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The Tale of the Bluebird & the Dragon by Ninjadev [web]
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added on the 2022-07-17 02:32:26 by sigveseb  |
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ninjadev quality! nice idea, good execution and artwork!
rulez added on the 2022-07-17 02:45:43 by psenough 
Fun and different concept, really well executed :)
Such an epic prod ! The ninjas never disappoint :D Super coherent and smoothly done, and the tune is awesome !
I love the rendering and artwork. Clear winner of the compo. The story itself could perhaps use some polishing :-)
❤
Highlight of the compos for me and a well deserved winner.
so fresh, so different
What neon said!
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Such a strange concept, with such superb execution. The dedication shown here to actually see this through left a strong impression. The morphing painted glass effect is classy and original.
amazing, I love it, and especially I love those lovely and tasteful (and flawless) visuals.
spectacular and fun
Beautiful
lovely!
Lovely!
not exactly a typical demo scene style, but fore sure a piece of beauty.
Why not? :)
Lovely <3
Very entertaining (and different) "real time music video".
Fun!
Felt in love with it. Great and cute concept and exectution.
Reminds me a litte of a scene from Disney's Beauty and the beast.
Reminds me a litte of a scene from Disney's Beauty and the beast.
This was an unexpected and beautiful prod!
Instant graphics thumb !
Åssåm, Almost, Nærmest… Total(lly)t brilliant 0/ 0/ 0/
<3 LOVE <3
<3 LOVE <3
Fantastic! Very beautiful and fresh!
is it, or is it not scene poetry.
Sweet one :)
You guys never stop to impress. What a strange and superb peace of creativity!
oh no...forgot to THUMB! :O
Nicely done.
Phenomenal, what a fantastic demo.
sooooo sweet
So, so fresh and lovely
it's quite cringe but the interesting idea of those 3D scenes saved it
Just what I needed! A nice uplifting demo. Those "outside the castle" scenes at the end also looked very nice. What's going on there? Are they a series of billboards or is it polygons or what?
Totally not my cup of tea but still well executed, so I would be an asshole to not give it a thumb.
rloaderro: Thanks! If you're refering to those 3D scenes: They were made with the help of a makeshift Python pipeline consisting of various AI models, computer vision algorithms and manual refinements. First, 2D images were made by prompting a text-to-image-based diffusion model for a few hours, followed by a super-resolution model to make the resolution sufficiently high. Then a monocular depth estimation model was applied. However, to make the resulting 3D model look good from various camera angles, I separated the mesh into several layers with the help of multi-otsu, and applied a gentle erosion. The missing depth information in each layer was inpainted with navier-stokes (opencv). The missing parts in the textures of the layers were inptained with an image inpainting model. The layering made it possible to see behind objects when moving the camera. I manually refined the textures and depth estimations until I was satisfied (or ran out of time). Finally the meshes were decimated and draco-compressed with Blender.
Totally my cup of tea
Oh wow. I'm blown away!
Not bad.
https://arkt.is/ninjadev-the-tale-of-the-bluebird-and-the-dragon/ doesn't connect. :(
Oops, should be up again now. Thanks for the heads-up!
Beautiful!
Quote:
Why not? :)
Frequent: I don't know ;)
I just did not expect to have fantasy, fairy tale storytelling being a main concept for a demo scene production. Not so many such novel ideas have been implemented in the history of our community. It's cool, I love it, I'm just surprised ;)
sigveseb : Thanks, but that web page is blank in both Firefox and SeaMonkey web browsers. :(
This is awesome!
@iverjo : great stuff! Seriously hightech!
Extremely entertaining! And HighTech!
omg this was so beautiful. it doesn't happen often that a demo touches me deeply emotionally, but this one hit home hard.
masterfully crafted, absolutely gorgeous piece. <3
masterfully crafted, absolutely gorgeous piece. <3
.. and also just a tune that you can hum / that gets stuck in your head :)
v3nom: Thanks for the kind words <3
AntDude: Yep, the early version of our new demo tool renin was unfortunately incompatible with Firefox, and we didn't manage to squeeze in a fix before releasing this demo. There's hope for future renin demos though: https://github.com/ninjadev/renin/pull/53
AntDude: Yep, the early version of our new demo tool renin was unfortunately incompatible with Firefox, and we didn't manage to squeeze in a fix before releasing this demo. There's hope for future renin demos though: https://github.com/ninjadev/renin/pull/53
So different, so awesome, this is art! Unlike some people, my sphincter isnt as tight, i give credit where credit is due, and i dont keep my thumbs up my a**!
Great storytelling and great finish. Always loved the "Ninjadev Style", hopeing for more from you guys, soon! :)
Now i wish you guys could start to code for slightly older systems, anyways, you are my PC heroes, thx guys!
Great storytelling and great finish. Always loved the "Ninjadev Style", hopeing for more from you guys, soon! :)
Now i wish you guys could start to code for slightly older systems, anyways, you are my PC heroes, thx guys!
I love the originality of this, finally someone who thinks outside the box and does something well made and different.
Dragons are musicians and are always agree with good singers for a nice song 😄
hmm, thought I had commented on this already. Anyways, this is the kind of story/song that I would typically feel really cringe about when watching, however the whole thing was so well done and fit together so nicely that I just found it lovely in the compo. Very well done!
See, this is what happens when you write the lyrics without singing them out loud before you hand it to the vocalist :D
Cute idea, reasonably good execution (the "3D" scenes were a welcome break from the Moppi parts), and I like how the story itself fits neatly to the folk tale mold - it's small nitpicks like the aformentioned lyrical problems (syllable count, use of unsingable words that sound tortured) and e.g. the normal map on the windows that keep it from perfection, plus that it only really has one idea.
Cute idea, reasonably good execution (the "3D" scenes were a welcome break from the Moppi parts), and I like how the story itself fits neatly to the folk tale mold - it's small nitpicks like the aformentioned lyrical problems (syllable count, use of unsingable words that sound tortured) and e.g. the normal map on the windows that keep it from perfection, plus that it only really has one idea.
Jesus H. Christ I'm in love with this demo <3
Many times a demo either has a fresh idea but lacks in execution, or it's polished to a mirror shine but is otherwise the well executed techno/dnb + pbr + post fest we've all seen before. This one combines a sufficiently unique idea with sufficiently great execution to make me fall in love, nits be damned.
Many times a demo either has a fresh idea but lacks in execution, or it's polished to a mirror shine but is otherwise the well executed techno/dnb + pbr + post fest we've all seen before. This one combines a sufficiently unique idea with sufficiently great execution to make me fall in love, nits be damned.
something else
Such a nice and artsy concept! Really like it!
Fresh and well executed
Have forgotten to thumb this up saw it now again and likes it
Totally cute!
I could never get into the mood for this... until today. And it blew me away ! Nice story, nice art... Awesome message.
Cuteness overdose. :]
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