Title: "Light Steed"
Date: Fall 2002
Time: About 5 hours
Dimensions: 640px X 512px
Style: Touched-up 3D render
Medium: Photoshop & Maya animation software
Subject: Steel horse travelling at light speed
Theme: Futuristic mechanical idealism
Aesthetics: Smoothness and solidity of forms convey elegance and strength. Black background focuses attention on foreground and helps to emphasize extreme speed.
Process: This is a frame from a 20-second animation that I created in Maya. I wasn't pleased with the outcome of the animation, but I was able to capture some attractive still frames. In Maya, using NURBS, I created a horse in its binding pose and created its rigging system from scratch. I attached an elongated sphere beneath the horse, which has a glowing shader with motion-blur applied to it. In Photoshop, I corrected the color of the eyes and smoothed out some of the geometry.
Date: Fall 2002
Time: About 5 hours
Dimensions: 640px X 512px
Style: Touched-up 3D render
Medium: Photoshop & Maya animation software
Subject: Steel horse travelling at light speed
Theme: Futuristic mechanical idealism
Aesthetics: Smoothness and solidity of forms convey elegance and strength. Black background focuses attention on foreground and helps to emphasize extreme speed.
Process: This is a frame from a 20-second animation that I created in Maya. I wasn't pleased with the outcome of the animation, but I was able to capture some attractive still frames. In Maya, using NURBS, I created a horse in its binding pose and created its rigging system from scratch. I attached an elongated sphere beneath the horse, which has a glowing shader with motion-blur applied to it. In Photoshop, I corrected the color of the eyes and smoothed out some of the geometry.