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My thesis is currently a work in progress, and will be finished May 2025.
Check out my other work until then!
Thesis Update – W25-5
Spline WrapI started the day with tweaking the spline wrap to get the umbilical animation correct. Turns out I needed to set an up-vector on the spline wrap so it wouldn't "flip" (you might have seen that artifacting in yesterday's videos). Now, it's smooth as a......
Thesis Update – W25-4
MaterialsI know I say I'm "putting it all together" often, but this time I promise. I just keep putting more little things together! Today, I ported the texture and normal maps I created yesterday in ZBrush to Cinema4D. Since the fetal model is going to be just one...
Thesis Update – W25-3
Model UpdatesSince I have all my models, I made UV and texture maps for all of the fetuses. They are ready to animate! All the fetus verisons.[ba_image_compare before_img="https://dannhardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250122-thesis-autoweights.avif"...
Thesis Update – W25-1
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Thesis Update – W25-1
Bladder morph test. First things first! Popped the bladders into my fetal models and made sure the morphs look good, so I can smoothly transition - inside and out - from a healthy fetus to a LUTO fetus! Uterus (top) and cross-section (bottom)Model ProgressMinor...
Thesis Update – W24-4
Lung models at various stages of development. Model ProgressI reused a lot of my lung assets from my Unity interactive from late last year, so the lung modelling went smoothly. I added an extra lung between the pre-cannicular and saccular we saw in the interactive,...
Thesis Update – W24-3
Various kidneys and cross-sections. Kidney ProgressI have the kidneys nearly completed! Each pathology is there, I just need to fix the meshes so they can transition nicely into each other. I also need to connect the ureters to the bladders, but I'm not sure yet how I...
Thesis Update – W24-2
Healthy kidneyNormal anatomy (16 wk)Sculpting progressI started modelling the anatomy. The bigger challenge has been the kidney cross-sections. LUTO anatomy (16 wk)Cystic kidneyPathologyThe first of two kidney pathologies I want to show, as well as the cross...
Thesis Update – W24-1
Normal (left) and LUTO (right) 30-week fetusThe 3 key fetal stages I will be showing in my animation. Sculpting progressI continued refining my sketches, and worked up a 30-wk fetus (so cute!). I think, for now, I'll be good to leave the fetus models alone and start...
Thesis Update – W23
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