So I’ve managed to get quite a bit more work done on my oil platform, though I know it probably doesn’t look like much. I built the vast majority of the base mesh for the upper platform and quaded as much of my geometry as possible as well as put in the appropriate holding edges […]
So today I was working on the model that I will be using for my oil platform in my upcoming animation. I’ve decided to model my oil platform off of the Aker H-6e rig, which is a sixth generation oil Platform built in 2009 and capable of drilling in extreme conditions to extreme depths. Now
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And here again to go with my work on the SHRC system by OXUS Recovery Solutions I have put together the following outline and thumbnails based upon the second idea that I posted earlier. Idea 2 Action Outline: 1. Satellite view of earth with a hurricane storm off the coast somewhere 2. Camera zooms in towards the
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For my work on the SHRC animation, I’ve put together the following outline based upon the Idea 1 I posted earlier. Idea 1 Action Outline: 1. Oil platform in view, Functioning normally. 2. Camera shakes, lights begin to flash on the platform, possible fires begin to break out. 3. Camera zooms out and downwards to
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This is the third and final video from my work with Lynda.coms Fire and Particle effect’s training series. There is so much that you can customize and change to create the type of fire you’re looking for, it’s actually a bit ridiculous and nowhere as easy as a bit of gas and a match for creating real
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This post is to compile my pre-production work for the Merlin’s Ball project in FOA-O 1302. Merlin’s Box PrePro Brainstorming: The camera opens with a transition from black to a room with torches upon the walls as well as shelves that are littered with books and vials. In the center of the room there is
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This is the second video that I have completed based upon Lynda.com’s Particle and fire effects training series. It has been built and rendered in Maya and composited in Adobe After Effects. This animation makes use of Maya’s nParticles to simulate the snow.
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Over the course of the coming weeks, I will be working on an animation for Oxus Recovery Solutions. Specifically I will be attempting to build and animate a short video that highlights and demonstrates many of the features of their Submerged Hydrocarbon Recovery System. I have high hopes for this project and I am very
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As part of my Merlin’s Ball animation, I really wanted to add some torches to the wall and possibly even animate the torches catching some other stuff on fire. So I went to see if lynda.com had any training for fire and sure enough they did. This is the first project that I worked on
For my current Merlin’s Ball project in Fundamentals of Animation Online, I have been required to put together blog posts to document my process. I can see the value of this in sorting through existing and upcoming work and especially in relation to putting together a portfolio near the end of my schooling. The project
