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Dualhammers
09-18-2009, 10:31 PM
I am being tasked with animating a chicken hatching from an egg. There are a few ways I was thinking I could go about it, but I want to try to get an egg that can go from a small crack that grows, to a shell that can be poked through and widened to a hole.

Has anyone done this before, does on any ideas on what techniques I should look at to begin?
InfiniteJustice
09-20-2009, 02:11 AM
Well, here's an example in one of my short Unreal Engine noninteractive fanscenes. Check last 30 seconds. It's primitive but may point you in the right direction. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VupAA1PfiU

A basic idea in that part of the egg has to be made from separate elements. Then you have to animate every part individually.
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