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Fish animation reference – in a tank

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As part of my collecting animation reference I filmed a gold fish in a fish tank diving low and swimming back up, the fish’s tail is really wonderful the way in which it flows in the water.  There’s some very interesting bubbles coming out of the deep sea diver’s helmet, buy I couldn’t get a […]

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Crowd Sim – People walking in airport

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crowd sim reference people_at_Istanbul_airport

I’ve done a lot of work as a crowd sim TD, trying to get good reference footage by someone who knows what they are trying to achieve is very difficult.  That’s why I’m building  a repository of crowd simulation reference, something that is totally lacking on the internet.  On the way back from holiday I […]

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VFX reference – water FX large boat high reverse angle

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water FX large boat rear Bosporus

As part of my collecting FX reference I filmed the water FX on a large passenger boat travelling away from the port on Bosporus river on the roof top from the hotel.  There’s so much great water FX referenece here water FX wakes – forming and dissipating water FX foam water churn water collisions on […]

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VFX reference – boats in river (side angle) water FX

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water FX large boat side Bosporus

As part of my collecting FX reference I filmed the water FX on boats travelling through the Bosporus river while on holiday (this is how FX artists spend their holidays).  There’s so much great water FX refernece here water wakes – forming and dissipating water foam water churn water collisions on side of boats underlying […]

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Crowd sim reference – driving into an airport

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crowd sim reference slow traffic Istanbul airport

As part of my collecting crowd sim and traffic reference I filmed the taxi ride as we pulled into Istanbul airport.  This is really interesting to see traffic crowd simulation – how cars move into the correct lane car animation – cars trying to get parking  airport reference – layout of buildings, bridges, towers, gates, […]

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crowd sim reference: traffic medium speed

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crowd sim reference slow traffic Istanbul POV

As part of my collecting crowd sim and traffic reference I filmed the taxi ride back from Istanbul centre to the airport.  Useful for traffic crowd simulation car animation city reference – layout of buildings, trees etc human Crowd Sim reference – people trying to cross busy roads [Tweet “#traffic referencefor your #crowdSimulation project pic.twitter.com/Nlv96zfdl3”] […]

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crowd sim reference – cars and people

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crowd sim reference slow traffic Istanbul

I’ve done a lot of work as a crowd sim TD, trying to get good reference footage by someone who knows what they are trying to achieve is very difficult.  That’s why I’m building  a repository of crowd simulation reference, something that is totally lacking on the internet.  Here I was at the top of […]

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Crowd Sim reference – birds (pigeons) perching

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crowd sim reference pigoens on wall Istanbul

I’ve done a lot of work as a crowd sim TD, trying to get good reference footage by someone who knows what they are trying to achieve is very difficult.  That’s why I’m building  a repository of crowd simulation reference, something that is totally lacking on the internet.  Here I found a group of pigeons […]

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VFX reference – Turbulent Smoke

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VFX reference smoke outside council 01

This is a follow up to the last VFX reference video, here I took a wider angle as the wind became stronger the smoke became more turbulent.  I took a side angle on this and followed the smoke upwards too.  At 1:10 some guy walks past and tells me ‘instead of filmin’ it why don-cha […]

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VFX reference – smoke

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VFX reference smoke outside council 01

As part of my collecting VFX reference I (risked my life – the things I do for you guys 🙂  filmed a mini charred out fire .  What had happened was someone had stuffed something into the used cigarette holder that was burning below.   I thought it was interesting to film the VFX reference […]

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