We have now made the transition to the underwater scene. I animated the Koi fish on a path, and also animated his joints so that his spine and fins move as the shape moves along the motion path.
I also found a tutorial on how to create a helix curve. This will be helpful when attaching the mandalas to the helix shape so they “dance” upwards.
The next part might be the trickiest thing I’ve attempted yet in Maya. What was I thinking? LOL
Getting all the mandalas to float in and spiral up the helix in their “dance.”
This isn’t too bad, except now that I have the mandala attached to the helix, I want to edit the timing. It should start around frame 90, not 150. I cannot figure out how to change the start/stop time of the motion path.
I decided rather than one big spiral, I would do one for each of the seven lily pads. Here is the final animatic for this scene.