Instance Generator Lattice WIP

[Scazzino]

I've started designing the initial set for The Autiton Archives(TM). This first set is an Instance Generator Lattice(TM) for the opening shot... The Autiton(TM) instances are generated from the center and walk outward along the corridors in assembly line fashion.

I started with a very rough concept sketch in Corel Painter and then moved right into modo to continue the design process directly in 3D where I can experiment with the shapes and structure. I'm aiming for a look that's sort of a mixture of a neural network, a 3D molecular carbon model, and a space station. Once I finish the initial design, I'll bring it into LightWave for texturing, animating and rendering.

C & C Welcome of course.

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[MrNoooo4realz]

wow nice stuff!!!
jus luv ur wires they look so clean,
looking forward for the nexts shots...
take care

[Scazzino]

Thanks MrNoooo4realz!

At this point, it's really just a 3D sketch... so the shapes aren't actually merged together yet. I like to go from very rough 2D digital sketches right into 3D sketches and work out the design in a 3D program where I can freely explore 3D shapes and structures. The poly flow and wires will be cleaner once I further refine the overall design and work out the details.

[MrNoooo4realz]

Holy moly,thats way too gud for a 3d sketch!!

wow man,great hand job(in a gud way lol)..
amazing sketch ,really impressive work!!!
take care man

[MAGNUS81]

Nice "sketch"!

[Scazzino]

Thanks guys!

Here's a newer 3D sketch. I haven't refined or merged the shapes yet... I'm still just exploring the rough shapes as I aim for more of a synthetic neural network / 3d circuit feel...

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I ran into a bit of a speed bump when the sketch approached 9 million polygons and started gagging and crashing modo... turning VBO off stopped the crashing...

[MrNoooo4realz]

oh yeah baby,lookin gud from here haha!
wutta great skizzle dizzle hehe
hey i wanna see more of the tuna fish stuff haha jks..
luved the facial expressions i kiinda learned the basics with those hehe so thx 4 dat ^^
cheers bro
keep it tunafish

[tobian]

Intriguing stuff! I suspect you're going to start running into memory problems, though with clever instancing you can probably get away with a lot, even in LW

Can't wait to see a textured and lit version, your stuff always has really nice texturing!

[bgraves44]

Looks pretty cool! seems like you could get away with a much lower poly sub-d version with some normal/bump maps for detail created in LW. Once you get the design finalized I guess...

Enjoyed reading your production blog - very inspiring! Look forward to more.

B

[Scazzino]

Thanks guys!

Here's a newer 3D sketch (only showing three units on one level for now). I started stitching the basic shapes together into a single sub-d mesh...

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[Scazzino]

Here's a newer 3D sketch (only showing three units on one level for now). I started some of the detailing... The colors are only intended to identify different surfaces at this point, and not indications of actual surface colors.

The second image shows a single corridor section. The entire lattice is composed of copies of this corridor section. First it's radial arrayed six times to create an Instance Generator hex-cluster. Then those hex-clusters are radial arrayed in groups of three. Finally the entire level would be linearly arrayed to create the lower levels. This enables me to leverage a limited amount of modeling to create a vast scene. The gray shapes in the corridor section are low res stand-in's for the pre-0090 Autitons, for scale only.

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[Scazzino]

Another model update. Click thumbnail to view the full size image.

[tobian]

Looking cool, though you could do with some tweaking of the poly flow round the edges of the windows, i can see... *coughs* tris! the shame!

Oh and your little badge is a year out of date hehe, it should be 21 years

[Elinewton]

Great project!!
You should try the HD Instance on the Lightwave!!
I use it to clone the Vue trees in my scenes!! It's a great pluguin!!

[Scazzino]

Thanks guys!

@ Tobian: Yes, I'll check around the windows, there are a few kinks that could use some smoothing. Yea, I know the badge only says 20 years... I'm not sure if I'll increment it each year, or just go with the major milestones, 20, 25, etc...

@ Elinewton: I'll definitely check out HD instance. I checked with them and they do have a Mac UB version. I could use it to instance the Instance Generator Lattice, and I could also use it to instance the many pre-0090 Autitons as they are emerging from the Instance Generator...