Due to nCloth simulation being too unpredictable and lack of time the decision was made to remove the dress altogether after consulting with our teacher. Overall the project turned out satisfying.
This project was made to celebrate a very specific dance but also to focus purely on animation. The purpose of the whirling Sufi dance is to establish a connection with the divine and the universe through dance. Some scholars have pointed out that the whirling element of the dance mimics the rotation of the planets and the stars in their orbits thus adding an ethereal element to the dance. I wanted to visually reference this hence the inclusion of the shot below.
Furthermore the water color sequence at the end further eludes to this ethereal element of the dance with the distorted ai generated 2D visuals.
