Lava Lamp Effect

[DK]

Hi.
I am working on a project where a character goes behind lettering that is filled with a lava Lamp effect. I need the characters silhouette or even the character's body to take on this effect where bits of him elongate and travel upwards. Any ideas how i might achieve this?

Many thanks for any suggestions.
D.K

[synthsin75]

Duplicates and masking using Mike's warp field trick:

viewtopic.php?t=1443

[slowtiger]

I think you need to work in two steps.

First you animate the lava in the lamp: slowly drifting lumps etc.

Second you apply the character into this. I'd work with bitmaps and distort them with bones, but that's up to your taste.

[DK]

Thanks guys.
I might to go look at some reference material on Lava Lamps then work from there keeping both your suggestions in mind.

Cheers
D.K

[GCharb]

I'd simply make a lava lamp effect in Blender then use a mask, should be easy enough for you!