[ @Phil ]Fantastic Voyage - Fern Life Cycle Animation

Due to time constraints there's a scene or two missing.

 

Making of:

Fern Life Cycle Making Of

Fantastic Voyage: Meiosis and Sporangia redo

The pace ended up being too quick for this, so it will be reworked for the complete animation.

Fantastic Voyage: The Fern Life Cycle Final

The Fern Life Cycle Making Of

Fantastic Voyage: Archegonium model

Archegonium model:

For this scene I decided to change the order which was originally shown in the storyboard. Here I have the antheridium model morph into the archegonium model.

Fantastic Voyage: Meiosis sequence 2

Spores and track cam added

Fantastic Voyage: Gametophyte to Antheridium sequence

Gametophyte model:

Antheridium model:

Sequences between the spore to gametophyte to antheridium using a series of blend shapes and extracting the mesh to split the pieces up.

CG Artists Toolkit Maya: Animation 1 - Arm

CG Artists Toolkit Maya: Animation 1 - Pendulum Swing

CG Artists Toolkit Maya: Animation 1 - Chain

Fantastic Voyage: Blend Shape tests

Did a few test animations to get the "morph" transition in, by using the blend shape in Maya. I made some mistakes which halted the progress but I finally managed to overcome it.

The first test is a simple transformation of the spore:

Next is the morph from the spore to the gametophyte, which was done quickly just to get the basic shape of it and to get use to the blend shape:

Fantastic Voyage: Meiosis model

For this the opening animation needs to be worked on to look smoother as the tops slightly come off before reattaching.

Next step is to animate the spores into this scene.

Fantastic Voyage: Fern model

Along with the model I did a quick test animation to get used to the rigging:

The movements obviously won't be exaggerated that much in the final animation, and the plants in the background will also have some movement.

CG Artists Toolkit Animation: Oldman Walk

Animation Showreel

CG Artists Toolkit Maya: Animation 1 - The Bouncing Ball

On the Spot:

CG Artists Toolkit Maya: Animation 1 - Felix Jnr

CG Artists Toolkit Animation: Walk Cycle 1

CG Artists Toolkit Animation: Jumping Sack

Zoetrope show - Penguin

Unfortunately the drawing was too light to come through properly, but a fun experience nonetheless!

CG Artists Toolkit Maya - Animation Part 1, 2 & 3

Using Rigs:

Using Motion Paths:

Using MEL: