TOMTEX / ANIMATION
Client: Tomtex
Project: Tomtex website
Scope of Work: 3D Animation for website
3D animation: Tung Dinh - Duy Tran
Tomtex website
In August 2024, Tomtex founder and her web developer approached us for their website project. The scope of work was to develope 3D simulation to showcase their material. The thing was we had to find a solution for website performance. And to allow our 3D simulation to work well with the code. That was a tough challenge for us since for the best quality, physic simulation had to be used. But, basically, physic sims don't work with web coding.
Trying to replicate the physic movement of a cloth that is friendly for web development
waving with moss scattering on the surface of the cloth
We, especially Duy Tran, played around with a lot of simulation settings to get the right mood. We normally conduct simulation researches at the beginning of the project to see how far we may go with our current technique and computer performance. Trust me, if you don’t know the capability of your hardware before doing any simulation projects, I see you in hell.
Exploring on material tranformation
Closeup look of the moss scattering simulation
Clay render of another version of scattering simulation
Like any other projects, we digged deep into the material exploration stage to get the best look development that we may achieve. Also with material, it is important to draftly setup some of the first stages of lighting for the scene.
Materials exploration stage
We had quite different simulation scenes in this project, while working on the green moss scattering sim, we also worked on another one which was like white moss scattering on another fabric but with white mushrooms.
A more subtle waving movement of cotton fabric
First look of how we grow the mushrooms
Getting them together to see how it might look
Some stills of our exploration
For the mushrooms, we had to try a lot of model versions to match with their product. How they grow, how they are distributed on the surface, the variation of size were main characteristics that we had to consider.
Some tests on mushrooms
Some tests on mushrooms
Some tests on mushrooms
Mushroom density different setting
Different mushroom model
For us, this project was the first time we have to create physic simulations that should be friendly with web coding. Thanks to my friend, Duy Tran, for his interest on technique research.
Thanks.
Tùng Đinh