AFH Pre-vis Message Balloons Over the Thames London

Shot from the first draft of a pre-vis animations to promote Ideas on a Postcard, Please. More balloons to be added shortly. Test render with toon effects added.

Shot of model

 

Balloon Inflation

Animation test inflating and deflating a balloon attached to some string. All surfaces are ncloths, the balloons are based on the beach ball preset and the string on the denim preset (the less stretch of the string the better to constrain the balloons in place).