Material with expression in pose

[johnl3d]

I hate it when someone asks a question I haven't played with ...so someone..asked about a blinking light material....and that got me thinking and I came up with this. It could be better with a few tweaks of the expression to maybe slow it down but I wanted to work more on a modeling tut so here's the "raw" idea

lightsblinking.mov

[johnl3d]

this could be done on a strip by strip basis and therefore look better but again this is the raw idea

 

 

for those who need text

 

 

toonnation dot material applied to both parts of gradient combiner one with gray dots and one with ..yellow

 

using an expression to randomly set start and end points of gradient in x direction for the plane used

 

render

 

please no more ideas...

lightsblink.prj

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[johnl3d]

quality ? quantity maybe

 

 

thanks either way

[Mr. Jaqe]

Quality.. Qantity... Well, it's pretty much the same here in AM, you support the quantity of new, awsome effects, we make them as good as we want them. Thank you again, john3d

[Sevenar]

John: I think you're onto something there... I can put some sort of mask with rectangular holes over the top of the round dots and apply in strips.

 

Thank you!

 

Sev

[vf124]

Johnl3d,

 

You have got to be one of the most helpful fellows around these parts when it comes to turning out quality projects for the community. Thanks for sharing.

 

 

I must agree ...