Swaminathan, Karthik (2005-12). Crowd modeling: generation of a fully articulated crowd of characters. Master's Thesis. Thesis uri icon

abstract

  • In this thesis I present a fast, efficient, and production friendly method to
    generate a crowd of fully articulated characters. A wide variety of characters can
    be created from a relatively few base models. The models that are generated are
    anatomically different from each another, while maintaining the same topology. They
    all have individual characteristics and features, that distinguish them from the others
    in the crowd. This method is easily adaptable to different kinds of characters, from
    hyper-realistic characters to highly stylized characters, and from human characters to
    insects like spiders. The crowd character models generated by this method are fully
    articulated and are ready to be animated.

publication date

  • December 2005