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Earth Blows...
Blowing up the earth was my first project at Fox Animation Studios. This scene had over Forty composite layers and took about six months to complete. Using Softimage 3|D, I rotoscoped tectonic plates and wrapped them around a sphere. Using these plates as guides I then cut apart the earth's crust. Each piece was extruded and keyframed from the center outward into space. It was a challenge to keep the look of the traditional animators and not get too realistic.

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Here are a few more images from the Earth Blows scene. Click on each picture to see in higher resolution. Image size 640 x 271
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