Procedural Animated Lightning

  • April 13, 2013
  • 1,280 Downloads
  • 3 Likes
  • Blender 2.6x
  • Render: Blender Internal
  • Creator: Gallus
  • License: CC-0
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Description:

I was trying to find a way to make nice lightning for a project I'm working on, and it occurred to me that I could use animated displacement modifiers.

Update: I added an armature and a couple drivers to make the lightning always stay between the Source and Terminal objects (which are now empties).

The .blend also includes a compositing setup I used to render it.

zap bolt Lightning arc electricity Spark

Comments:

  • goodvsevil1314 profile picture
    goodvsevil1314

    This looks AMAZING! Excellent work!

    Written April 13, 2013
  • Gallus profile picture
    Gallus

    Thank you! Hope you find it useful. :)

    Written April 13, 2013
  • Dread Knight profile picture
    Dread Knight

    Great job! Looking forward to that driver or I might give it a go myself ^^

    Written April 17, 2013
  • Gallus profile picture
    Gallus

    You're in luck, Dread Knight! ;) I just updated the project to include an armature and drivers. Enjoy. :)

    Written April 17, 2013
  • boxer555 profile picture
    boxer555

    nice

    Written May 07, 2013
  • Rock76222 profile picture
    Rock76222

    Just what I was looking for!

    Written November 23, 2013
  • tmp12345 profile picture
    tmp12345

    tks guy.

    Written July 16, 2014
  • blackdot profile picture
    blackdot

    i just took a look at this. it's actually quite clever what you did there. awesome.

    Written November 25, 2014
  • Alexus3000 profile picture
    Alexus3000

    nice,thanks....

    Written February 14, 2016
  • lgv profile picture
    lgv

    First of all, thank you for sharing this. I made a short film for a contest, and I used your model (credited in the end) https://youtu.be/S9wUMVEDCeA

    Written July 16, 2017