“Seed” by Taiyo Kikaku Co., Ltd.
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 2009 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 2009:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 13
Title:
- Seed
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Taiyo Kikaku Co., Ltd.
Description:
If the ink is the land, characters are drawn by the added water, and the drawn words sow seeds in people’s hearts. I expressed this modest message through the calligraphy of Souun Takeda.
Calligraphy on a plane surface was restructured in 3D. With Zbrush, the distinctive details of a calligraphy brush and nonexistent depth were added and made into 3D. Volume effect is normally used for the calligraphy brush and the sumi ink, but to preserve the texture of the brushstrokes, the brush and the ink were specified as objects. XSI was used overall, and the calligraphy’s object and the volume effect were fused to make the animation of sumi ink texture and the natural brushstrokes.
Software:
XSI, 3ds Max, Zbrush
Additional Contributors:
Director: Kosai Sekine
Calligrapher: Souun Takeda
Creative Director: Koshi Uchiyama
Producers: Satoshi Takahashi, Gyosei Okada
Production Manager: Sachie Aihara
Visual Designer: Daisuke Shigihara, Yasuhiro Kobari
Line Producer: Masanobu Nagakura
Sound Design: Takeshi Ichikawa
Mixer: Akihiro Morita
