3d Demo Reel (bacteriophage T4 and stereocilia) - medical animation

Mike Smith's 2007 3d medical animation demo reel. It first depicts a bacteriophage T4 virus injecting DNA into E. coli. It then depicts a view of the organ of Corti in the inner ear, where sensory hair cells (stereocilia) generate a signal which travels down nerve cells in response to sound. All modeling, rigging, simulating, texturing, lighting, animation, particles, and compositing by Mike Smith using 3ds Max and After Effects.

This was done as my Junior animation project at Digipen Institute of Technology. It has since come to my attention that the movement of the virus is unrealistic, sorry for any discrepancies.

email: msmith81@gmail.com

please leave comments letting me know what you think
thanks!

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[2Bengali]

nice work!1 Can you teach me how to render like realistic things?

[tristimulus]

@2Bengali

thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Some things that help realism include: using Final Gather (simulates light bouncing between objects for that subtle shading), using photographic textures for displacement, and using physics simulations to get natural motion.

Also, it can be very helpful to work from good reference imagery so that you have a clear goal to head towards.

[scotthotter]

Wonderful job here, very creative. I am currently an animation student and I'm always seeking tutorials and resources to learn the workings of 3D programs. Could you direct me to any good tutorials or resources, I want to learn as much as I can, and I don't care what it is (ie: software) just want more knowledge of this craft?

Thank you for any help...

[tristimulus]

@scotthotter

thanks! If you want to learn 3ds Max search for these names - they are all amazing masters that are kind enough to share their knowledge with the rest of us:

- Pete Draper

- Allan McKay

- Borislav Petrov (more frequently known as "Bobo")

[tristimulus]

wow! 50,000 views! Thanks everyone for watching!

[FiImNation]

Great job mate! Where did you learn to use 3Ds Max from?

[tristimulus]

@FiImNation

Thanks! A lot of it is self taught and I've been using 3dsMax for almost 8 years now, but I also owe a huge debt to Royal Winchester (3dsMax god) for taking my modeling, texturing, and rigging skills to the next level, like 20 levels. Unfortunately he's no longer teaching, but I was lucky enough to have him for two classes at Digipen Institute of Technology. Also Adam Crespi showed me a lot of cool rendering techniques while I was there.

[hannahisyourmom]

im crying right now

[soody577]

man that music scares the shit out of me! lol

[NikkiSooFresh]

bacteriophage is pooping the hell out of that DNA

[GeneralMastiffV2]

What's the song? it's epic.

[xMrHustla]

WTF is goin on after 0:24 . Someone PLZ tell me

[LiLCOSF]

what is there to dislike in this video? Although the movie was scary

[mayisoto13]

como hAGO PARA DESCARGAR ESTE VIDEO??

[TheAceduece91]

at 19 seconds it just looks like the bacteriophage is just trying to push a major turd into the bacteria. Life is beautiful....