Riot Creative Contest 2017 - VFX - Parag Ponkshe

parag

Hi,

As usual I am very very late to start working on it. I hope I will be able to finish this before deadline. 

Here is first pass of 'Suicidal Butterflies' :P lol

Initial smoke looks bad I guess. Also there are too many dots in overall I need to think something for it.

I am still thinking what to use for charge and channel effect, as well as need to polish alot of stuff. 

All suggestions, critiques welcome. P.S I need your suggestions.

https://youtu.be/Yu_kE89PsKo

P. P. S. I hit simulate button 0.02 seconds late so there is a delay in recording. Sorry about that.

Regards 

Parag Ponkshe

parag

Small Update : 

Made a basic scene around. Added decals and smoke fumes, and some minor timing tweaks.

Still thinking about projectile or some sort of bomb to throw on it.
Oh yes, I need to work on butterfly texture-sheet, They are disappearing at last frame.

https://youtu.be/w1aTwyDMk60

P.S. Added a slow-mo in the end, I don't know why I love to see particles in slow motion . 

Regards,

Parag Ponkshe

floorpeas

This is a really nice idea. I think the impacts need a bit more work, perhaps the butterflies impacts build up into a secondary blast? Its got lovely timing on the butterfly "missiles" though

parag

Small update : 

Fixed butterfly texture, minor fixes in timing. Started working on first part. 

I am still not sure what to make for first part, Maybe a cocoon or something. Banging my head on wall for ideas. 

This time I used FRAPS as bandicam was skipping frames, FRAPS also has its own limitations, but for time being its working OK.

https://youtu.be/VhGmlX4BvYo

https://media.giphy.com/media/3ohjV0rfEBDyAUbBIs/giphy.gif

Regards

Parag Ponkshe

parag

floorpeas said:

This is a really nice idea. I think the impacts need a bit more work, perhaps the butterflies impacts build up into a secondary blast? Its got lovely timing on the butterfly "missiles" though

Thanks, Yeah I need to fix those impacts. I didnt understand what you mean by secondary blast thing?

floorpeas

When all the butterflies have completed their hits on the target, it could "pop" or explode a final time. Something to finish the effect with a bang

parag

floorpeas said:

When all the butterflies have completed their hits on the target, it could "pop" or explode a final time. Something to finish the effect with a bang

Ahh interesting I ll try this for sure. Right now I am focusing on first part of the effect.

parag

Small update : 

Added charge VFX blocking, I m not quite happy with that,  I might change it soon. Timings are wayyyyyy off.

Fixed  alignment issue of butterfly impact decals on sphere.

https://youtu.be/SyVguwIxbME

Regards,

Parag Ponkshe

Dhairyasheel

amazing bro! 

parag

Updated Charge VFX

https://youtu.be/k3Rv31EaHtM

Regards,

Parag Ponkshe

parag

Experimenting with charge FX. I am still not sure what to do.

https://youtu.be/JK3yDeqNdh0

Priareos

Looking good, keep it up, two more weeks
I really like the impact, not 100percent sure about the buildup though.

Kassyndra

I really jaw-dropped when I open your thread lol. So many people here are so good at their craft!

About the buildup. I see that you would like the particle to gather at the top before launching off? My suggestion is that the 'flower' should be on the ground. It launches an orb which would then attract butterflies and then etc.

It's kinda funny because my first idea for VFX entries also has butterflies but I've changed my mind since. It's so good to see them here.

parag

Really appreciate your suggestions, I am stuck at buildup since last couple of weeks and not able to think something on it. I will surly try this suggestion @Kassyndra

parag

Updated charge FX. Tweaked Impact a bit. Now butterflies which are coming back are more faster. also the impact glow size is bigger so it feels more natural.

Somehow impact decals got changed in tweaking, I ll fix it in next update.

Need to fix timing for charging and colors. Also I ll update projectile as I haven't touched it since start. 

https://youtu.be/9APqOY07OMY

P.S. No Gif this time. Too tired and lazy to make one. :P 

Regards,

Parag Ponkshe

parag

Updated charge FX further more. Added some vertex color opacity to petals. 

Started working on projectile now.

https://youtu.be/hQExV6gT17s

Regards,

Parag Ponkshe

Kassyndra

I think the swarm on the first part is kinda chaotic? But overall it is going in a good direction in my opinion.

My only suggestion would be playing with the color. Orange into purple is actually kinda cool. You can apply purple to things that's faded.

parag

Oh yes, Initial part is too chaotic, I am working on it. I didn't realize that before but I saw the video couple of more times when a friend pointed it on RTVFX forum. Its too fast and not readable.
Colors I ll be adding a hint of cyan I was thinking. 
Thanks for your suggestions. I really appreciate that

parag

Updated charge VFX, Added secondary color, Still not happy with it and I am running out of time. :frowning: 

https://youtu.be/eCtuUg1qzIo

SilverYuan

If I were, it would make the color more colorful. The color of butterflies can be very rich. But I think the gold is also good. At last, it feels like I am not over, I am looking forward to your update, and there are still days to go.

parag

SilverYuan said:

If I were, it would make the color more colorful. The color of butterflies can be very rich. But I think the gold is also good. At last, it feels like I am not over, I am looking forward to your update, and there are still days to go.

Thanks for the feedback bro, Gold was my initial color but I was thinking to add a secondary color to it according to Riot's VFX Document. I think I am adding up the color in wrong place.

parag

Kassyndra said:

I think the swarm on the first part is kinda chaotic? But overall it is going in a good direction in my opinion.

My only suggestion would be playing with the color. Orange into purple is actually kinda cool. You can apply purple to things that's faded.

Yeah you are right .. Cyan is killing it, Added purple looking much much better than cyan. Thanks for your expert advice much needed. I ll post a final update today.

gusto

Awesome work! These butterflies are very beautiful.

parag

I am wrapping it up now 

Updated color, Purple looks much better than cyan.

https://youtu.be/bPhiwtnxfLY

SilverYuan

I think it's much better. Purple and gold match better.

parag

gusto said:

Awesome work! These butterflies are very beautiful.

SilverYuan said:

I think it's much better. Purple and gold match better.

Thanks guys. I ll be submitting the final version today. 

parag

After some nail-biting/headbanging days finally submitting the final version of this VFX, Suicidal Butterflies(they are really angry lol).

Had a lot of fun working on this project. Learned a lot of new things including some basic C# scripting. I figured out some really great tricks while working and solving issues.

https://youtu.be/n2JSMU3-yek

There are lots of thing which could've been done with this to make it better. I think I started off really late. 

Lesson learned - Last minute color adjustments can be harmful :P 

I hope you all will like it. 

Cheers

SilverYuan

I think it's good, much better than before. I like the dynamics of butterflies. Friends, do we finally submit MP4? I submitted mov format, I don't know if I am allowed.

parag

SilverYuan said:

I think it's good, much better than before. I like the dynamics of butterflies. Friends, do we finally submit MP4? I submitted mov format, I don't know if I am allowed.

Even I have submitted a mov file. I refendered it out from After Effects with quicktime mp4 format. I dont want to disqualify .. cries in the corner.

SilverYuan

parag said:

SilverYuan said:

I think it's good, much better than before. I like the dynamics of butterflies. Friends, do we finally submit MP4? I submitted mov format, I don't know if I am allowed.

Even I have submitted a mov file. I refendered it out from After Effects with quicktime mp4 format. I dont want to disqualify .. cries in the corner.

Do you mean that the rules can only be submitted once, if submit multiple will be disqualified it? I do not know much about this

parag

SilverYuan said:

parag said:

SilverYuan said:

I think it's good, much better than before. I like the dynamics of butterflies. Friends, do we finally submit MP4? I submitted mov format, I don't know if I am allowed.

Even I have submitted a mov file. I refendered it out from After Effects with quicktime mp4 format. I dont want to disqualify .. cries in the corner.

Do you mean that the rules can only be submitted once, if submit multiple will be disqualified it? I do not know much about this

haha no I was just kidding, I guess MOV will do fine. I read the rules once again it says " QuickTime h.264 format". Quick time is a .MOV format. So no issues. Lets sit back and relax now until 1st March

SilverYuan

Haha, OK, look forward to the final result, I hope I have submitted success

Dhairyasheel

amazing work!!! simplicity