3D Wheelchair Model Animation
Creating 3D wheelchair model animation is easy with so many user friendly programs available these days. You no longer need a degree in kinetics to easily create realistic animations. I explained how to set up some simple 3D wheelchair models previously using free 3D software Daz3D. Now here are a few 3D wheelchair model animations I put together. One of the options in the Daz3D 4.6 free version is export as an AVI movie. I then simply rip to GIF format to be cross browser friendly and post here.
The 3D wheelchair model animation below is a short endless loop of 50 frames. Our female model Susan in sports gear is walking beside our male model Michael in a Flex wheelchair on a warm sunny day.
3D Wheelchair Model Animation Walking
This second 3D wheelchair model animation is sexy Susan in a bikini on roller blades pushing a shirtless Michael in his Flex wheelchair. This one is an 80 frame loop. Sometimes it’s the simple things that make it look most realistic, like Susan’s hair blowing, and Michael’s head bob on each push. Did I over do her boobs lol? The scene in the background is a single image making the rendering process (saving as video) faster.
3D Wheelchair Animation Roller Blades
Once you get the basic movement right there are many easy to apply options; skin color, hair type, clothing, body type, muscle size, plus lighting effects, endless camera angles, and so on that all conform or magnetize to your base 3D wheelchair model animation. I created the above short animation simply by making a few changes to the first countryside one.
3D Wheelchair Animation
Bookmark this page and have a go at making your own 3D wheelchair animation. I’m here to help and happy to post any of your creative works on a page of your own.
I am interested in finding a source of wheel chair dance animation. I have found videos on the internet of wheel chair dancing. What I want to do is find animations of dancing couples that I can bring into Second Life so that couples with at least one partner in a wheel chair can dance. Do you know of any sources of such animations? I hold dances in Second Life and all we have are solo dances for people in wheel chairs.
Hi Mark, Second Life requires animation files in the BVH format. As long as your 3D program can save files with the .bvh extension you should be set. Check out Qavimator, Mixamo and Poser to modify an existing BVH or create your own. If you would rather you can buy pre-made animations to use in your project.
There is good info here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/How_to_create_animations