Considering how small a part this will have in my plans for
the IRTC, and how little time I have left, I can't believe I
spent so much time getting the motion right on this one.

I even included some IK for his feet (that mostly works),
even though his feet won't be seen.

Because of the work that went into it, and because of it's
small role in my piece, I'm sharing it here.

Comments?

--
Tom Bates

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Attachments:
Download 'Human_Whipping32.mpg' (296 KB)

The motion of the whip itself looks great! Did you simulate a string (ie. a 1D
cloth) to get the motion right?

MJL


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light_source{12*(y-z)rgb 2fade_distance 9fade_power 2area_light x,z,5,5}#macro A
(H,B,R,T)prism{0,1H+4,0u*9,9v*9,0#local I=1;#while(I<H)#local V=asc(substr(B,I,1
))-33;<div(V,10)mod(V,10)>#local I=I+1;#end pigment{red 1}rotate-<90,R>translate
-T}#end A(16"/.@VZno=<PLA89/"0,5*x)A(14",6;MWmhryXN3,"60<15,0,8>)camera{location
25*(y-z)look_at 0}A(8"6hiAG=6"-60,-10*x)box{-99(x+z)*99 pigment{rgb 1}}   // MJL

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Mark James Lewin wrote:
>
> The motion of the whip itself looks great!

Thank you.

> Did you simulate a string (ie. a 1D cloth) to get the motion right?

I wish.  I'm not quite to that point yet (although I was close to breaking
down and trying to simulate it physically).
There's actually nothing physical about the motion of the whip, except that
it maintains a constant length.
The motion was created by trial and error with sin waves.

A future enhancement will definitely be to add some cloth simulations, or at
least some clothes to start with.

>
> MJL
>
>
> --
> light_source{12*(y-z)rgb 2fade_distance 9fade_power 2area_light
x,z,5,5}#macro A
> (H,B,R,T)prism{0,1H+4,0u*9,9v*9,0#local I=1;#while(I<H)#local
V=asc(substr(B,I,1
> ))-33;<div(V,10)mod(V,10)>#local I=I+1;#end pigment{red
1}rotate-<90,R>translate
> -T}#end
A(16"/.@VZno=<PLA89/"0,5*x)A(14",6;MWmhryXN3,"60<15,0,8>)camera{location
> 25*(y-z)look_at 0}A(8"6hiAG=6"-60,-10*x)box{-99(x+z)*99 pigment{rgb 1}}
// MJL
>
>

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oh... we all know why you spent sooooo much time doing
that...

:)


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Current obsession: "Ballet pour ma fille."
http://www.applesnake.net

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