ANIMATION!: seeing sound: an overview of the process of hearing!

(Can't see the video? Click here to watch it directly on Vimeo)

Remember that teaser, with the ears and ossicles and everything? Here's the final.

This was my final animation for animation class, based on a storyboard I did a year ago about the process of hearing (which was originally intended for a Flash animation... turns out, it's a whole lot more complicated to pull off in 3D). There are a few things I'd re-render if I had the time for it, but as a first animation goes, I'm pretty proud of it. I've gotten a whole lot more comfortable with the process and software over the course of this semester, which helps me justify the insane hours I put into this thing. :)

I hope you enjoy it!



[mostly 3ds Max 2009; also ZBrush, Premiere, After Effects, Soundbooth, Poser, and some Maya 2008]

the race

...And now for something completely different.

At the AMI Salon this past summer, I think four or five of the winning entries involved sperms/eggs/fertilization.* And I'm glad I saw them, because otherwise, I wouldn't have thought to include a multicellular corona radiata layer on my ovum. I haven't had a good embryology lesson since high school.

Be prepared for an end-of-the-semester creation-dump over the next week or two. :)

*P.S. If you click the link, check out the black-and-white thumbnail on the top row, second from the right!

[Maya 2008]

ossicles

Just a teaser. More to come in a week or two.

(What is this?)


[3ds Max 2009; models built in Zbrush]