Baby embryo development

This is a 3D medical animation

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3D animation - not rendered

Credits

3D Character and Props Design/Modelling/UV layout

Aleksandra Miteva

3D Animation/Rigging

Aleksandra Miteva

Lighting/Texturing/Rendering

Aleksandra Miteva

Video Editing

Aleksandra Miteva

 

Story

from the author

“I have 2 young girls and during both my pregnancies I loved watching animations of how the embryo grows in the womb. I got to do one of my own 3D animation of this fascinating process”

3D Models

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Rigging and Animation

Blend shapes and simple rig

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Programs used

3D Character and Props Design/Modelling/UV layout

Maya

3D Animation/Rigging

Maya

Lighting/Texturing/Rendering

Maya/Arnold

Video Editing

Blender

 

Planning the project

The author did the storyboard for this project

3D Modelling

The main baby and different embryos were sculpted in Maya. Then the main baby retopologised and the rest of the embryo were created as blend shapes

Rigging/Deformers

Blend shapes and Maya Quick Rig