Gary Simon from Designcourse.com creates a view of some neurons in Blender and Photoshop.
Gary writes:
Learn how to create a very cool, sci-fi like render of brain neuron connections with Blender and Adobe Photoshop CC. This tutorial is suited towards beginners to intermediate.
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thanks to the author for the tut! with regards to the technique, i was thinking this would actually be the perfect application of the skin tool. you can create a complex, interconnected of a web of verts and edges very quickly, and then the skin tool gives it all nice volume while maintaining easy editability. there's also the nice ctrl-A radius controls to make the bulging nodes and thin connection strands. see my quick test attached! i used a simple noise texture to simulate the electric impulses, but i'd love to see someone come up with a technique that can be animated, allowing the impulses to run along the strands.
For sure, awesome man.
Great technique man!
Some time ago I did this in a overcomplicated way. The electric impulses where made with the Amazing Dynamic Paint. Neuron network as canvas and some little animated cubes as brushes.
Unfortunately never finished it..
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/62273197/Neuro/Neuro10.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/62273197/Neuro/Node!.jpg
Drinking game : Take a drink everytime he says : Basically.
That's kind've mean.