Animated Buildings

At the end of our animation, the two MMU John Dalton buildings which we modelled pop up. The JD extension building simply scales into place, but the main JD Tower does a more complex animation. The way this was done was by rigging the building with a long chain of bones, similar to a spine in a body rig. From this, IK was applied, giving a handle which could be used to bend the shape of the building. From this, the building could be animated into place in a slightly more original movement.