“There’s more than one way to skin a wolf: wolf transformations in “Van Helsing”” by Sumner, Blenkhorn, Aplin, Cawrse, Fulton, et al. …

Conference:

SIGGRAPH 2004

Type(s):

• Talks-Sketches

Talk Type(s):

• Animation

Title:

There's more than one way to skin a wolf: wolf transformations in "Van Helsing"

Session/Category Title:

Creatures of “Van Helsing”

Presenter(s)/Author(s):

• Nigel Sumner
• Ari Rapkin Blenkhorn
• Steve Aplin
• Andrew Cawrse
• Lee Fulton
• Tony Pelle
• Philip Peterson
• Eric Wong

Moderator(s):

• Darren Hendler

Abstract:

Numerous characters in “Van Helsing” transform from a human state to a monster or vice versa. Among the most challenging were transitions between werewolf and human, in which the initial character tears off his skin to reveal the final character underneath. These effects employed extensive cloth and hair simulation and a host of rendering and compositing processes

PDF:

• There's more than one way to skin a wolf: wolf transformations in "Van Helsing"

ACM Digital Library Publication:

There's more than one way to skin a wolf: wolf transformations in "Van Helsing"

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SIGGRAPH 2004: Sketches

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