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Riders Update: Nitro Complete, Blind Rider RBD Complete, Blind Rider trail in progress.
Improving upon simulation: In the original sim the lightning was created using the labs lightning tool which is pretty good but I wanted...
Justin Drake
Apr 4, 20242 min read
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End of Winter Quarter Update
WIP RIders film link: https://vimeo.com/923224247/7771e30134 UPDATED RIDERS PRODUCTION SHEET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FG3...
Justin Drake
Mar 17, 20241 min read
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Feb 26, 20240 min read
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Feb 15, 20240 min read
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Finished Blind Rider Model + Setting up RBD
The team said they wanted the car wrapped up so I got out of detail headspace and finished the car off. I think it looks awesome. I...
Justin Drake
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Taking over the Blind Rider Vehicle Model
Sorry for the lack of blog updates! I have been updating the website to a new domain. In the meantime I have been modeling the Blind...
Justin Drake
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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Only need to model the interior and do some cleanup of the topology
+Added a grill to the front of the car. +Added side view mirrors. +Cleaned up the topology of the back of the vehicle. +Added the indent...
Justin Drake
Jan 22, 20241 min read
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Jan 17, 20240 min read
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Continuing to model Joy Rider's Vehicle
This week I have made some progress on Joy Rider's Vehicle. I am getting closer to a final model. We decided to extend the due dates for...
Justin Drake
Jan 15, 20241 min read
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Riders Winter Update
Joy Rider Vehicle: I am around 70% done with the Joy-Rider car model. I am working hard daily to make sure I can get it done by next week...
Justin Drake
Jan 10, 20241 min read
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Riders 'Ride or Die' the Justin Cut
I was worried about the direction the project was going. I decided to take the reigns and make my own cut. Thankfully the whole team was...
Justin Drake
Nov 12, 20231 min read
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Modeling, Continuing to research Rigid Body FX
+Added debris trails on larger pieces of broken geometry +Added simple VDB based on the same geometry that the particles spawn from....
Justin Drake
Nov 6, 20231 min read
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Delegating FX tasks, organizing for new crew members, researching for FX.
Now that we are getting pretty close to the final previs we have started to delegate who will be doing what FX task. I will be handling...
Justin Drake
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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Justin Drake
Oct 29, 20230 min read
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Continuation of Research for Lazer Shot
Today I followed along with Applied Houdini Rigids V to learn how to place a particle explosion based on user defined geometry along a...
Justin Drake
Oct 22, 20231 min read
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Oct 17, 20230 min read
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Revising the Pre-Visualization and Planning Our Roles.
We discussed revising the previz to make some shots more clear and brain-stormed what roles we would all play for this project, what...
Justin Drake
Oct 16, 20231 min read
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Previsualization - Animatic, Characters, Vehicles
Blind Rider Vehicles: Storm Rider Vehicle Characters:
Justin Drake
Oct 11, 20231 min read
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Storm Rider Car Concept and Starting Previs in Unreal
Another design: Also a flying version:
Justin Drake
Oct 9, 20231 min read
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Designing the Vehicles
Today I spent my whole day working on some Vehicles. I have included my favorites in this blog post. Storm Riders Car: Joy Riders...
Justin Drake
Oct 5, 20231 min read
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