Off With Their Hats!

Summary: Multiple hat tricks. Date: April/May 2009
Work done: 3D modelling, dynamics, texturing, lighting, animation, rendering, compositing.
Format: Full HD Duration: 14 seconds Completion time: 14 days

This animation took a little over 2 weeks, and uses a bunch of awkward physical cloth and hair simulations. The concept is pretty straighforward, but the construction wasn’t.
I need to revisit this project and re-edit the scene. The hats are well constructed and textured but you can’t see that in this shot. But one of the great things about 3D animation is that you can go back and shoot it from another angle.

Update August 2009: Had another shot at the scene and I think it’s much improved.