

Someone requested I share these nodes groups from a while back (about 2 years ago). I tested them in Blender 4.1 and they still work. I hope they can be of use to you all!

June Donation

This money is $100 to World Central Kitchen. I really appreciate the work they do.

Rigging for beginners

put some bones in these things and make em move around.

WAHOO

This will be public on the 30th

Vertex Jitter and Snap (for Blender 4.2)

Today I made this PS1 style vertex jitter effect, and it's all yours.

There is a setup for a single object and one for a whole collection, both Geo Node trees are marked as assets already.

Things I didn't post about 2

Let's take a look at my screenshots folder to see what I've been up to

May Donation

This month is $150 to World Central Kitchen again. They do great work and I know they have been having a challenging time lately.

Character modeling for beginners

I'm still working on the thumbnail, but here it is!

explosion tool and a draw shape tool

I mentioned these in the supporter exclusive video so I figured I'd clean them a little and share them here. They are already marked as assets so you can reuse them easily.

Have fun!