FX WARS! Tornado, thefluidrobot, F3, FreeForm

#1

I will join you guys, its real late in the game, but I am in love with tornadoes. I love them, I do oh I do

#2

Hi there Young Lee,

There is not much time left, but its doable to create something jawbreaking. I want to wish you good luck, and I’m looking forward to your final entry.

Though please share some of your idea’s, that would be really interesting.

#3

thanks!

on top of a film I am working on and also my full time job at the moment, I probably only have time to do one main shot, and 2-3 build up shots. not even sure if I can do that because if those require fx, then I wont have time to focus on the real meat of the project.

I am going to be using Maya Fluids to simulate the tornado. I will film live action shots and track it and composite the tornado on there.

Main tasks:

  1. design 1-4 shot sequence :smiley: - (figure out how the fx will look and where they will happen)

  2. film the shots

  3. edit the sequence

  4. create the fx
    a. funnel cloud
    b. base cloud
    c. debris (large)
    d. debris (fine)
    e. explosions (time permitting)

  5. composite and tweak.

those are my ideas…so I have like a week left!!!

#4

hi

just a quick render straight out of maya…will add debris and other stuff next

maybe make a car or something thrown upwards and crash below into one million pieces

#5

hmm…i might have screwed myself with the rotoscoping. might need to get a new background plate, one that doesnt need so much roto work. then again, maybe Ill just suck it up.

ahhh

#6

with two days to go, I am rushing to get my fx done. havent had much time because of work, but here is a new image of the base and funnel clouds. need to add a ground cloud and debris. also want to add a car being picked up and thrown to the ground in a horrifying explosion…

ahh

#7

ok so I am not goign to finish. after rendering for a day and a night, I was so unhappy with the shot that I threw it out and decided to rework the whole thing. As a result, its going to take another two days to render out the new shot.

Oh well, I’ll join you guys in competition for real next time, but I’ll finish up what I’ve been working on in the next few days and post it

heres a screen grab of my current wip

#8

here is a 1 second clip of the funnel and base cloud…ack

clip: http://younghlee.com/reel/tornado_test1.mov

pic:

#9

my final entry is here:

QUICKTIME: http://younghlee.com/reel/tornado_movie1.mov
YOUTUBE: coming soon

Notes: didn’t have enough time to do everything that I wanted including building destruction and much more debris, but oh well, here it is. Enjoy! I had a blast doing this one, especially in the midst of so many talented fx artists. Can’t wait for the next!

#10

the lighting was cool and the shot of the tornado was insanely nice. wouldnt it be cool if the tornado scene could last a little longer???

#11

hey man, appreciate that a lot

yea, it would have been longer but I ran out of time, those frames took 24 hours to render and plus, I had to rerender twice, argh. next time though, ill start the challenge early!

#12

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