Hey Paul, thanks a lot! Yes, it was quite some time, about 5 months of work..

@@OliverEnde Amazing. Thank you for your time and effort.

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Praise the god who created it differently..

Mildred Cubicle!! You have lost your outer shell!

Hey, thank you very much! Yes, especially the rigging and animating the octopus was the most difficult character animation until now for me.but I have learned very much and these creatures are way more fascinating for me, now 🐙🤙🏼❤️

@@OliverEnde A request (if possible), could you someday make a video showing how you go about making a video like this? I'm aspiring to do something similar with some projects I'm working on. I use Blender 3D, Adobe products (After Effects, Premier Pro, Photoshop), and now learning CAD (Solidworks) to demonstrate what I'm working on (still new and learning all those programs). It's one thing to do research on a topic like this, but it's a completely different challenge to illustrate it like you do. So I wonder how you go about planning and organizing your videos, so that it all comes together into a coherent presentation. Thanks!

@@vmcprojects Hey, thank you very much for your idea and your comment. So first of all, you are definitely using very good software. I work with Cinema 4D myself, but I would probably also start with Blender if I were starting over. I use the Unreal Engine for rendering because it delivers great results in a very quick time. it has now become an indispensable tool. I usually research on subject-specific websites and then look for as many pictures from the internet as I can find. I usually take the part that I feel most interested in and start modeling it. There are often good models online. It's a bit like a work of art: you never know at the beginning where the journey will lead. During the creative process I often change individual camera settings and come up with new ideas for transitions, such as when the squid darkens the screen with the ink. It's always good to find an overarching style so that everything connects. I think the rest is a lot of practice, a lot of experience and a lot of trying out. Maybe I'll be able to make a video about it in time, but at the moment I'm focusing on the next exciting anatomy videos. I hope this helps you first. In any case, good luck! I've been working with Cinema 4D since 2004, so I've had a lot of time to get an overview and adapt my skills. But the combination with After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Audition, Photoshop and Illustrator is definitely also very important and a good choice. Good luck and Merry Christmas to you. Kind regards, Oliver 🤙🏼😊⭐️⭐️

a few years ago my wife and I went to this seafood place. they served both octopus and squid. I tried a little of the octopus and regretted it immediately. my mouth and throat went numb and I couldn't speak. luckily it passed. I couldn't help but wonder if I had somehow bitten into the venom sack or something.

Wow, thanks! Your words really make me smile and motivate me, doing more stuff and going on!! Thanks a lot for your support 🤙🏼😁

@@OliverEndeWe really appreciate your content 👍

Haha, thank you so much! I am really working on it 🤙🏼😁

Awwwww thank you sooooo much ❤❤❤

@@OliverEnde 🫂

​@@OliverEndeAs a first-time viewer and immediate subscriber, I completely agree! However, as a former tech editor, I must inform you that at 1:18 you labeled certain muscles as "RADIAL" _but_ your narration called them "transverse." Are both of these terms used equally? Is one dominant? Is one in error? You could answer these questions in a pinned update comment if the answers turn out to be something important. Thanks again for all your hard work! I wish you and yours well.

​​​​​​@@OliverEnde At 2:02 you mention that the octopus can regenerate its arms and tentacles. Which part is the arm and which part is the tentacle? I thought those were synonyms and not two distinct aspects of the anatomy, but I am a complete amateur. I'll go back and rewatch from the beginning before continuing to see if you do make that distinction and I've just forgotten it. _______________ You also said arms/tentacles at around 0:59. I've put a slash there instead of a conjunction, because I realized as an American I'm not sure if you're saying "or" or "and" in between these words. Of course, there's a huge distinction! But either way, I found the following in the _Wikipedia_ "Tentacle" article, and note that it is referenced: "Up to the early twentieth century 'tentacles' were interchangeably called 'arms'.[3]" Also, I also found the following on _Wordnik:_ "...from _The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition._ "noun An elongated flexible unsegmented extension, as one of those surrounding the mouth of a sea anemone, used for feeling, grasping, or locomotion. "noun One of these structures in a cephalopod, typically being retractile and having a clublike end usually with suckers or hooks, in contrast to an arm, which is nonretractile and typically has suckers along the underside." I suppose the reference part of the _Wikipedia_ article could use a better reference. I hope to make that note in the article itself, but I retired because I'm disabled so I often get exhausted and not get around to it. However, using my skills so they don't get rusty is actually a lot of fun for me, so I'm glad that I have done this for your video, and I hope that it's helpful! At least it might be a starting point for you. Also, I would be careful in the future to speak more distinctly when you use a conjunction, since the Americans at least might have trouble figuring out which one you mean. Thanks for all your ongoing, very hard work and I hope you don't mind the feedback!

@@geekdivaherself hey, thanks a lot for your support and your thoughts. I just did some research and found the following article about the arms and the tentacles: oceanconservancy.org/blog/2023/06/23/is-there-a-difference-between-arms-and-tentacles/#:~:text=Octopuses%20have%20eight%20arms%20and,eight%20arms%20and%20two%20tentacles. So the arms have suction caps the entire length of the limb while tentacles have suction cups only near the end of the limb. Octopuses have eight arms and no tentacles. Cuttlefishes have eight arms and two tentacles. Squids have eight arms and two tentacles…. So I learned something new again.. maybe I will update this in some time .. Thanks again for your support and Merry Christmas, Best, Oliver

Thank you so much! Me too while doing the research 🙂

Hey, thank you so much!! And yes, it really is a hell of work.. something between 3-9 months for creating an animation.. but it is always great for me, if people like you see, how much time I spend for doing my stuff.. and of course appreciate my work and support me. Happy New Year!! 😊🤙🏼

Большое спасибо! Я рада, что вам нравится и вы цените мою работу.

haha, 23 years is not that much.. Seriously it took me 46 years to figure that out.. I didn't know until I started doing the research for this animation ;-)

Venomous, not poisonous! Venom is injected so the octopus has to attack you and have the venom go directly through the bloodstream. If they were poisonous that’d mean we would have to eat them to get hurt (which isn’t the case because they’re very delicious)

Alex Gastaldini - but since they are venomous, as you mentioned, a Big One may eat You! And decide that You are very tasty 😜

@@OliverEnde interested in knowing your research methods and work ethic. This must've taken you a long time. Congrats on this masterpiece of a video. Definitely looking forward to the next. And I will check out your website

@@alexgastaldini7928 😯😯😯 didn't know the difference

It’s comments like yours that keep me motivated. Thank you

Thank you so much!!

❤️❤️ Thank you so much!!!!

Awesome, thank you! Of course I will do 🤙🏼☺️

You are so welcome! Thank you for the kind words!

Thank you so much! ❤

I’m so grateful for your kind words! Thank you for watching and commenting.

❤️ Thank you so much!! Really great that you like my work!! Hope to see you tomorrow at my scorpions anatomy premiere 🤙🏽

Thank you so much!

Thanks a lot for the kind words 🤙🏼😊

They are fascinating creatures. Highly intelligent but totally non-social. So world domination is not in their long term plans, no. Each octopus generation has to start life by exploring for themselves. No inherited knowledge from previous generations. No collaboration. They're curious animals but apparently not interested in each other.

@@marilynwasserman3273 that’s what they want us to think 😆

Thank you very much!!

Thank you very much!

Thank you very much! Great, that you like my work!🤙😊

Wow! Thank you so much! Such kind words really motivate me going on and doing more stuff!! Cheers an best greetings! Oliver

Thank you so much 😊

Thank you so much 😊

Thank you so much

Thank you so much

You are very welcome 🙏 🤙🏼

Thank you so much and you are welcome :-) great that you like my work

You are welcome!

Thank you!! Gern geschehen!

Thank you very much! I really appreciate your kind words!

Thanks a lot

It’s comments like yours that keep me motivated. Thank you so much! 🤙🏼❤️

Thanks a lot!!

Hey Matthew, from artist to artist: thank you so much! This really mean a lot to me, when another artist appreciates, what I am doing. My art started with doing paintings from childhood on.. but as life goes from time to time, the world of 3d appeared in my life. It is really great fun and you can build your own world using 3D tools.Maybe it is worth to try and nowadays it is so much easier to learn.. my first tutorials were books and there was nothing like youtube :-) best, Oliver

@OliverEnde I'm happy to hear you're fulfilled with what you're doing. I can tell you are passionate just through the quality of the work. Please, for me, have an excellent day oliver!

You are welcome!!

Hey, thank you so much for your kind words!! Happy New year!! 😊🤙🏼

Thanks a lot!!

Thanks!☺️🤙🏼

My pleasure! Great that you like my work 🙏😁

Спасибо за добрые слова, я рад, что вы узнали что-то новое из этого видео! С наилучшими пожеланиями!

You are so welcome 🙂🤙🏼

Thanks a lot

Thank you very much for your kind words! Yes, it were about 5-6 months of hard work, but it is also very educational for me and great fun creating the animations,too!

Thanks a lot!

Oh, Great, you enjoyed watching it!! Thanks for the kind words 🤙🏼

Hey, Thanks a lot! I use Cinema 4D for 3D modelling and the character animation, geometry fluids..and Unreal Engine for lighting, animating cameras and objects, particles, rendering.. for post I use After effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition for audio editing, premiere for final rendering.. and some AI for creating ideas for pictograms, moods, etc..

Thanks a lot!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you so much for taking the time to write such kind words

Thanks a lot 🙂