client nio studio synchrony studios
design | look development | rigging | animation
nio es8 launch.
nio was getting ready to debut their new ev, the es8. in order to highlight key feature of the vehicle i was tasked with look development for the the es8 vehicle itself and also rigging the car to drive and react to the turns, stops and environments with dynamics.
another task was building particle setups based on animated fbx sequences of actors in motion capture suits. each of these particle setups were built using x-particles and cinema 4d.
design & look development.
optimizing and clean is always a must. with nio’s es8 cad file this was no different. with a bit a retopo work i as able to get the car to a production quality asset. using referenced images of the final production vehicle i was able to rebuilt different shaders to be used all over the car.
cinema 4d | octane | x-particles | after effects |
rigging & animation.
rigging the cars suspension and setting it up to turn and stop on a dime was made possible using a great tool called drive - saving hours of time and able to have a fully rigged and drivable asset for all our shots.
x-particles also played a crucial role in creating many of the fui assets throughout the spot. from the motion captured assets to the vehicles trail effects.
