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Effects of Rapture - Part2 — James L Watt

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Effects of Rapture - Part2. If you haven't already, have a look at part one of the effects breakdown. The initial design of these characters were more ghostly in form and were not really defined. As work progressed we realised that these visualisations added a lot to the scenes and we would need to roll out more defined character representations for all of the scenes in the game. With 80 scenes in the game and one VFX artist, we would need a fast animation process developed. We then decided that we neede...

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Sea Creature — James L Watt

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Here's a test in Modo 801. I wanted to create a jellyfish type creature. I created the tentacles by using a particle system and generated curves from the simulation. I created a sub-surface material for the creature and used volumetrics to create the underwater feel. Effects of Rapture - Part1. How the effects were designed and created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Effects of Rapture - Part2. Writeup of how the characters were created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

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James L Watt

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Effects of Rapture - Part2. Writeup of how the characters were created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Effects of Rapture - Part1. How the effects were designed and created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Images. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Car Destruction Effects Previs.

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About — James L Watt

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I have been working as a 3D artist for 12 years and as an VFX artist in the games industry for the last 7 years. I have a good generalist background but have also specialised in VFX and technical art. Have had the responsibility for designing and creating all of the effects for an entire title. Created particle effects using both proprietary and off-the-shelf effects tools for mainly First Person titles and racing games. At the moment, I'm working at Creative Assembly. I worked for Rebellion Studios.

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Bodycount Tank Previs — James L Watt

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This video shows previs for a burning tank. The smoke moves a bit fast but the feel of the animation is there. All of the fire is done with a 32 frame looping texture on a billboard, shown in the second video (vimeo doesn't loop too well.). Effects of Rapture - Part1. How the effects were designed and created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Effects of Rapture - Part2. Writeup of how the characters were created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

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Flocking Test — James L Watt

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I've been interested in flocking behaviour for a few years now, so when I saw that Modo 701 had flocking behaviours built in, I was keen to test them. I built a flocking system in Softimage ICE before by manually setting up relationships between particles using this paper:. The flocking in Modo seems pretty robust and does a lot of the manual work for you. Effects of Rapture - Part2. Writeup of how the characters were created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

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Galaxy — James L Watt

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Here's a still of a galaxy I put together as a test for the new Modo 701 particle system. I simulated the galaxy forming and spinning out to the shape shown but am still in the process of tweaking the animation. Effects of Rapture - Part1. How the effects were designed and created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Effects of Rapture - Part2. Writeup of how the characters were created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

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Code — James L Watt

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Whenever the job needs it, I'll code it.'. Using scripting languages gives another level of control to the artist. Over the years, I've created many programs and scripts, which allow users to interact with 3D environments, speed up repetitive tasks, and extend the functionality of software packages. I've also spent a lot of time working with node-based programming, setting up character-based scenes and creating complex interactive objects. The batch file generation tool is used to setup quick and easy re...

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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Images — James L Watt

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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Images. Here are a few shots of the effects in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Effects of Rapture - Part1. How the effects were designed and created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Effects of Rapture - Part2. Writeup of how the characters were created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Effects of Rapture - Part1. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

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James L Watt

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Effects of Rapture - Part2. Writeup of how the characters were created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Effects of Rapture - Part1. How the effects were designed and created for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - Images. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Car Destruction Effects Previs.