Animation: Rooftop

[FallenSwordsman]

Nice modelling, I'm not entirely sure about the movement of the camera - looks like you got Superman drunk and gave him a camcorder to play around with. Overall though, I do like the modelling and texturing work you've done on the buildings.

[Talis]

That was close. It was actually Spiderman. This was the original concept for the Spiderman DVD. Each animation like this one was to be used for a transitiion to a part of the menu. Long story short, the heads of Sony/Columbia Tri-Star and the Director decided to go with footage from the movie for the menus...BORING! Oh well, I still got to design the Goblin menus on the second disc.

[FallenSwordsman]

Nyah ha! That explains the camera movement and why you had it moving like it did. I've never actually seen the Spiderman film but looking at things from a Spidey point of view is an excellent idea, it just gives you that feeling of what a rush he must get from swinging around all over the place.:applause:

[tenl]

What App did you use to create the city???World Builder???

[Talis]

No. I did it all in Maya. I worked from actual maps of Midtown Manhattan. Here's a wideshot of the model.
http://www.talisstudios.com/images/nyc.jpg

[tenl]

How long did it take you???

You shoule make a kind of tour animation thru the whole city. It's amazing!!!

I'm even more impressed now..

Great Job!

[John Lee]

Hey you could do a matrix rip off! hehehe :)

[tenl]

That would be cool...

Make it nice enough and I'll host it for you...:bounce:

[Talis]

It took about 2 months to build the city. I'll work on a new fly through animation. You can see more of the (unfinished) city in this animation:
Midtown Manhattan Animation (http://www.talisstudios.com/movies/manhattan.mov)
http://www.talisstudios.com/images/midtown.jpg

[springgreenhair]

looks great :thumbsup:
very nice detail work :)

how many buildings did you make for this short?

[tenl]

Here's a mirror link to the animation you created as promised. Let me know when you have the full one and I'll replace this one.

:cool: TENL

ENL Download Center (http://www.enlstudios.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=;action=showratings;editmode=new;start=0)

[3DArtZ]

I can see my old office in there!
I think.
Your city is a lot cleaner than the one I go to!!!
I would love to see some animation with a more "stable" camera.
Great Job!
Mike Fitz

[Sceme]

holy shit! reminds me of grand theft auto:drool:
aaaaaaah:thumbsup:

[Talis]

Thanks for the link TENL. I'll let you know when I have a new render.

[unLevel]

got a question, where did you find those maps of manhattan?

was there maps of other cities? please, link me up!

[UnlikelyCorny]

great stuff, very impressed with the city, but had to laugh when spidy hit that glass plate, just before landing on the roof.

[Talis]

You can find axonometric (3D Drawing) city maps at www.maps.com. I searched for "Manhattan" and found some good maps. I also went to a book/maps store and found an old axonometric map of New York.

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