A lot of the stuff shown here took some trial and error , especially experimenting with new techniques to animate the splashes. I ended up using a remeshed particle simulation as a base to draw the splashes with Grease Pencil. I spent quite a bit of time figuring out how to render the water but then i came across the Physical Open Water addon (from the short film "Flow"), which helped a lot in extending the ocean while keeping things relatively fast. I shrinkwrapped it to the base ocean animation I had already done with the Ocean modifier, to animate the boat in Maya.

I kept this video short, so if you’re curious about any part of the process, feel free to ask!

Tools used:
Maya: rigging, animation
Blender (EEVEE) : modeling, shading, lighting, texturing, rendering
-Add-ons: Molecular+ for particles, Physical Open Water: https://lnkd.in/dZzkzR9v
After Effects: compositing

Big thanks again to Ramon Arango for the character rig, and special thanks to Antcgi for the ribbon rig tutorials on yt!

Music: MitiS - Life Of Sin (Pt.4)

Thanks for watching!

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