Starting animation!! -Shot 5 Animation

EDIT 5/20: It's been a while! Here is a 'final cut' of the film and it's timing. Still more tweaks ot be done on animation, but that will have to me after this whole thing is over! Rendering is about 25% underway- stay updated!

Untitled from Natalia Mercado on Vimeo.

EDIT 3/20: Deleted some updates for space and quality sake. Blocking 2 for shot 5!







Animation has started! Blocking 1 or shot 5.

Texture Experiments

I need some color up here!

Experiments with the textures- basically we're trying out a ramp shader with different files of different shades on it- according to principles of light. I can stand here and pretend I thought of that myself, but it was actually Xuco who came up with this- he's the master of experimentation. I'm just trying to adapt it to be more painterly.

The goal is to get it to all match up with how light actually affects objects. I made each texture file according to how light wraps around a form.


Image above from James Gurney's Blog, which is a necessary resource for any artist, regardless of specialty. All this computer work has kept me from drawing for a while... and I was surprised to notice that I was forgetting simple (yet so complex!) principles such as this. So, I turned to diagrams like this and found I still have a lot to learn...

Anyway, there's still a lot of tweaking to be done, and figuring out how they'll look with lights is still a challenge to face.

EDIT: 10/28/10 More experimentation. Added complimentary colors to highlights and shadows (blue and red.) Probably should push it more...


Removed some unnecessary maps- makes render times faster!

Dino Rig Test

Quick rig test. Done in an hour or maybe two so animation is somewhat lacking... but shows that that rig works!

Thanks Xuco!

Here's an endless loop URL: http://www.endlessyoutube.com/watch?v=1TaEfW9mOUw

Also, I think i got him to sit the way we need..

Dino Rig

Hello dudes. I've been working on the dinosaur rig, and it's coming along. He's looking pretty happy

Gave it to Natalia and she gave me a few things to tweak. For the most part, though, it's working pretty well. I'll post a video of the rig working later. Or maybe Natalia will post a motion test. It does have a hard time sitting down, but we'll figure out.

Wireframes

More wireframes

I made a fence!

Updated 10/13/1o: traveler flat tex is finished. Dinosaur tex completed- still messing with shaders.

Some in process screenshots of dinosaur added, WIP traveler image replaced with final.






Random pictures of texturing- not final at all.

I made a bump map for a fence in zbrush! Stylish!


Here's the paintover I did for comparison- the hair and face still needs a lot of work.

Silly

I made a silly diorama. Mostly just for size comparisons (the dino may grow or shrink a bit.)

Maybe I'll pose them in zBrush or something.

Character sheets and Size Comparisons

Contest for whoever can think of a better name for our time traveler!

Dino Concepts 3

Figuring out the body...



Turnarounds are done, now on to figuring out color.

Dino Concepts 2

More dinosaur. Also reaching the final, but the body needs a lot of work. I don't like the stumpy tail, as it's too unbalanced. Probably going to elongate it, but I like the torso smaller than the head.

Still needs quite a bit of experimentation, but I am happy with the head, aside from some of the flat drawings created here, I am happy with the potential for expression. Subtle and stiff, enhancing the silly animalian nature.

Dino Concepts 1

Having a harder time with him for some reason. Not getting anything I'm happy with.