Concept:
For our project 4, we wanted to create a virtual nightclub for our mannequin partygoers. The goal was to depict two vastly different yet common experiences one might witness at a nightclub such as hyper, overactive dancers and sloppy bumblings guests as well. We wanted to test the vivacity of colors rendered in Aero so we added a gold disco ball, neon colorful flooring, along with grungy, brightly painted brick walls. We used a female mannequin and male mannequin to see how different movements interact with different skeletal frames.
Process:
1. the walls were made, then the disco ball, then the floor
2. We rigged up the mannequins in Mixamo, and then customized the overdrive and energy as well as hand distance
3. imported the FBXs into aero but ran into a problem where there were doing the same movement despite being two distinctly different FBXs. We found we had to adjust the animation specification from, “clip” to “mixamo.com”. We’re still not completely sure what that distinction means to the computer but know it works nonetheless
4. We added a flourish by spinning the disco ball and adding standing tables to the dance floor
and for the finished product: