Thesis Previs- A Realization
So after today's thesis previs session I came to the realization that the millions of little fish have to go. Although they are cool, they distract from the overall message.
The world is in constant motion. Everything in the entire universe is in motion. Even a seemingly stagnant chalkboard has on it millions of tiny little particles moving around at the subatomic level.
Objects have energy.
The title "The World is a Steam Engine" is a statement to this concept of everything in the world has motion.
After modeling objects in 3d for a while I saw the world differently. A good model has something called "Edge Flow." The way the polygons naturally flow around the contours of a shape will make a good model. I began seeing the world in wireframe. I would see lines that flowed with the contour of objects. where there were holes in an object I saw "edge-loops".
Last year I purchased a book called Character Modelling 2 published by Ballistic. A Featured modeller Timur Baysal introduced me to a new way of seeing edge flow.
He Said:
Some people use a deceiving term they call "edgeloop" for this process, which i find misleading. The edge-flow as i like to call it describes really both the design of your geometry as well as the way it wants to deform. Those edges really don't have to loop- you really don't want to look for where and when they might loop. Its most important to observe if they describe the proper form. I often end up with something that might be called an "edgespiral"- the techno-art -geek within me finds this really entertaining.
The "edge-spiral" is what intrigued me. With a spiral motion, edges can go on and on and on. As opposed to an "edge-loop" that end when closed.
I trained myself to see the world in wire-frame spirals, rather than wireframe loops. As a resul I began to see a different energy in objects. As if there was a stream of particles spiraling along the surfaces of objects.
With zbrush 3.0 's new re-topology tool, making spirals on geometry is much more feasible to do. Since I am a man who loves tedious work that results in something beautiful in the end, retopologizing geometry is something I love to do. This is something I also plan on becoming a master at after my thesis.
A spiral can be used as a path for particles. And I will be using retopologizing tools to achieve these edge-spirals on complex models like a steam engine.
The money shot will be a completed steam engine composed of tiny little spiraling particles.
2 comments:
Motion is healthy.
what happens when things are stagnant? If you pass by a stagnant body of water, it begins to grow bacteria. A swamp for example is full of algae and all sorts of nasty stuff.
As opposed to a river- the water is cleaner there is more energy.
When you dont exercise you get fat and unhealthy. When you are in motion you become more aware and have a heightened sense of energy.
The world is in motion for the health of all of nature.
I think it's best for you to cut somethings out. I think you just focusing on the building is better than focusing on what builds them, so whether it is fish or just plane spheres does matter just as long as the flow and motion work. As for how the transitions from one shot to the next that seems like the hard part now. Oh I like Timur Baysal's work I want to get his dvd he seems like he would be a great teacher.
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