AMIRI PARIS
ROLE: Animation | R&D | Look Development
DATE: 2023
SOFTWARE USED: Cinema 4D | Octane | After Effects
While working with Voidz, I was tasked with creating a plant growth system inside Cinema 4D to animate with the Amiri models walking down the runway in Paris.
I had to create a stable rig that could be given to Voidz to further art direct and render into a tracked scene. It was essential to create a rig that was simple to understand but flexible enough to make changes that still could give detailed results for the final animation.
The biggest challenge of this project was creating an organic growth pattern that maintained structure but didn’t look too plain.
I had to create a stable rig that could be given to Voidz to further art direct and render into a tracked scene. It was essential to create a rig that was simple to understand but flexible enough to make changes that still could give detailed results for the final animation.
The biggest challenge of this project was creating an organic growth pattern that maintained structure but didn’t look too plain.
PROCESS
The foundation of the animation utilizes a linear field with a plain effector to control the scale of the plants to create the growth effect. A random effector is also applied to give subtle rotation to give the effect of wind in the scene.
Each of the fields is offset in the timeline by a couple frames to create a “shockwave” effect to give more detail in the growth animation.
Finally I used noise to overlay onto the linear fields to create a subtle patchiness at the start of the growth to give a more organic feel.
Each of the fields is offset in the timeline by a couple frames to create a “shockwave” effect to give more detail in the growth animation.
Finally I used noise to overlay onto the linear fields to create a subtle patchiness at the start of the growth to give a more organic feel.
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