Erm, so this weekend project I set out to create...something, and ended up with this! Rougly a jet engine but made almost completely out of primitive objects and only modified with deformers. Good times, and all but 1 object is a primitive - which I copied over from a previous iteration of this project after realising it was something that would work out.
About this project:
Engine:
Mostly primitive shapes with deformers. Blades are a cube with a twist and/or a taper slapped in a radial cloner.
Textures:
Metal and plastic textures from the C4D library. The new reflectance channel looks pretty awesome, but currently I have no idea what the settings mean. Definitely the next thing to research!.
Metal and plastic textures from the C4D library. The new reflectance channel looks pretty awesome, but currently I have no idea what the settings mean. Definitely the next thing to research!.
Lighting:
Bright Studio Preset from the GSG Light Kit Pro. Rocking the volumetric spot light in the engine to add a bit of excitement.
Bright Studio Preset from the GSG Light Kit Pro. Rocking the volumetric spot light in the engine to add a bit of excitement.
Animation:
Simple keyframe rotation on the fan blades, Camera moving around a target.
Simple keyframe rotation on the fan blades, Camera moving around a target.
Render:
Standard renderer, ambiant occlusion
Multipass of specular and ambient occlusion
Standard renderer, ambiant occlusion
Multipass of specular and ambient occlusion
After Effects:
Graded with curves,
Real Smart Motion Blur
Particular & Grid overlay
Starglow on main C4D render gave it some nice blown highlights and colour correction (Strange, but it works!)
Graded with curves,
Real Smart Motion Blur
Particular & Grid overlay
Starglow on main C4D render gave it some nice blown highlights and colour correction (Strange, but it works!)
Scene:
Objects: 82 (819)
Polygons: 19,727 (1,236,190)
Textures: 9
Lights: 4 overhead sofboxes + global light, 1 volumetric light in engine
Render time: 9:17:47 - around 4:40 per frame
Objects: 82 (819)
Polygons: 19,727 (1,236,190)
Textures: 9
Lights: 4 overhead sofboxes + global light, 1 volumetric light in engine
Render time: 9:17:47 - around 4:40 per frame
Problems:
Need to work on my workflow a bit and stop jumping ahead to make it look nice then jumping back to model some more! Makes previews and render views take for ever!
Since I didn’t really have a goal, I didn’t encounter any signifiant problems I can think of.
Need to work on my workflow a bit and stop jumping ahead to make it look nice then jumping back to model some more! Makes previews and render views take for ever!
Since I didn’t really have a goal, I didn’t encounter any signifiant problems I can think of.
Tip of the day:
Segments make deformers work. The more segments / subdivisions the smoother and cleaner (therfore longer to render!)
Segments make deformers work. The more segments / subdivisions the smoother and cleaner (therfore longer to render!)
Thanks for checking it out! Questions welcome.
After Effects before / after
Model without outer casing
Reverse shot
Object Manager, complete with spelling mistakes and poor naming consistancy :-)
