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Published: 2012-05-21 04:55:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 7347; Favourites: 138; Downloads: 287
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Rubik's Cube animation in tertiary colours, looping seamlessly.I'm really bad at solving them, so don't expect go learn anything from the movements.
Done with Xpresso, C.O.F.F.E.E. and a lil bit of C4D modelling. Finished in Photoshop.
All 26/27 individual cubes were given a common origin and rotated according to an Xpresso node which gave simple instructions to the rest of the XGroup.
Most of the challenge was getting the cube to follow arbitrary instructions. Something like: "rotate face Y-negative CW; rotate face Z-positive CCW [...]", but in a more schematic language.
All rotations are scripted, so changing them would only require updating a list and some rendering time.
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Comments: 40
ArtisDragon [2012-11-02 13:44:30 +0000 UTC]
I love the shadows, makes it look so 3-D! x3
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MacSpeedRacer [2012-06-19 22:20:48 +0000 UTC]
This is wonderful! I love how realistic the reflections and everything are!
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Renotek In reply to LoneSoldierRyan [2012-06-18 04:36:33 +0000 UTC]
nope. it'll loop until the end of time.
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Christi-Dove [2012-06-02 22:20:33 +0000 UTC]
Very nicely modeled and animated. Nice Job!
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Renotek In reply to Sychell [2012-05-31 03:50:38 +0000 UTC]
thanks! but I'm still waiting for something
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BrainDigger [2012-05-30 23:44:32 +0000 UTC]
Impressive. Is the cube spinning while changing or is the camera spinning around the cube?
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Renotek In reply to BrainDigger [2012-05-30 23:56:04 +0000 UTC]
Thanks! Here, I rotated the camera around the cube.
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BrainDigger In reply to Renotek [2012-05-31 01:20:29 +0000 UTC]
Yep, makes sense... Although the infinite void gives the illusion of the cube itself spinning, which is great!
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HelenLight [2012-05-30 23:21:23 +0000 UTC]
Great animation and superb reflection work on each of the squares.
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chinopisces [2012-05-30 16:53:39 +0000 UTC]
Actually, the fact that it does get solved and continues on in a loop ad infinitum is quite outstanding.
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Renotek In reply to chinopisces [2012-05-30 17:30:49 +0000 UTC]
I thought the same thing. I rotated the faces in alphabetical order (to test the script) and it turned out that the animation was close to looping perfectly. Doing the same rotations a second time finished the loop somehow, so I stuck with that.
Did I spoil the magic now?
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chinopisces In reply to Renotek [2012-05-30 19:29:21 +0000 UTC]
Not at all! The fact that an infinite loop was even possible visually for having such a complicated set of variables is incredible.
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