Moebius Highway

[bobakabob]

Here are a couple of images and a link to an animation I'm currently working on in LW 7.5. I got the bike to navigate around the Moebius strip with a camera parented to the front and back. Backgrounds were created in Mojoworld 2 and composited in Lightwave, the stratocasting soundtrack is by UK spacerock guitar band the Molecules. Feedback / suggestions / advice appreciated...

Moebius Highway avi test animation [12MB divx] (http://www.invisibleray.co.uk/animation/MOEBIUS_6_test_avi.avi)

Moebius Highway Quicktime test animation [30MB!] (http://www.invisibleray.co.uk/animation/moebius_highway_4_test.mov)

http://www.invisibleray.co.uk/artwork/moebius_5.jpg
Moebius Highway
http://www.invisibleray.co.uk/artwork/moebius_1_front.jpg
Front view with Vertigo plugin applied
http://www.invisibleray.co.uk/artwork/moebius_3_bike.jpg
Lambretta scooter model and little blue alien guy
Rob

[starbase1]

A very neat concept.

Do you find it easy to integrate Mojoworld stuff with LW? (or visa versa)

Nick

[bobakabob]

Cheers, Nick... Yes, Mojoworld is an excellent program and a great complement to Lightwave. You can either import LW models into the terrains you create or export the landscapes and use them in Layout. With some tweaking you can make some bizarrely beautiful creations. I checked out you website and saw your fractal images - you'd really like Mojoworld.

I don't know if you saw the animation - it's quite a big file - but I made a sydome and starfield for the later scenes.

Rob

[starbase1]

Yeah, I have dithered over Mojo for quite a while, but I'm not sure I have the time to takeon learning another new graphics tool!

After reading your comment I downloaded the full video, so more comments!

Love the use of camera angles - very dramatic. I particularly liked the view from under the scooter, with it swooping away, and the 'chase plane' views.

Only minor down points - a bit of a jump when he gets onto the mobius strip, and I don't like the shimmering nebula background at the end.

But like a said, great use of camera angles!

Cheers,
Nick

[bobakabob]

Nick, thanks for your constructive crit. Glad you liked the video - the bike was a lot of fun to animate and I learned a lot about using splines as motion paths. The dramatic angles are a result of being able to set up multiple cameras in the same scene which is great for experimentation.

Know what you mean about the nebula - I wasn't sure I liked it myself, but thought the effect still looked interesting. It was purely accidental. The hypervoxels didn't stay still as I expected them to...

You should check out Mojoworld Transporter just to get a feel for the program - it's a great compliment to Lightwave if you're into extraterrestial landscapes. Generator is complex but if you're into fractals, that's where it's at...

http://www.invisibleray.co.uk/artwork/alien_lambretta_10262.jpg

Rob