Atonement of Midas

Created using Zbrush, Mari, Maya, and After Effects.
This gif is based on the Greek myth of King Midas, where Midas is able to wash away his “Golden Touch” in the Pactolos river. I sculpted the character in Zbrush, textured it in Mari, rigged and animated it in Maya. I created the cloth with Maya’s Ncloth. The liquid is a combination of Maya 2d fluid effects for the gold, and a nonlinear deforming plane above it to catch reflections of the character.