This was one of my senior thesis projects I developed in 2015. I developed a concept and look through style boards, prototyping this multilayered flower design. I used After Effects to animate the glass color block textures that ripple over the flower's natural subsurface material.
I also created a custom rig that would unfold the petals of the flower correctly. Each petal was animated with deformers and then linked to a master control that times the whole blooming movement.
The end all goal was to create a visual mood piece for the beautiful scintillating sounds in the song "Latch" by Disclosure
I also created a custom rig that would unfold the petals of the flower correctly. Each petal was animated with deformers and then linked to a master control that times the whole blooming movement.
The end all goal was to create a visual mood piece for the beautiful scintillating sounds in the song "Latch" by Disclosure
I conceptualized and designed this piece from concept to final image, with couple of iterations along the way.
To achieve the look I wanted I developed a layered shader with subsurface base layer and illuminated glass material over the top. Block patterns were driven by animated textures for alpha, illumination, and diffuse.
Textured / Shaded / Lit / Composited
Maya / V-Ray / After Effects
Maya / V-Ray / After Effects