Some time off.

This past week I've had some time off from class, so thought I'd try make some stuff.

First up, new character time. Aiming for just a head for now, rigged with curves and points of influence, rather than having blend shapes. Well, I'll try mix the two, but I'd like to learn more about a different type of facial setup as I already know the basics of blend shapes.



He's a bit red, probably because I'm a bit noob with using misss_fast_skin_maya shader and it's many options. Anyway, he's very fresh, with lots of optimising and character waiting to be sculpted into him.

My tractor has also had a revamp, now with (almost) working suspension and stretchy bits and pieces. Check it out here.

Also my animation using Moom (re: previous post) is keyed out, I'll be moving through animation passes with I find the time. I'm trying to stay busy with multiple projects so as not to lose interest in individual pieces.

Progress!

Awesome week is awesome.

I substituted the Gnomon DVD with a DVD by Jeremy Birn on lighting and shadows, definitely a good watch. Only about 1/4 through the lessons, will be watching the rest of them this weekend.

Also have been planning out a new scene to animate using Moom. I drew up a concept of a scene, then a few doodles of some of the action that will take place.



Blocked out the scene in Maya.



Also, I start work at my new job on Tuesday! Woohoo! I'll be working as a tutor assistant at the university I just finished from. It's only part time, but it's a start. Gonna be great! :D

Woop.

My previous blog had to be wiped because of me being stupid. I remembered I had this Blogger account from years ago and decided to use it instead! Check out the post below, it's from like, 2007 when I was playing around in Anime Studio Pro. That program is pretty cool, but I lost interest in it too quickly to get anywhere.

I posted some fan art I did of Go Girls on my old blog, so have added them again to this one.



Goals for this week:
* Work on Burger Fuel prospectus drawings.
* Watch the Gnomon outdoor lighting DVD.
* Plan out a new scene to animate in 3D for demo reel.

I've also finished watching a DVD on learning the Fundamentals of Mental Ray. There is so much I want to do with it. For now, a beginners render using Moom will have to do.

Just testing in Anime Studio 5.

Fun D: