Final Video

This is the final video, for purposes such as this blog it is in low quality, for an easy upload. Enjoy! It took me a long time..

Final Screen-shots

Three hi-def screen renders of the object mid animation. Showing the transformation in three stages.

Animation Process

This is a still screen shot of the camera path for the animation.

This is a short animation of the camera path. Set on low quality you can see all the elements and environment of the scene.

Early Modelling

This is an early screen shot of a high quality render of my model. It was a fairly easy model to make and so little alterations had to be made to get the effect I wanted. The shader type and material layer also adds a nice third dimension to the model.

This is a still shot of a the first glimpse of the crystal emerging out of the liquid entity. Initially I tried to animate the crystal hardening on top of the liquid but I found it harder to animate and I liked the way this method is more in keeping with the Pixar precedent of having a kind of narrative over the characters/ objects in the animation.

This is the final transformation still of the crystal taking the liquid over and crystallizing. I chose red for the colour of the crystal because I wanted some contrast from the liquid. Also, when animated, the intensity of the glow from the crystal makes some really cool lighting effects.