Name: Patronus Spell Look Developement
Uploaded: 2017-02-18T01:08:09Z
Duration: 1 min 57 s

Patronus Spell Look Developement

Added on 18 Feb 2017

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A selection from over 209 client variations I created for Harry Potter's "Patronus" Spell wand effect, circa 2003. (Probably Maya4 or 5)
The first version was a cool and wacky idea by the VFX Supervisor to use a cloth simulation as "electric liquid light" effect- the cloth was simulated spinning in a cone and pulled through with keyframed vortexes. I ran the footage backward to give it a look of emitting from the wand. This approach was quickly ditched as the "electric" was toned down.