3D World

TuTorials

Model and animate in VR

scale in Quill

Scale in Quill is

basically limitless. Get

to know how it works

by playing around as

much as possible. You

can zoom in and out

by holding the right or

left grip button while

pressing up or down on

either thumbstick. You

zoom into or away from

the pointer of the hand

you’re zooming with,

great for camera pans

in video exports.

scene. By doing this step you can

also make the aircraft appear more

detailed than it really is, exactly

as you would do with a traditional

painting. I mostly use the Ribbon

brush for this step, combined with

the Line tool. Now it's just a matter

of tracing the contours of the ship,

and adding details as you see fit.

Since there's no specularity in Quill

you'll have to paint that in as well.

So what I do is I take the Recolour

tool, I set it to the Add blend mode,

and I paint in the highlights. In the

example I've included both the

repainted model and the original so

you can see the difference.

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MIrror your work,

MethoD one

With a symmetrical model like the

fighter aircraft we’re making here,

it makes sense to mirror the details

we’re adding, at least to a certain

extent. The first way is if you want

to mirror all of the layer’s content.

To do this, just duplicate the layer

under the Layers menu, press the +

(Transform) icon next to the layer,

then go to the Transform toolbar

and select Mirror on X/Y or Z axis.

You might have to change the

gimbal position by turning on the

‘Show gimbal’ option.

Once you see the gimbal, you

can change its position by left-

trigger-dragging the little white dot

in the middle of the gimbal to where

you want it to be.

Once you’re happy with the

mirror, go back to Layers and

deselect the layer + symbol. This

way you’re back to moving the

whole scene and not just the layer.

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MIrror, MethoD two

The second way to mirror is if

you want to mirror only a selection.

To do this, make the selection, go

to the Tools menu, select ‘Copy to

new layer’ and then repeat the steps

from method one. Afterwards, you

can merge the mirror down into

the original layer, either from the

Merge option in the Layers menu,

or by pushing down on your left

thumbstick. By the way, you can also

add a new layer by pushing up on

the left thumbstick.

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anIMatIon BasIcs

The basics of animation in

Quill are pretty straightforward.

Under the Animation tab, you’ll

find options to add keyframes,

change fps, copy keyframes, play

animation and so on. To add empty

keyframes without going through

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the Animation tab, just push down

on the right trigger (push on the

middle of it so that you push the

trigger a little into the controller).

A small vibration indicates that the

keyframe is added. Hold it pressed

down to add multiple keyframes. To

copy a keyframe, hold down the left

trigger and push down on the right

thumbstick. All of those functions

are also accessible through the

Animation tab.

And that’s all there is to it!

(Almost). Quill is frame-by-frame

animation with the added benefits

of 3D and great selection, copy and

duplication tools.

And I’ve saved the best feature

for last. Push play and you can draw,

colour, nudge and so on while the

animation is still running! Under the

tool settings you can then control

the duration of those animated

brush strokes.

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aDD anIMateD exhaust

to the plane engInes

Using the technique explained

above, we can now start bringing

the scene to life. I make a new layer

and select the Capped Cylinder

brush. I make sure that the opacity

is set to about 50%, and that the

brush is set to use trigger sensitivity