Zen - new scene

Second draft

Sound driven textures

I got sound-driven texture from AE Trapcode Particular and connected it to displacement map of surface (black circle).

texture from AE Trapcode Form. connected to displacement map & incandescence.

work in progress #2

(11/05/28) For the last scene. 円相(Ensō) (link) + rock garden.

(11/05/28) texture from AE trapcode particular + Maya displacement shader

(11/05/28) working on complexity. it's hard to find visual I imagine. poor displacement shader.

Anaglyph test

All images became darker. I need to cope with this trouble. Plus, it took a long time to render.
Besides, I couldn't find any options to composite anaglyphic movie at Autodesk composite (Toxik before).

First draft

- some synchronization problems
- Line transparency animation didn't show clearly.
- camera moving
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work in progress

(11/05/22) connected alpha channel with sound



(11/05/21) Sound with five parts ; original -> interruption#1 -> controversy -> interruption#2 -> concentration

(11/05/21) keep trying to find a charming angle.

(11/05/20) alpha channel didn't work well on Mental-ray materials. I used lambert.

(11/05/20) environmental fog + more objects + new resolution setup

Test animation #2

I got help from Maya Plug-in 'Fast Mental Ray'. (link)

Test animation #2

(too short...)
have to figure out rendering as fast as possible.

Concept sketches

Concept description

Zen is a discovery of Buddha-nature within each person, through meditation and practice of the Buddha's teachings. The ultimate goal is to become a completely enlightened Buddha.
There are few ways of zen meditation, and the most famous one is Zazen, sitting meditation.
Practitioner mostly sits in the lotus position and focuses on the internal aspects to regulate the mind. (I did similar thing in Yoga class. It means that yoga is related with Zen, in some ways.)

In these days, students do same things. For academic achievement, they sit in front of a desk all day and study. Sometimes, time solves the problem. Mostly, concentration is the key to enlightenment. Thanks to technological innovation, there are some devices to help student stay focused. They are based on neuroscience and brainwave. Although many people obtains assistance from these devices, the effect is doubtful and controversial. (Even there are few thesis about them!)

Concentration is very dependent on the circumstances. I'm listening the music and writing this article together. It's hard to focus on each behaviors. Writing this article is a high priority and listing the music is more like a temptation to escape from study. My brain is not enough for multitasking. There should be a controversy between two minds, study and sabotage, in the brain.

Speaking of devices I mentioned above, I got a sound source of one device, called MC-Square.
The manufacturer insists that it manipulates and activates brainwaves such as alpha-, beta-, or theta-wave.
I'm not sure it's effective because I just got a wave file, not a device.
But I can say that its regular beep also interrupts people.

Therefore, in this project, I'll express brainwave, controversy, concentration and interruption.

Zen

Modeling w/ duplicate function.

Inspired by wind-bell on the eaves of temple, bamboo stick, and landscape painting.

(below images from Google) wind bell; 박[Bak] (Korean traditional musical instrument); Correspondence by Woohwan Lee

Reference

Example of generative identity.
Algorithm generates 480,000 logos for each student, faculty and group.


Looks like pepakura x music.


Data -> Shape -> Identity ≈ Sound -> Motion -> Identity