Moray Eel 3D rigged model

I modeled the eel in Zbrush and Maya, textured it in Zbrush, rigged it in Maya. It has dynamic fins that react naturally to any motion that you animate. The rig features an automatic swim generator that creates lifelike swimming movements. By just setting a few variables, you can have natural looking animation in seconds without setting a single keyframe! The model and rig can be purchased through turbosquid here: http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/536771

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• moray
• eel
• 3d
• animation
• cg
• zbrush
• maya
• rigged
• dynamic
• creature
• sea
• ocean
• digital
• model
• render

[6943cahill]

beautiful! I noticed amplitude and wavelength. Was this done by attaching a sine wave deformer to the rig? and then the rig itself was a spline rig? Cool stuff! love the lighting!

[squirc]

@6943cahill you got it, that's exactly how I did it! thanks for the comment :)

[goranification]

Wow, amazing rigging, did you use any script? A tutorial would be perfect, Hablas español? yo si 8^)

[squirc]

@goranification Thanks! I didn't use any scripts, but I did use lots of expressions in Maya. Ademas, si, hablo español :) I don't think I'll make a tutorial because If I were to do it again, I wouldn't do it this way.

[luchiostudio]

Did you use normal mapping?

[squirc]

@luchiostudio yep!

[thegriffin88]

Damn that's boss.

[Hanyou1993]

I'm just woundering.. do you have a tutorial of how to do the rigin... or what it's called.. to make it moves like it dose here?XD without having to use keyframes?

[scooterskittles]

Wow.

[JosePablo24]

amazing!! this kind of stuff really motivates me to take visual effects (animating, modeling, blah... etc) as a career ^^

[yoitsjeremy]

what program are you using????????

[cloudsurfer007]

This is a good model. I am a diver. When you see these in the ocean, they snap more, and hide in rocks. They look very much like snakes on land. I have done some computer rigged art, this is well conceived project.