Lesson 3: Final
That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles!
My Video
This project was a little more free in what we we're
able to do. We could pick any program and attempt
any effect, as long as it wasn't one we had done before.
This is where I finally got to play with Viscosity in liquids.
I also did another fire in this one to add to the scene.
Research:
For this last project I decided
that I wanted to try viscous liquids. Something I haven’t had the chance to
play with before. It was interesting to see the different viscosity in liquids.
The way they could fall into a pile and keep its shape for a few seconds before
finally melting into each other and just becoming one large seamless pile with
no evidence of the form is originally had.
We we’re shown in lecture how to
make viscous liquids in Houdini, and at first I was going to as well because I
had already been shown how to and it would make things easier for me. I was
challenged; however, to try it in Maya instead and so I did.
It didn’t take long to decide just
what to do when I came across a video of chocolate. It looked fun and meant I
could make something a little fun. I created a tin and a crust in Maya with the
goal of filling it by pouring in chocolaty goo. To add a layer to it I decided
I wanted to try and add a fire to it afterwards to show a sort of baking
process, and to also add more effects to the over all final.
Getting to the point of pouring a
liquid from and object into the tin proved fairly easy, messing with the
settings to get it to look thicker and gooier was a small challenge however.
Every reference of chocolate I
found, both real and simulated, had a different consistency and texture as it
was poured. I had a hard time perfectly
mimicking any of them, but in the end I think I got fairly close to a decent
melted chocolate look, even if it looks like a really thick and blobby
chocolate.
The second part was not hard to do,
considering we had just done a fire in the first project. So I mimicked my
original fire to create the flame beneath it. I know most ovens you don’t see a
fire, but I wanted something a little more pleasing to the eye; and of course
to have a second visual effect in the project as well.
For a small final touch I played
with the textures a little. They’re all basic and simple but I worked with
keying them. The marshmallows became darker and the chocolate became darker as
well as losing some of its shine, almost like a brownie might look after
baking. It’s nothing big just something to add the extra touch of watching this
dessert being made.
References:
3D Chocolate: http://youtu.be/P6TcW4zRV7U
Real Chocolate: http://youtu.be/muQLv8MJ9FY
Blender Chocolate: http://youtu.be/Egkyj9Kzseg
Chocolate Color Change: http://youtu.be/ZfO3Xmpr6ik
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