Snowflakes

During this project I created snowflakes in Maya and animated them to look like it was snowing.

First I used the pin tool to create a design. Then I reflected it and rotated it six times to create a snowflake. I did that for each of the six snowflakes. Next I used the extrude tool so the snowflakes were not flat. Then I put color and texture on the snowflakes so they looked more realistic. I also used one of the Maya feature to soften the edges.


Next I created a new file in Maya. I made a vertical plane and extruded the side create a frame. Then I added different textures and colors to make the wall, frame, and window pane.


After that I created another Maya file with all the elements from both pervious files. I set up a camera and animated each individual snowflake so that it fell. Starting from above the frame, dropping and spinning all the way out of sight and the repeating. I had to stagger the times, sizes, and distances to give it the effect of real snowfall.

After that I rendered the file and animated it in After Effects.

In this project I leaned how to use the graph editor to animate project as well as the tools in the graph  editor that make continuous or looping keyframes.  I also leaned how to manage time effectively before and after school when I miss class. If I redid this project I would add a background outside the window. I would not however change the snowflakes or the pattern that they fall in. I will use my experiences from this project to improve any other projects I do in Maya.

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