#volumetric

[haveelobbee]

This was a practice to try to streamline and revamp the design of a classic Hanna Barbera cartoon series; inspired by the 2 Stupid Dogs version of Secret Squirrel, which I loved growing up. I chose Crazy Claws from The Kwicky Koala Show mostly because it's one of the most obscure shows made in HB, plus I enjoy Groucho Marx films (which was the motif for Crazy's voice IIRC).

Going for a flat, graphic and continuous flow on their builds while adding sharp angles. I try not to make them too much unrecognizable while still slightly keeping their design flat and graphic. Also made Crazy Claws' namesake more prominent by having his actual hands literally sharp.

Rawhide Clyde always seemed like just a Yosemite Sam-expy (makes sense since the show's creator Tex Avery was a Golden Age WB alumni), so I replaced his giant beard with a more Fred Flintstone-esque stubble, which sort of makes him more original. I also gave Bristletooth a little stubby yet not too blobby type of body to contrast Crazy Claw's slick and fast design.

I think I did pretty good for the most part.

[cf-12]

Matrix: Resurrection (2021)

[weirdvolumetricfoods]

Bacon, Ranch, and Chicken Mac and Cheese

Per cup: 248 kcal

Per 100g: 153 kcal.

Makes 8 cups

Img Src: https://firstlookthencook.com/2010/02/26/bacon-ranch-and-chicken-mac-and-cheese/

This is a bit of an older recipe I found while looking through my childhood home's book collection. It's specifically taken word-for-word from the COOKING LIGHT Mix & Match Low-Calorie Cookbook. Most of the stuff in there is simply just, "Here's a thing you like but portioned smaller! 🙃" Which, I didn't like because I didn't want to torture myself by avoiding my desire to feel full and eat more. However, I remember cooking this recipe, measuring it out in cups, and finding that the calorie count for this recipe is as the book claims. So it meets the criteria of this blog! Volumetric and delicious. It's genuinely very tasty and doesn't require any fancy chemistry experiments like shirataki noodles. If I've remembered wrong, I'll correct/update the 1 cup and 100g calorie count, but even if I am wrong, it's still delicious!

Ingredients

8 ounces uncooked elbow macaroni 1 slice applewood-smoked bacon 8 ounces skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into ½-inch pieces 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1½ cups fat-free milk ⅓ cup condensed 45% reduced-sodium 98% fat-free cream of mushroom soup, undiluted ¾ cup (3 ounces) shredded 6-cheese Italian blend (such as Sargento) ½ teaspoon onion powder ½ teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon chopped fresh dill ½ teaspoon salt Cooking spray ½ cup (2 ounces) shredded colby-Jack cheese

Directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat; drain.

2. Cook bacon in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, reserving drippings in pan. Finely chop bacon; set aside. Increase heat to medium-high. Add chicken to drippings in pan; sauté 6 minutes or until done.

3. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; sprinkle flour evenly into pan. Cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly with a whisk. Combine milk and soup, stirring with a whisk; gradually add milk mixture to saucepan, stirring with a whisk. Bring to a boil; cook 2 minutes or until thick. Remove from heat; let stand 4 minutes or until sauce cools to 155°. Add Italian cheese blend and next 4 ingredients, stirring until cheese melts. Stir in pasta and chicken.

4. Preheat broiler.

5. Spoon mixture into an 8-inch square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle evenly with reserved bacon and colby-Jack cheese. Broil 3 minutes or until cheese melts.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: about 2 cups).

CALORIES 497; FAT 17g (sat 9.2g, mono 4.7g, poly 1.4g); PROTEIN 33.3g; CARB 51.7g; FIBER 2g; CHOL 74mg; IRON 2.4mg; SODIUM 767mg; CALC 368mg

[jesstat]

[jaden-hamby]

Blue box, Blue sky!

[canmom-art]

Project FAIRY_RING:

We took the lab and rounded up the scientists, just like we were ordered. But they won’t tell us what’s in the torus. All we know is that it’s highly radioactive...

I was asked for some help making a Cherenkov radiation effect in Blender. This is what I came up with! I think the results are decent. With more time and effort spent on modelling and materials, you could definitely make a cool nuclear reactor scene like this. Details below...

The key to this is the reactor itself is not glowing. The glow comes from the volume around it, and it’s brightest near the surface of the reactor.

Physically, the reactor is producing charged particles which are faster than the speed of light in water, creating a kind of ‘sonic boom’ effect with light. These particles rapidly lose energy as they spread out into the water, so the glow is strongest by the reactor. It’s a very cool and eerie effect that occurs in nuclear reactors.

Basically, the way it works is that I calculate the signed distance field of a torus, feed it into 1/x for a nice falloff (probably not physically accurate), and use that as the emission value in a principled volume shader. On top of that you can add a principled surface shader and displacement to get something watery.

This method does have the limitation that you need to be able to compute the distance field for whatever shape you want, which means you can’t just feed it a mesh. However, it doesn’t need to be all that precise, so with a few parameterised ‘building block’ fields made out of node groups, you could make this pretty flexible I think.

(Alternate title: Project FORBIDDEN_DONUT)

[salmon-the]

I've been getting pretty frustrated so I decided to just go back to practicing some basic forms.

[firey-gallery]

Galaxy like creation in Blender 3d. Very satisfying.