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Lt. Commander Kesh has been completely rebuilt and redesigned from the ground up. His new anatomy gives him a more upright presence while remaining distinctly non-humanoid, with a structure better suited to believable movement and realistic animation.

Real-time wrinkle tension adds another layer of realism to character uniforms. Built entirely with Blender’s Geometry Nodes and shader nodes, the wrinkles respond as the character moves during animation. The effect happens entirely in the shader without changing the geometry, keeping it lightweight.

Here is the new Navigation console graphics. All done in geometry nodes and fully animated. Now I only have to do Operations, Tactical, Science, Engineering and Portal!

This facial HUD concept is almost entirely geometry nodes. #b3d #blender #geometrynodes #halcyon

The Venture class with mostly finished "aztecing," the darker colored armor that protects vital systems. It is all drawn in by hand so it's a little tedious. There is also a light layer of grime on the reflection channel. The main engines were also changed a little. #b3d #blender #halcyon

The Entity from Halcyon. This is an older scene that I wanted to update. The base shape is algorithmically generated so no two Entity ships are the same. #b3d #blender #halcyon

Updated amphibian character. #b3d #blender #halcyon

The Multemitter got a complete make-over. This is the handheld beam emitter device carried on away missions. Modeled and painted in Blender with Ucupaint. #b3d #blender #halcyon

Hello, Blue Sky. Here's a #b3d #animation showing a mining operation on a small asteroid. #SciArt #spaceart #Blender

Updated Drone Design. This is the drone body the ship AI inhabits when going on away missions. #b3d #blender #halcyon

Orbital Ring Flythrough. All geometry nodes and procedural shaders. #b3d #blender #halcyon #geometrynodes

Drone character concept. I can't count the number of times i've redone this character. I also can't decide if it needs to be cute and personable or mysterious and serious. #b3d #blender #halcyon

Experimenting with adding hair to a new alien character. #b3d #blender #halcyon

halcyonseries.com Excited to announce the official Halcyon website! A place to share updates, artwork, and details about my ongoing 3D sci-fi series. It’s a passion project where I explore alien worlds, cosmic mysteries, and speculative science. Check it out and follow along as the series grows!

For the second shuttle concept I went with something more curvy and sleek. I also brought it more in line with the current Halcyon ship aesthetic. #b3d #blender #halcyon

Shuttlecraft concept. I wanted to keep it simple and minimalist. I can always add more detail later. Sculpted and painted in blender with ucupaint. #b3d #blender #halcyon

Optimized warpfield effect. Now completely made with geometry nodes. I'm thinking about offering this on blender market since nobody seems to have done it before #b3d #blender #halcyon

Concept for a special type of artificial universe called The Span. This is all geometry nodes and shader nodes. No modeling whatsoever! #b3d #blender #halcyon #geometrynodes

New force field effects. This is a mixture of geometry nodes and dynamic paint. The system to get the particle beam to zigzag across the shields can be drawn onto the shield surface in any shape. #b3d #blender #halcyon

Teaser image for next animation. The first Halcyon series "episode" with the characters interacting on the bridge as the New Horizon explores a mysterious object of unknown origin. #b3d #blender #halcyon

First motion capture test using Live Link Face in Blender with the FaceIt addon. This process allows me to upload new motion capture data with a few clicks. #b3d #blender #halcyon

New hero starship concept for Halcyon. A long range Corvette or Light Cruiser. Everything sculpted and texture painted in blender. #b3d #blender #halcyon

Space station/outpost 3D model for the next short animation i'm working on. I used Random Flow for most of the paneling after modeling the base mesh. All textures are procedural. #b3d #blender #halcyon

The non-humanoid Lt. Commander got a complete overhaul. He still communicates through bioluminescence but the model and textures are all new. Technical designation would be a Cyclopean Hexapod.

Really enjoying the improvements from a layer based texture painting addon for blender. Updated character models and a new uniform design:

Latest alien 3D character. Perhaps even the new captain. Trying hard to give the character an inquisitive looking appearance. Next will be a facial rig for animation. #b3d #blender #halcyon

The Eldriss Ny'rath short animation. This took about a month. Everything was done in blender using EVEE. Hardest parts were sculpting and rigging the Ny'rath and dealing with youtube's compression banding. I hope you like it! #b3d #blender #halcyon www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfsK...

"The Eldriss Ny’rath" I've been working on this piece for a couple of weeks. It's actually a short animation, but when I uploaded a test draft, which is very dark, youtube's compression totally butchered it. So I am having to rework the background nebula to be more compression friendly.

A recent concept animation for Halcyon. The Entity pursuing the hero starship. Shield effect and starfield warp effect are all geometry nodes. #blender3d #geometrynodes #Halcyon www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9wp...

Latest flythrough of the bridge for the 3D scifi series i'm working on, Halcyon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hujs...