Giving Deathwing a realistic smoke trail with EmberGen

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  • This video is sponsored by JangaFX🔥I recreated Deathwing's fire and smoke trail using EmberGen, the real-time smoke simulation tool! Try it today: jangafx.com/try
    Resources used:
    Blender: blender.org/download
    EmberGen: jangafx.com/software/embergen/
    HDRI from PolyHaven: polyhaven.com/a/evening_road_...
    Music from Artlist, PremiumBeat, TH-cam Audio Library and WoW Cataclysm login screen
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  • @OS3KI
    @OS3KI หลายเดือนก่อน +1574

    not making the wings flap was a missed opportunity, but it still looks fire🔥

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  หลายเดือนก่อน +324

      100%!! I genuinely tried for soo long to animate the wings flapping, but at some point I just had to give up. One could say I didn't have the strength to fly him out of the uncanny valley!

    • @0fenser
      @0fenser หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      ​@@Polyfjord I can feel that! I also tried making a dragon animation before and its not easy as it seems

    • @henrychess3
      @henrychess3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Polyfjord maybe you can make it into another video, or if it's too hard, a series of multiple videos

    • @FergusAnimation
      @FergusAnimation หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Polyfjord I can animate something for you and send it back if you like :)

    • @OS3KI
      @OS3KI หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@Polyfjord honestly fair enough, i suppose you 'winged it' with the gliding option

  • @essamalghamdi4720
    @essamalghamdi4720 หลายเดือนก่อน +489

    1:00 scared the shit out of me i thought my mouse broke

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  หลายเดือนก่อน +68

      I definitely fooled myself a few times editing this too!

    • @petterlarsson7257
      @petterlarsson7257 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      DUDE SAME

    • @somebody251
      @somebody251 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      yeah 😂😂

    • @Kanoog
      @Kanoog 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Too many people are stoned these days.

    • @petterlarsson7257
      @petterlarsson7257 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Kanoog ???

  • @thewaysh
    @thewaysh หลายเดือนก่อน +194

    Taylor Swift flying to her next concert 12:11

    • @Salen0243
      @Salen0243 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      lol 🤣

    • @NyQuil_Drinker
      @NyQuil_Drinker 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      naw that's crazy

    • @Habeebea
      @Habeebea 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😂😂😂

    • @Kanoog
      @Kanoog 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How does that name appear in everything?....

  • @GimmeCookiz
    @GimmeCookiz หลายเดือนก่อน +229

    5:31 "Even the tongue is rigged" _alowlwolwlo_

    • @blumpus8150
      @blumpus8150 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Rero rero rero

    • @trym3btch713
      @trym3btch713 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      cracked me up

    • @Novasjadeshadow
      @Novasjadeshadow 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I DIED 🤣

    • @qpSubZeroqp
      @qpSubZeroqp 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That got me so good! Lol

  • @TheTheorizingFrog
    @TheTheorizingFrog หลายเดือนก่อน +408

    these animations make real life look like 8-bit rendering💀

    • @KeplarDesign
      @KeplarDesign หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yea

    • @MrSongib
      @MrSongib หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Did you realize the smoke and flame look and feel "small"? if not, then go do some "real life" adventure more.

    • @Dielma
      @Dielma 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@MrSongib is there a quest that starts this real life adventure mode?

    • @lopsidedpolygon
      @lopsidedpolygon 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Dielma Join EOD in the Army.

  • @Golden_SnowFlake
    @Golden_SnowFlake หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    It's badass that they decided that this task was worth sponsorship, those dudes are definitely the nerdy type!

    • @azure5584
      @azure5584 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They knew what they were doing, I mean incoming Asmongold reaction and massive exposure for their software 🐢

  • @LetMeXplain
    @LetMeXplain หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    Wow, it's hard to wrap my head around the physics simulation. The fact that you can preview it in real-time is just mind-blowing!

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Agreed!!

  • @ruimahe
    @ruimahe หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    9:00 You can just hear his rig screaming in agony haha

  • @scpWyatt
    @scpWyatt 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    The final two shots of Deathwing flying over Stormwind are jaw-dropping.

  • @franktothemax
    @franktothemax หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Polyfjord-this one hit levels of nostalgia that I didn’t even know existed. The curve, the lols.. this is a masterclass of content creation. Thank you for this 🙏🏻

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Appreciate it my friend ❤️

  • @bakabaka73
    @bakabaka73 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Your version looks very eerie and captures impending doom. But the beauty of the original was that Deathwing was in constant agony, his body was being ripped apart constantly, so him flapping and kind of flailing clumsily through the world added another level to it. Literally like a bat out of hell. I dont think Deathwing would be gliding that serenely through the air.

  • @LordDonnington725
    @LordDonnington725 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The added vortices really drives home the realism which makes it way cooler. Beautiful touch

  • @shmuelrosenbluth9741
    @shmuelrosenbluth9741 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    11:57 this shot is beautiful. Looks likes something straight out the house of dragon series.

  • @newrockboy1553
    @newrockboy1553 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I’ve been wanting to create more advanced sims with ember-gen, but I hit a dead end with my creativity. This video sparked my creativity again. 🙏Thank you!

  • @Nulley0
    @Nulley0 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Just imagining the amount of fuel used to produce the amount of smoke is humbling.

  • @janbertus
    @janbertus หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Your skill level is INSANE, honestly you´re a awesome!
    Everytime I watch one of your videos my mind is blown :D great work!

  • @DerekElliott
    @DerekElliott หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Oh man now I gotta log into my old wow account

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Nothing hits like nostalgia!!

  • @dariussutherland1
    @dariussutherland1 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just wanted to saay. I got into Blender during Covid for a bit, had a break for 3 years and picking it up again and feel confident following your tuts. You were the reason I found Blender. No idea how, I just came aross some of your amazing work. Sound,Animation,Modelling,Tutorials. All amazing and thank you for creating the inspirational stuff you do.

  • @kunibertrandolf1886
    @kunibertrandolf1886 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ember Gen is so insanely cool and capable of the things ot does, it is mind boggling.
    I am currently working on my job expanding to animation and 3D simulation (I am currently a creative writer) via all the things I learned in the past 2 years from channels like you, and then I will finally be able to experiment around with the full version of the entire JangaFX roster via the work subscription.
    Truly, thank you very very much for all the work you put into your videos and the level and quality of explanation you give. It literally helped me change my life towards more and more creativity.
    Next stop - my own game (in another few years).

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      What an amazing comment my friend!!! I wish you the best of luck!!!

  • @txma.
    @txma. หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This makes me want a ton of How to Train Your Dragon sequences, specifically involving the Monstrous Nightmare (I think this simulation would make that dragon pop immensely) and then unrelated to EmberFX, I'd love to see some electricity sims/anims with Toothless

  • @soldeera
    @soldeera หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    embergen is just magic, being able to do real time simulations with such quality is insane

  • @AgeOfTheJoshua
    @AgeOfTheJoshua หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing video man, I reaaaally have to try all the jangafx stuff WOW! Thank you for the video !

  • @vel5063
    @vel5063 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Deathwing has as much carbon footprint as Taylor swift

  • @HomAxz
    @HomAxz หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    still one of my favorite shot cines. wow has been one of the reasons I got into CG, and seeing this now here is insane! great video

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah me too! I think their cinematics has shaped a generation of 3D artists

  • @bengutierrez9074
    @bengutierrez9074 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This video is so inspiring. Thank you for what you do

  • @erksp7961
    @erksp7961 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Dude, I love how you love doing this stuff!

  • @CrimsonPhoenix.
    @CrimsonPhoenix. 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow! This video was so interesting and i wish i knew how to do what this guy does and play around with adding ember gen to weapons to give new affects! The deathwing model w/ effects is EPIC!

  • @robna1168
    @robna1168 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Holy smokes 11:56 that is probably the most badd ass anything I've ever seen of a dragon ever even compared to movies, that gives that sense of force of power, it reminds me the scene of the balrog on the bridge

  • @skyhighproductions6320
    @skyhighproductions6320 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is very cool. You asked for suggestions, I think a werewolf transformation would be cool. Also I know you have already done a transformation but a full vehicle transformation would be very nice, I think there are transformer games.

  • @pZq_
    @pZq_ หลายเดือนก่อน

    like that though process and all discoveries through it. thx for sharing 🧡

  • @manmeetsinghkhanijo7249
    @manmeetsinghkhanijo7249 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Polyfjord just changing the blender community dynamics with his unique incredible ideas Love you poly ❤❤

  • @nadimmahamud1856
    @nadimmahamud1856 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for awesome ideas and thanks embergen

  • @hawkeyejo9609
    @hawkeyejo9609 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love that you can hear the fan's spool in the background when he's working in ember.

  • @cujoedaman
    @cujoedaman วันที่ผ่านมา

    Say what you want about the business end of Blizz, but the art department just blows my mind every expansion. Even vanilla WoW's trailer was ahead of its time for the time and still holds up so well today.

  • @artandgrow9240
    @artandgrow9240 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Okay I recognized DW but I spit out my coffee when you mentioned HoTs, I have fond memories of playing that game with my siblings and it’s so cool to hear it brought up by my favorite Blender artist 🥹

  • @kingghidorah8106
    @kingghidorah8106 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    embergen is such a phenomenal piece of shoftware. We getting liquigen soon and i'm hyped.

  • @GoldAnthroWolf
    @GoldAnthroWolf 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow.. (no pun intended) This is absolutely amazing, that you can do this sort of thing EVEN better then the original, becuase of advancements in technology! I've played WoW since it came out in 2004, and I remember I was in AWE when the original intro scene was done, and played. It was mind blowing, considering what was considered 'normal' at the time. I remember reading that it took an entire render farm months to compile that scene, and it's barely 5 minutes long. Now, a single computer can utterly trash that time, what a time to be alive!

  • @suspiciousanimations8357
    @suspiciousanimations8357 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    tbh i didint expect this video, and its amazing

  • @homborgor
    @homborgor 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Never knew I wanted to play wow with one of my favorite TH-camrs

  • @TheNitroG1
    @TheNitroG1 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I know most animators for dragons use bats as reference, maybe you could find a bat wing flap animation and apply it, exaggerate the movements out a bit, slowing at all the points where direction changes to increase the weight of the animation.
    I think it would be amazing to have a really dynamic shot like the original where you include the wind vortex as deathwing spreads out into a glide after flapping to get over a mountain.
    It would also be cool to see death wing perched on an actively exploding volcano, before roaring and taking flight.
    Also the movie Reign of Fire has some fantastic dragon animation reference, specifically you could look at the fight near the end. If you search "reign of fire run like the wind" you will find the scene I'm talking about but there is an excellent shot of the dragon with a bunch of smoke all over it flapping it way towards camera, some other great shots of the dragon flying around in that scene too.

  • @27nes46
    @27nes46 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So cool .. I am looking forward to seeing what you do with the new aesthetics of the DUNE movies

  • @jay_utopia2651
    @jay_utopia2651 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You should do something Star Wars related. I always love seeing epic lightsaber and blaster battles, especially when there's smoke or fog involved.

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice!! Good idea

  • @turionb1408
    @turionb1408 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    awesome skill and amazing result

  • @monstaguru1442
    @monstaguru1442 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The heroes of the storm model feels so much smoother... blizzard missed so much opportunity when they finally released deathwing. This made my day to see and so refreshing ❤

  • @iakan6937
    @iakan6937 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think having the wings flap a couple times and increasing the wind movements could have brought this up a level. Still looks sick even if it does look kinda stationary

  • @Thor_Asgard_
    @Thor_Asgard_ 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Damn EmberGen does look amazing. They need to get this kind of fluid simulation into Unreal5, especially for water, as UE has good fluid sim for volumetric effects allready.

  • @DeLiVeR4nc3
    @DeLiVeR4nc3 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Embergen is definitely a game changer, waiting for the day they officially release liquigen. Would love to see you cover more WoW videos, I tried recreating one of the Warcraft3 trailers and it nearly cooked my laptop.

  • @rapheboutte8206
    @rapheboutte8206 หลายเดือนก่อน

    dude you gotta do more video game cinematic stuff! This was amazing!!

  • @germansausage7310
    @germansausage7310 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love that the Best WoW related stuff is not from everyone but Blizzard Nowadays

  • @xXScalesOfSolaceXx
    @xXScalesOfSolaceXx 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The final product almost looks like actual found footage of the Cataclysm. Good job on it!

  • @mnfhh
    @mnfhh 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I got very excited if I see something like this in the game

  • @samwood3691
    @samwood3691 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was flipping amazing!

  • @sunnymoon8161
    @sunnymoon8161 หลายเดือนก่อน

    11:56, I really love this scene. The colors just work perfectly with eachother and the subtle lighting coming from the dragon make such a cool effect!
    Please take inspiration from Subnautica. Really loved the mechanical squid video!

  • @zachmartin3347
    @zachmartin3347 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    That smoke is insane, the fire is aight.

  • @Smirnoff67
    @Smirnoff67 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely cool and nice work ! I used to tinker some 3D animation stuff like 10-14 years ago on WoW, and i'm amazed at how it's easy to extract and animate stuff now compared to the old day ( you had to rig everything yourself back in the day ), and it took literaly hours to render it. Cuda wasn't really something, and it was a pain even with a gtx980 lol.
    What you can try is to model and animate is the wake of Sindragosa by the Lich King, like in the WOTLK trailer !

  • @nightwing367
    @nightwing367 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Jetwing be looking nice today!

  • @Adumperson1
    @Adumperson1 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    when I tried to make this on my old laptop, it was so good that I could even smell the fire!

  • @POLY__3D
    @POLY__3D หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yeah a new video! Your great work always teaches me something new, keep up the good work and thank you

  • @rocket_hops
    @rocket_hops วันที่ผ่านมา

    that has so much potential omg

  • @DenimPirate
    @DenimPirate หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    6:54 "Let's FIRE up EmberGen"
    I see what you did there 😁

  • @brendanquinn6819
    @brendanquinn6819 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    totally fantastic. unqualified opinion. wings flapping and the fire surging with it woulda been wild

  • @vingroenewegen5781
    @vingroenewegen5781 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    love the editing in this video

  • @MrLieka
    @MrLieka หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm a HOTS player and you just blew my mind dude wtf 🧡 I think the fire parts should have some noise variation so it doesnt look like too uniform

  • @loljoshyboylol
    @loljoshyboylol 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    that turned out amazing

  • @SugarBomb69.
    @SugarBomb69. 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Oh my god...! So good!

  • @eastjavaID
    @eastjavaID 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow, this is awesome

  • @sirgarffington8572
    @sirgarffington8572 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Deathwing in your finished render was giving me major Valstrax vibes from Monster Hunter

  • @Nerdforge
    @Nerdforge หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    WOW this is amazing

    • @Polyfjord
      @Polyfjord  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks guys!!! Keep up the awesome work 🔥🔥

  • @ZergYinYang
    @ZergYinYang หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really great work!
    Would have loved some more wing flapping though ;)

  • @KEVS-DK
    @KEVS-DK หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing and powerfull.! I love how you jump from one world too and other :)
    I cant help thinking how cool it would be, to see you dive into The Matrix univers. :D

  • @DemonKez
    @DemonKez หลายเดือนก่อน

    pretty cool video.
    wish i learned something like this xD

  • @williansilva4150
    @williansilva4150 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just amazing!!!

  • @TCGtrev
    @TCGtrev 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    this is amazing

  • @AnishMurthy1297
    @AnishMurthy1297 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love the sense of megalophobia that seeing Deathwing fly overhead gives in your animation. Like your world is being eclipsed by this cataclysm level monster.

  • @Drack093
    @Drack093 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Absolutely incredible job, my only gripe is that the fire from his wings look a bit like the wings are spewing out fire, like a fire breath, as opposed to being on fire which was what the original seemed like. I may be wrong there, but something I definitely noticed.

  • @8bitbunnie936
    @8bitbunnie936 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love how you can hear Poly's PC fans trying so hard to cool down his pc

  • @efex5720
    @efex5720 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I really love that you didn't try to recreate the original but looked at what planes do to air and mimic this behavior.
    The fire part seems a bit too smooth tho. I checked on youtube there is actual footage of plane engines catching fire and there is a lot of turbulence and detail going on in the fire. I would love to see this in your render too.

  • @Kurt634
    @Kurt634 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was so cool and inspiring to watch. You make some of the best interesting Blender videos 🫶💛

  • @Kay8B
    @Kay8B 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Flapping wings is what makes the original trailer look insane, hopefully you can attempt it in the future.

  • @user-jt6dp1rb6e
    @user-jt6dp1rb6e หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Something with Star Trek would be cool

  • @widt94
    @widt94 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dang this looks awesome, would love to see what you can render from Helldivers 2 they have quite a few explosions :)

  • @herbertherbertson2670
    @herbertherbertson2670 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the HOTS model looks so goofy standing, but how you made it fly... dayum

  • @LolmenTV
    @LolmenTV หลายเดือนก่อน

    OMG! I have goosebumps on this scene 12:23 This is really a masterpiece! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @Muziek37414
    @Muziek37414 หลายเดือนก่อน

    THIS LOOKS SO EPICCC

  • @jonwebb7042
    @jonwebb7042 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    amazing job

  • @citriccanine544
    @citriccanine544 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    5:33 best moment, we need polyfjord out of context

  • @milowpawlow
    @milowpawlow 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Amazing!!!

  • @Xan3D
    @Xan3D หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow this video is so cool and creative! As an old ex-player of World of Warcraft, I just love it! Also, it's funny because after Cataclysm is when I stopped to play on it, so I'm of one of this people 11:28 😂 I think I should give a try to this software, it looks incredible!

  • @KRLYProductions
    @KRLYProductions หลายเดือนก่อน

    Stunning.

  • @manan3655
    @manan3655 หลายเดือนก่อน

    THE EYES!!!!!
    they are literal fire

  • @niklaspetersen
    @niklaspetersen 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Amazing!!!!!

  • @anzaklaynimation
    @anzaklaynimation หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Infinite supply of gasoline to the wings of the dragon.

  • @OrionLaerithryn
    @OrionLaerithryn หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very cool!!!

  • @Petch85
    @Petch85 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This made me think of the old 3D Mark 2001. ("Game 2" in the benchmark, Dragothic, is a dragon flying and spewing fire)
    You could remake the "Game 3" scene Lobby (The matrix). See how good destruction, smoke, movement you can make now, vs then.
    At least the destruction could be fun.

  • @mohamedhamzaoui7544
    @mohamedhamzaoui7544 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Talking of franchises, i suggest exploring the Xenomorph /Aliens franchise 😁

  • @fernando975
    @fernando975 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm supposed to be working but I'm here watching Deathwing flying... worth it
    Also shout out for my boy Heroes of the Storm 🎉

  • @ambuknight1567
    @ambuknight1567 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Genasi using that software for each elemantal hair /body effects would be really cool to see

  • @KaneyoriHK
    @KaneyoriHK หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the wings moving so flatly is so uncanny especially with it flying so slowly

  • @drpzor
    @drpzor 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you like deathwing, you would definitely love working with some Darksiders assets for sure ^^

  • @user-te7we6xw6h
    @user-te7we6xw6h 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I,m watching you from Egypt you are the best ❤