Animate a Pin Art Toy in 3ds Max

Description

I created this tutorial after reading “How do I animate a pin art desk toy” in issue 106 of 3D World. It also reminded me of the really cool video for Nine Inch Nails’ “Only”. However the tutorial was setup in Maya, so I decided to take a crack at it in 3ds Max. This tutorial was the inspiration for the other two Pin Art Tutorials on this site. As I state later in the tutorial, this can be setup with any B/W image or video clip. I am just using a procedural texture to make things easier.

Tutorial's URL

http://area.autodesk.com/tutorials/pin_art_toy_3ds_max_part_2

Software

3ds max, mental ray

Author

Lee Johnson

Author's Website

http://www.jtwo.com

Tags

3ds max, animation, maxscript, Pin Art Toy

Date posted

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

Posted in

Tutorials