Octopus

Fox and Lion Octopus Animation

Client: Fox and Lion Digital
Objective: Animate the Fox and Lion logo being grabbed and pulled by an octopus that eventually releases the logo
Responsibilities: Water simulations, octopus animation, surfacing, compositing
Software: 3ds Max, TyFlow, Phoenix, V-Ray, After Effects

Process: Here we have 2-way interaction between TyFlow and Phoenix. The octopus was rigged in TyFlow with PhysX binds and also bound dynamically to hand-animated versions of the tentacles as a starting point. 2-way interaction was setup between TyFlow and Phoenix so the tentacles, logo, and water would all influence one another with the logo geometry being a Phoenix active body. Simulation times were pretty extreme so I opted to use a low res 2-way Phoenix/TyFlow setup and then ran high res sims based on the low res sims. Rendered in 3ds Max and V-Ray. Comped in After Effects.

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Additional Credits

Tony Hocevar: Concept, Initial scene setup, lighting