Andri Viyono created this transformer for his work and shares the different stages of the project.
Hi everyone, i want to share my experience about creating a transformable character.
3 month ago, my Bos asked me to create a transformable character. I decided to use my previous 3d model, Honda Civic Estilo as an transformable character (you can download the car model here). I had been struggling for 2 week , searching for the references and techniques how to make this stuff. Here is the result:
Then, I tried to add that animation to a real video footage. I used Iphone 4S to took the video. Here it the result:
I showed that video to my Bos, and he asked me to improve the animation and color. I took another video using a better camera, Canon 5D . then I asked to my co-worker to help me animate the character and add a sound . We also did a minor Post procecing in Adobe After Effect (adding dust, final color grading). Here is the final result:
hope all you guys like it, and sorry for my English :)
23 Comments
Wow! That's prety cool :)
thank you so much :)
amazing...and great work with transformable car technique
thanks mas :)
too bad for the light,
because of that it doesn't look so realistic.
But good work for the animation!! :p
Agreed, awesome modelling and animation, but shading and lighting let it down a bit. Not many people are really good at everything though :)
thanks mate :). agreed, no body's perfect .
yes, i realized that. looks a bit dull . but, you know , i have to finish this work before the deadline. maybe, i will re-render this animation with a better lighting, more sample and better car paint as my portfolio.
Great work!
thank you .
Awesome work Andri!
The transformation is very well made and the robot design is very cool.
Congratulations!
thank you. actually, there are many part that clipping trough the other. but a motion blur help me hide those things. :D
"If you're not cheating you are doing it wrong!"
- Some CG guy
OW! I feel like i just got punched in the face by a giant robot, this is amazing
Lol . thank you .
That's awesome, there are some thread on BA.org mostly about doing car paint. Here is one of them http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?250127-Car-Paint-Materials-Iridescent-Layers-Carbon-Fiber-Leather/page4
thank you so much, that was a great references. really appreciate it .
Nice i liked the second most, the car makes a bit more "realisitic" (although such cars are not real) movements. Maybe in the rendering ad an invisible but shading object, as when the car drives under the big tree. As its nice to see some environment effects to the glass reflections.
Good job ! Pretty well done ! Bravo !
That's TrueЪ
how was the rigging process?, it intrigues me a lot.
Wow Amazing
that's very good, do you have a tutorial to recommend ?