Computer Animation with Nonlinear Deformers

Simple animated cube using only nonlinear deformers (no rigging). Multiple passes experimenting with lighting and camera movements. Created with Maya and Adobe Premiere Pro.

• Pass 1 (shown twice): static camera, single light source.
• Pass 2 (twice): stationary camera tracking subject, single light source.
• Pass 3 (twice): moving camera passes under and behind subject while tracking it; single light source.
• Pass 4 (twice): same as pass 3, with three-point lighting.

I tried using the NLDs to give the cube some personality. It hunkers down and then anticipates before the jump, flails a bit as it descends, and says "whew" after landing. I wanted to carry over as many traditional animation principles as I could: squash and stretch, anticipation and tension, and so forth.

Computer Animation: Bump Map Texture Exercise

Computer Animation: Interior Space (Update)

Added posters, table, and lighting.

Computer Animation I: Interior Space (Work In Progress)

This will be the inside of a box van, similar to this.

Here'e the modeled interior...


And the same with the textures added...

Computer Animation: Modeling Exercise 2

More fun with Maya. I'm starting to get the hang of this.