Foundation 3D

Oldcode · 12th June 2012, 06:20 PM

Hey everybody,

I'm trying to do a cartoon with a bulb plant that opens, swallows a character, and closes again. I can do a simple morph for the opening and closing, but does anybody know how to make the edges of the opening pucker as it closes, like a bag tied with a string?

Thanks in advance,

Oldcode · 19th June 2012, 08:55 PM

Kind of like this....

Anybody?

Jedi2016 · 19th June 2012, 09:29 PM

I'd probably use morphs for that, too, just build them into the mesh. You can make them independent of the size of the opening, so you can adjust them on the fly.

Oldcode · 19th June 2012, 09:51 PM

Hey Jedi,

Thanks for the response. I guess I was not clear enough. I know how to use morphs, but I need help with the actual modeling of opening, when its closed tight, I need it to pucker, like lips when the are ready to kiss.

Does anybody know how to go about that in modeler?

Thanks,

tayotain · 20th June 2012, 08:23 AM

Try to model grooves on basemesh and smooth those in separate morph. then try mixing opening morph and smoothed morph.

12th June 2012, 06:20 PM	#1
Oldcode Contributing Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 634	LightWave - Bulb Plant Pucker Hey everybody, I'm trying to do a cartoon with a bulb plant that opens, swallows a character, and closes again. I can do a simple morph for the opening and closing, but does anybody know how to make the edges of the opening pucker as it closes, like a bag tied with a string? Thanks in advance,
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19th June 2012, 08:55 PM	#2
Oldcode Contributing Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 634	Kind of like this.... Anybody?
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19th June 2012, 09:29 PM	#3
Jedi2016 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,175	I'd probably use morphs for that, too, just build them into the mesh. You can make them independent of the size of the opening, so you can adjust them on the fly.
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19th June 2012, 09:51 PM	#4
Oldcode Contributing Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 634	Hey Jedi, Thanks for the response. I guess I was not clear enough. I know how to use morphs, but I need help with the actual modeling of opening, when its closed tight, I need it to pucker, like lips when the are ready to kiss. Does anybody know how to go about that in modeler? Thanks,
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20th June 2012, 08:23 AM	#5
tayotain Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 6	Try to model grooves on basemesh and smooth those in separate morph. then try mixing opening morph and smoothed morph.
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