Pam Wong | Maya | Houdini | FX Artist | Effects Artist

"G R O W I N G B O N Z A I"

Maya | RiMel | Mel Scripting

D Y N A M I C S E C O N D A R Y G E O M E T R Y

SECONDARY
GEOMETRY

Using Pixar's custom Mel procedures to create secondary geometry, including a custom UI to let users control size,
position, color, and orientation to the scene

VSFX 705 SCAD

Software

Maya, Renderman

Method Used

Create RiMel and Mel to control random size and position of the secondary geometry, also how much scatter they will be.

FX Technique

SEE CODES

Then create first base geometry. I used a "SPEEDTREE" to create a tree trunk and bring into maya through alembic.

Attach half spheres to the branches to be used as base to populate the secondary geometry: the leaves and constraint base spheres to the tree so they will sway with wind force

SEE UI