APD - Week 4 Play and Place

Theme:
Play and Place - Dynamic Simulation

Method:
A ‘generator’ - an paper engine will be modelled. Fan leaves will be animated (turning). Paper simulation will be created using Maya nCloth. A flag will be made and animated to show the wind direction.

Context:
Flying Paper Simulation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpLBbkLFG_o

Response:
An air plane engine was used as the reference for modelling the paper generator. Fan leaves were modelled by combining several rectangles together. Fan will be animated via setting a rotate keyframe. The flying paper was done by breaking down a polygon with nCloth dynamic simulation. To make the paper fly, wind force was set and associate to the papers. In addition to make the scene more dynamic, I put a flag and add the animation to show the wind direction. This is also a skill practise of maya FX. This technique might be used in my studio project.