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This animation was a hair a feather Rigging and simulation projects that i undertook. this also ended up being abit of a compositing and matte painting project as well.
I used HairFX and Simcloth to simulate the hair. AfterBurn was used for some clouds however most of it was hand painted and animated in Combustion.

special thanks to Raison Varner for doing some music.]]> Fri, 07 Jul 2006 19:55:00 +0000 http://bloggs.cgsociety.org/gallery/378343

This is abit of an insight into what went into the original animation clip. ]]> Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:04:59 +0000 http://bloggs.cgsociety.org/gallery/378310

This animation was a hair a feather Rigging and simulation projects that i undertook. this also ended up being abit of a compositing and matte painting project as well.

I used HairFX and Simcloth to simulate the hair. AfterBurn was used for some clouds however most of it was hand painted and animated in Combustion.

please see the making of griffon clip for more details

special thanks to Raison Varner for doing some music and sound effects for this clip.]]> Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:42:29 +0000 http://bloggs.cgsociety.org/gallery/378347

This is the full animation clip. Unfortunatly this project never reached its potential as i lost most of the rigg and was unable to continue. however i did manage too save a skin test cached animation that i had made earlier. so th animation itself isnt amazing as i was limited to what i could make out of it. ]]> Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:18:08 +0000 http://bloggs.cgsociety.org/gallery/193004

This was submitted originally as an animation, I wish to have is a critique more on the composition of the work.
The griffon and most of the clouds are all 3d the mountains are all 2d matte paintings. The idea of this image was to give the sense of wide open spaces and the idea of a creature on a search, in a cold harsh environment however using warm colors to blend the creature and the environment together and give a sense of peace. I wanted to give a high contrast with the sun to emphizes the fur. Originally this work was undertake as a character rigging exercise however it quickly became more of an all round composition exercise.
Although this was not originally created as a still I feel that this image sums up the feel for the howl animation.
This is the old thread with all the original animation stuff
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=191516
animation link
http://www.kaffeineproductions.com/downloads/griffMOVIE(640x480)divx.rar
copyright © John Van der Zalm submitted 8th December 2004
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This bird is based on a Caracara hawk of southern USA.
this was a test for using ornatrix hair plugin. which is a awsum new hair plugin for 3dsmax.
anyway any crits welcome.
enjoy
cheers
john
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hi here is a design i have done for my upcoming 3d muscle sim project.
any comments of suggestions about the design please let me know.
cheers
john
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this was made with ornatrix.
here is a link to afe more images that might make it more obvious to what it is.
Link
cheers
john
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