As
s
e
t
s
a
nd Env
i
r
o
r
nme
nt
s
When I was dev
el
opi
ng t
he i
dea,
I k
ept i
n mi
nd t
hat ev
er
y asset
/
env
i
r
onment I added
t
o t
he ani
mat
i
on i
t woul
d t
ak
e t
i
me t
o mak
e, so I was v
er
y st
r
i
ct wi
t
h how many
obj
ect
s and env
i
r
onment
s I
coul
d add t
o t
he scene.
Most of t
he ani
mat
i
on t
ak
es pl
ace
i
n t
he dr
eam, so t
he onl
y “
compl
ex
” env
i
r
onment I had t
o cr
eat
e was t
he squi
r
r
el
’
s
r
oom,
t
he r
est was j
ust v
er
y si
mpl
e st
udi
o-
l
i
k
e set
s. I di
dn’
t spend much t
i
me on t
he
model
l
i
ng of t
he r
oom on pur
pose, si
nce I want
ed t
o f
ocus al
l my at
t
ent
i
on ot
her
di
sci
pl
i
nes such as r
i
ggi
ng ang l
i
ght
i
ng.
As f
or t
he i
nst
r
ument
s,
I cr
eat
ed 5 di
f
f
er
ent obj
ect
s. The model
l
i
ng of t
hose obj
ect
s
was v
er
y qui
ck si
nce t
hey wer
en’
t v
er
y det
ai
l
ed,
i
t pr
obabl
y t
ook me a coupl
e of hour
s
i
n t
ot
al
t
o model
and r
i
g al
l
of t
hose.
The har
dest par
t was t
o r
i
g t
hem, si
nce ev
er
y i
nst
r
ument i
s cust
om r
i
gged f
or t
hat
speci
fic scene wi
t
h f
l
ex
i
bi
l
i
t
y and ease of use i
n mi
nd.
The fir
st i
nst
r
ument y
ou see i
s t
he pi
ano,
whi
ch I needed t
o mov
e l
i
k
e a wav
e when
t
he squi
r
r
el
sl
i
des on t
op of i
t
.
I achi
ev
ed t
hi
s r
esul
t usi
ng a Si
ne def
or
mer ani
mat
i
ng
i
t
s posi
t
i
on. I used a si
mi
l
ar appr
oach f
or t
he gui
t
ar st
r
i
ngs and ani
mat
ed i
t
accor
di
ngl
y
.
For t
he congas,
I used a l
i
ght i
nsi
de each conga and cr
eat
ed an ex
pr
essi
on t
hat l
i
nk
s
t
he i
nt
ensi
t
y t
o an at
t
r
i
but
e i
n t
he mai
n cont
r
ol
(
t
o hav
e al
l
of t
hem easi
l
y cont
r
ol
l
abl
e
i
n one pl
ace)
. The ef
f
ect was possi
bl
e onl
y hav
i
ng a shader on t
he sk
i
n of t
he dr
um
t
hat woul
d al
l
ow some l
i
ght t
o shi
ne t
hr
ough and be di
f
f
used i
n t
he sur
f
ace,
somet
hi
ng si
mi
l
ar t
o what happens i
n a l
i
ght
box
.
Abov
e:
Shaded wi
r
ef
r
ame of t
he r
oom,
Peppe Russo.
Top-
Ri
ght
:
Shaded wi
r
ef
r
ame of t
he i
nst
r
ument
s,
Peppe Russo
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