Here’s an animatic test of the phaser fire effect I whipped up for Decker’s attack on the planet killer.
And you thought I wasn’t working on this project. Tsk tsk tsk.
Decker's Revenge
Posts Tagged WIP
I’ve been a little motivationally-challenged for a few days now, so I’m taking a little break to work on something that’s going to have to be tackled anyway when I get to act III. Here’s an amuse bouche for you.
Unmodified hangar and shuttle models from Summer 2007
I haven’t touched the Jefferies or the hangar deck models since I finished them way back in the Summer of 2007, and they still need texture and lighting tweaks (especially the lighting—there are some bad radiosity artifacts right now). This is a raw image with no modifications to the models or the 2007 lighting setup, so consider this a starting point.
Part 3 of 8 is now online–sort of. Let me explain, after the jump.
Here’s a little work in progress image from Act II. Don’t worry; the lens flares will be toned down for the final animation.
The Enterprise is about to have a very bad day
Act II Scene 1 WIP
Sep 21
OK, so you’ve probably noticed that August 31st came and went with no Act II. Unfortunately, a combination of real life and a dissatisfaction with the appearance of the planet killer have indefinitely delayed Act II until sometime in October. This will of course put the whole project deadline in jeopardy, but hey, a guy has to earn a living and sleep now and then! :)
Run away! Run away!
To tide you over in the meantime, I’m going to do something I don’t normally do and share one of my “rejects” with you. Follow the link below to watch the opening scene from Act II when the Enterprise is fleeing the planet killer:
Decompress the zip file and watch the movie on your local workstation–easy peasy!
There are some things I like about this scene (mostly, the POV jump—I was going for a 1960’s-style camera pullback here and I think that it works pretty good, but I’m all ears for your comments!), and a laundry list of things that I don’t (the too-procedural appearance of the planet killer, a goof with compositing the “fire” effects of the PK, the motion of the Enterprise as she swoops through the debris field, the asteroid that looks like a giant wadded ball of bubblegum, etc., etc.) Better luck next time!
