3d Animations and Still Images

[glatt]

Those detailed railings on the roof deck look impressive.

[slang]

Originally Posted by glatt

Those detailed railings on the roof deck look impressive.

Thanks Glatt. This is the level of detail that seems to make the models more appealing. It's my goal to have all the buildings in the Campus Meritus with the same detail so that close up shots will still seem semi realistic.

My modeling speed and ability has increased since finishing the city hall and I'm hoping that it will be possible to complete the other buildings in about 1/4 the time.

Approximately half of my time now days is spent trying to find a viable market for this type of work so the progress is still not as quick as I'd like it to be.

Feedback on the Detroit project has been very positive and we're thankful for it.

[Elspode]

I was a little fuzzy on who had friended me with all the cool animations on FB. I should have known. Are you teaching yourself all this, or is it part of a formal education process?

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I was a little fuzzy on who had friended me with all the cool animations on FB. I should have known. Are you teaching yourself all this, or is it part of a formal education process?

I need to be more clear that it's me on FaceBook even though the name is different.

This is all self-youtube-DVD course education on Maya. My previous experience is quite helpful with some things but it's still a new software and my skills are developing a bit more by the day.

Immersion learning it may be called.

[xoxoxoBruce]

As it was circling the building I was thinking how many drawings it would take to make a minute of animation the Disney way.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

As it was circling the building I was thinking how many drawings it would take to make a minute of animation the Disney way.

That's an interesting thought Bruce. My guess would be 1440 ( 24fps x 60 seconds ).

But the volume of drawings would not be the only challenge. Transferring the detail from one frame to another in a slightly different perspective seems pretty difficult too.

Or where those old cartoons 2d?

Here's a good video about their process. Wow, so much work. But the end result was so captivating.

3:17 of the video - 250, 000 celluloids required for Snow White. All of those hand drawn.

[slang]

I've recently found a site that caters to artists that create visualizations for architects. The examples seen on this site are what I hope to be able to produce in the coming months ( or maybe years? ) It's a cool place to look through whether you are interested in creating renderings and animations or not.

http://www.cgarchitect.com/

There are more renderings than animations here but those animations are pretty good.

This one is one of the better examples.

Take a look for yourself. It's pretty amazing. It's not of Detroit but still amazing.