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3D Revenge Of The Beachball

Process

A Maya 3D animation

This extensive animation project includes:

  • Modeling of the, ship, earth, alien and backyard.
  • Rigging and animating the alien.
  • Creating a very complex shader network to produce a phtorealistic earth---complete with a day/night transition.
  • Lighted cities on the night side.
  • A 3D cloud layer and atmospheric glow.
  • Expressions were coded to to make the saucer spin, iris door open and create the illusion of a day/night on earth.

Rendering

The overall look uses very expensive rendering options set to full 1080 HD with Raytraced shadows and reflections and glossy materials to give the animation a photorealistic look.

The brevity of the piece is a result of the rendering options.

A month of solid work went into this one minute of footage.

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3D Motion Graphics: 
Maya