Creating a Sci-Fi Octopus in Blender - Cyber Kraken Tutorial

Learn how to create a futuristic Cyber Kraken in Blender with this comprehensive 42-minute tutorial. Master techniques for armature creation, tentacle modeling, head and eye design, and intricate detailing like tubes, clamps, and energy storage devices. Explore advanced features including volumetric lighting, material creation, texture application, and subsurface scattering. Enhance your 3D modeling skills as you add dynamic poses, compositor glare, and procedural animations. Perfect for intermediate Blender users looking to expand their sci-fi creature design abilities.

What we'll be creating
Creating the armature for one arm
Modeling the tentacle suction cups
Duplicating the arms
Parenting the link objects to the armature
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Modeling the head
Modeling the eyes
Attaching the head to the arms part 1
Modeling tubes using curves
Modeling bracket clamps for the tubes
Attaching the head to the arms part 2
Duplicating the bracket clamps
Drawing more tubes
Adding disc shapes for the head
Modeling energy storage devices
Modeling vents to the cage
Modeling spikes to the tentacle arms
Parenting all objects to the armature
Giving it a more dynamic pose
Adding volumetric lighting
Adding some simple materials
Adding and tweaking textures
Adding a subsurface scattering shader
Adding compositor glare
Material tweaking
Giving the octopus a tail
Further material tweaking
Fake caustics/god ray setup
Procedural noise animation
Final result
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