slime

[serious]

hi,

i am doing a project wherein a cold virus, which is represented by small slime-like object, will start to grow and eventually covering most of the hand, much like the scene in the movie The Matrix where Keanu Reeves touched the mirror and it starts to cover his hand. My scene starts with four spots placed in the palm then it will grow then cover the palm and parts of the fingers. How do i achieve this effect? Any help is very much appreciated.

Thanks,

[devdoka]

Meta Clay

Matt

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Matt Lind
Animator / Technical Director
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[fredc]

I agree with Matt, Meta Clay seems like a good choice. You might look at doing a surface deformation too.

Urp

[atyss]

If the slime material doesn't have relief, I would rather go with a texture map. 3 or 4 hires images containing an alpha channel (white with a big black dot) that you put as textures and that you scale to progressively cover the whole hand.

Does this make any sense?

If you're slime has relief, well obviously the meta clay seems an excellent choice.

Hope this helps
Salutations - Cheers
Bernard Lebel

[blank-]

but how does one get meta clay to deform on a surface
tried it before doesnt seem 2 work.

redman

[fredc]

I intended surface deformation to be an alternate method not a combination of both. However, your could convert you metaclay to a polymesh and defrom that. The original shape would need to be a spread out over a plane (like a puddle), so it could deform over the surface.

Sorry for the confusion,
Urp