Overload Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) Hello again. I guess the gallery is still down, maybe someone can point me how to submit this (provided you think its worthy). This is a product demo that we just completed for a new Yogurt commercial. We were challenged with making a highly detailed animation of yogurt, which would have been very difficult if done practical. In the end, there were two different versions and only one was used for the final spot. All the elements in this shot passed through Houdini, RealFlow, Maya, and rendered with Vray. The berries and chocolate swirls were all procedurally made, and now have a cool Digital Asset for each. A system for creating procedural impacts of all the elements was built, so they did not have to be simulated. While working on the first version, there were so many tweaks and changes, that relying on straight simulation was not an option. RealFlow gives great results for the fluids, but additional details are sometimes needed. The impact network let me adjust every detail down to the profile of the impact, and the resulting deformation from it. After the mesh from RealFlow was completed, it was passed through Houdini to have all the deformations applied. And with a custom bgeo importer for Maya, brought back in and rendered in Vray. A better breakdown is soon to follow, but here are a few videos. Hope you like, comments welcome!! Final Demo Final Demo V2 Final Mesh Playblast Radium Reelfx MyHomepage Edited October 2, 2009 by Overload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightcouldb1 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) I like the second version a lot better. The camera makes it up right when the yogurt on top is done pouring. The first one is a little slow in my opinion. Houdini is definitely the best at making raspberries. Nice work! Edited October 2, 2009 by mightcouldb1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macha Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Sweet! Very lovely indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Nicholas Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Great stuff. Looks very convincing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0rr Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 really good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO-oo- Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Really nice - like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratman Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Now I'm hungry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanostol Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 well done, food is very hard to look like something tasty, and Your's does look tasty. Now I'm hungry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junaid Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 so yummy, best yogurt.. I have seen so far. Cheers, Junaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itriix Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 yummy! looks very good! Jonathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artslan Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 very realistic looks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihab Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Great stuff!! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overload Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Thanks guys. I'll try and find the full spot that aired and post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bealobo Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Really nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldleaf Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Great job!!!! Any chance of posting any of the assets, by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overload Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Great job!!!! Any chance of posting any of the assets, by chance? Thanks. Sorry but I can't post any assets, they wouldn't work outside the studio anyway. If it was a personal project I wouldn't have a problem with doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldleaf Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 (edited) No worries! I kind of forgot it was a commercial project when I posted. How long was the project? Edited October 8, 2009 by goldleaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overload Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 The entire commercial was going on for about 2-3 months. During that time, I was responsible for all the technical and animation aspects of the product demo. While another artist worked on the lighting and shading, as I passed him assets. Most of the time on my end was spent developing the fluid settings, and building tools to modify the RF mesh inside Houdini. A great deal of time was also put towards the art direction, and making sure I could meet client notes and direction. I can easily say that getting something like food to look correct and match the actual product, is very difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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