Deconstructing the Elements, 3e
Contents
Fire
Nuclear Explosion
Afterburner jet engine
Sparks & explosive sparks
Sparkler trails (long exposure effects)
Forest fire (from the air)
Underwater explosion
Smouldering paper
Earth
Oak Tree
Countryside landscape (uses Oak Tree result as focal point) Beach
cliffs (cont in water section) Grass macro (extreme close-up, cont
in water section) Mud volcano (bubbling / cracked mud) Impact
crater (Meteor crater) Wrapped / strangling Vines
Water
Beach shore (cont from beach cliffs) with lapping shoreline waves
Water droplet crown effect Whirlpool (bath plug?) underwater
splash-in (eg parallel underwater view of an item splashing in)
Icicles / frozen fountain Blood trails (aka ice splash) Frozen lake
Dew on grass (cont from Grass macro)
Air
Steam vent
Heat distortion
Tornado barn destruction (re-vamped version) Dissipating contrail
Aurora Borealis Black Smoker (underwater volcanic vent)
Video tutorials
Fire - rocket lift-off
Earth - Avalanche
Water - Boat Wake
Air - Galaxy
a UK-based visual effects animator and artist with 10+ years experience on large and small screen projects. Starting out as a fine artist and designer, his shift to CG animation led to key roles such as Lead and Senior Artist, Head of Media and, more recently, Visual Effects Supervisor / Director. Pete's work covers a broad range of disciplines and genres from visual effects to reconstructions, commercials to in-house training. He currently writes for 3D World magazine, providing tips, tricks, reviews and tutorials for 3ds max and other animation and graphics tools.
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