CaptainDisillusion

TUTORIAL: Rigging the Ambiguous Cylinder for Animation (Patreon)

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2016-08-01 02:35:36

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2026-06

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Visualizing an explanation of an illusion is often trickier than creating that illusion in the first place. Here I explain how I built and rigged a 3D model of the ambiguous cylinder that could transform over time, highlighting some useful Blender features along the way.

(and it's not too long or boring this time!)

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TUTORIAL: Rigging the Ambiguous Cylinder for Animation

A step-by-step process of designing an animatable 3D model for illustrating how the ambiguous cylinder illusion works.