Open the Doors
This is my latest bit of animation - Open the Doors. In the quest to increase my 3D knowledge base I create a lot of imagery and animations that rarely see the light of day so sometimes I dust it off and and pull it all together into some sort of story. Hope you enjoy it!
Over time, I have developed a lot of imagery and animation sequences that essentially represent a journey of learning, relearning and, well, more learning.
Most of this doesn't see the light of day. Sometimes this is because it's rubbish, and other times it's just because it doesn't really fit with anything or it's not commercial or I simply don't know what to do with it.
This project was created using C4D, with the initial clips being rendered in Corona before transitioning to Red Shift at the begining of 2023. The figures and clothing were crafted in Daz 3D and animated using a combination of pre-made blocks and personalized adjustments to achieve a more natural walking sequence – including subtle eye movements, blinking, and hand gestures.
These elements were then imported into C4D, where the scene was composed and art directed with lighting, cameras and materials to achieve the final rendered clips. From here everything was pulled together in After Effects.
I think it's fair to say that I haven't made inroads into modelling - yet.
Commercial work that I take on tends to be with clients who have a product already and we need to render it out in some sort of setting so the modelling of objects isn't high on my list. There are so many amazing assets out there too. However, The doors and the locking devise I did create - I know, amazing right? (And just in case, yes I'm being sarcastic). I was going to animate the lock mechanism but hey, it didn't happen.
I used X-Particles by Insydium as the foundation to create the regrowth section of the animation.
It was quite challenging to ensure that the particles emitted from the growing edge of the skin as it reformed around the body shape.
The use of a Boole in C4D, which essentially involves one object moving through another and concealing the union between the two, can create complications in an animation. As a result, I had to revisit and adjust the geometric positions on individual frames to ensure that they rendered correctly.
The regrowth sequence was cut up with an analogue style screen showing HUD graphics and a more graphic representation of the rebuild process (which was also created in X-Particles). This helped with the pace and interest. This was all cut together and timed to the 'Cyber Games' sound track.
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![a close up of a woman's face with her eyes focusing on some huge doors that are in front of her. Created by BAILEYCS.]()
City skyline
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![Stylised psychedelic pink and blue image with a grungy halftone overlay of woman walking down a hallway. Created by BAILEYCS.]()
Birthday Sparks
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![A close up of a woman's hand. The body in the background is made of lava and the skin is reforming over the body in a rebirth process. Image created by BAILEYCS.]()
Fashion Magazine
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![A woman has her hands on 2 palm readers on 2 huge doors. Light streams from her hands through her body as she starts to disintegrate. Small pieces of her are flying off. Created by BAILEYCS.]()
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![A woman's face is surrounded by flashing lights (Tron like) that follow the poligonal lines of an invisible suit that will soon start to rebuild. Image created by BAILEYCS.]()
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![A computer screen shows HUD graphics with the main part of the screen showing a pink glowing figure that is being rebuilt out of particles. Image created by BAILEYCS.]()
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![A close up of a woman's head and shoulders. The body is made of lava and the skin is reforming over the body in a rebirth process. Image created by BAILEYCS.]()
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![A woman stands in a dark scifi style room dressed in a futuristic all-in-one suit. She also where's a full face helmet that has small lights shining out across the room. Image created by BAILEYCS.]()
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![A woman in a futuristic all-in-one suit with a full face helmet that has small lights shining is agressively kicking high into the cameras view directly at the viewer. Image created by BAILEYCS.]()
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![A woman is standing in front of huge ornamental doors that have dragons carved on them. The hallway that she is in is dark and menacing. The doors with their dragon carvings shine in the red light.]()
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![A woman's face is disintegrating and blue light is shining out of her head. Image Created by BAILEYCS.]()
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