The Art of Code | Live Coding and Alien Orb - Modeling & Shadows @TheArtofCodeIsCool | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
A while ago I made a little doodle while playing with Gyroids and I decided to polish it up to make a nice effect and then make a tutorial about it. In the first part of this series we'll go over the modeling and shadowing of this object.

========== Timetable ==========

0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Basic Scene Setup
3:30 - Gyroid
8:13 - Shell
12:34 - Camera Fix
13:52 - Light
16:25 - Shadows
23:49 - Light Falloff
24:25 - Wavy Ground
27:20 - Rolling the Ball
29:42 - Outro

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========== If you want to follow along ==========

Starting point:
shadertoy.com/view/WtGXDD

The finished effect:
shadertoy.com/view/tlcXWX

========== Other videos to watch ==========

ShaderToy for complete beginners: youtu.be/u5HAYVHsasc
Writing a ray marcher: youtu.be/PGtv-dBi2wE
Smooth minimums: youtube.com/watch?v=YJ4iyff7zbk