A digital artist specializing in biomedical visualization, experienced in directing and videography, and driven to work with visionary artists and storytellers.
TwitterFlickrTumblrFinally posted my script! It's a utility that creates Maya Particle Disk Cache (PDC) files from a sequence of point cloud data. You can find more information here. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
UPDATE: I modified the script so that it contains more classes and documentation (v0.9.0). Unfortunately, it's almost twice as slow as the original release (v0.8.4). Feel free to download the code from my website: http://folio.heylight.com/#958712/Code
The past couple of weeks I've been working on a python script that I named Cache Cloud. With all the point cloud data being generated with Kinect hacks and 3D scanners, I thought this would be a useful Maya utility. It writes Maya Particle Disk Cache files using an animation of point cloud data. It's finished, but I'll post some sample videos before releasing the script within the next couple of days. Thanks to this video, I was inspired to write Cache Cloud. Next I'd like to write another one to make nParticle cache files.
UPDATE: I added another feature that removes zero-value points; and cleaned up some code which is now making it twice as fast to process.
Facial animation to an audio clip from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. (Model and rig provided by Seneca College.)
I animated it and added a scene with lights and textures. The audio clip is from Being John Malkovich. (Model and rig were provided by Seneca College.)
Most of the work is a product of a class assignment, but the cat was a side-project. I was experimenting with Maya's Fur plug-in. There's always something new to learn in Maya! (The background music was written by myself on guitar and cello. My sister, Francie, recorded it and added the drum machine.)
Daniel Vasquez