Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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due to lack of time, but I'll try my best to get as far as possible.
When I saw the challenge, I've got the idea right away,
inspired by a movie I recently saw, Cloverfield.
The idea is simple, shot by a "hand held" camera.
A giant tentacle or maybe a bunch of smaller
ones pierce the dam.
I'll post the detailed scenario a bit later (maybe even with some pictures).
Good luck to everyone.
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This is the basic concept of the animation.
1. First tentacle comes up from under the water and hits the upper part of the dam.
2 Second tentacle grabs the tower (or whatever it is), holds it a bit in the air and, "5" throws it towards the camera man, ending the video.
Meanwhile
3 and 4 piercing the dam catching some momentum and breaking out as the arrows show.
I didn't want to use the lower part of the dam because it gets very thick and it won't be realistic for the tentacles to pierce it.
The scene will take place at a day time.
The tentacles and the parts of the dam they break are going to be CGI anyway and the architecture is quite simple
so I think it will be best to do it all full CGI.
Maybe I'll add some additional tentacles which will rise out of the water and just "hang around" to make the creature look bigger.
This is not final but I suppose this is the way it will go. One thing for sure there won't be any full creature shots
https://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9320/basicgc6.jpg
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There will be no dam break yet, just going to figure out the tentacles, and camera movement.
After this stage is finished I'll mark up the parts of the dam that need to break and begin detailed modeling.
This is a render of the dam model I'll use in a pre-viz
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right... we are talking about a tentacle piercing a dam... and you tell me sth about 'not realistic'..I didn't want to use the lower part of the dam because it gets very thick and it won't be realistic for the tentacles to pierce it.
looks good so far..
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but although the scene is not a realistic one,I think every effort should be made to make it look like realistic. And if I was the monster with the tentacles destroying the Hoover dam (LOL) I would go for the thiner parts. But you gave me a cool idea maybe I'll try to show somehow that the monster actually tries to break the thicker parts and then goes for the thiner.
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It went a bit berserk and destroyed the tower things too
.I guess I'll need two more tentacles with the same uncontrollable behavior and I'm done with the previz
(well there is the camera, but it shouldn't be too hard).
As I said before I'm just figuring out the motion so no stuning FX... yet...