Spaceman Model + Animatic Update

Hey guys!

So I spent some of this week creating a body for my spaceman and here it is! It does need a bit more tweaking here and there but it's pretty much done. Now it's time to model the alien! That should be done by the end of this week as well. So much to do and so little time...

Once I'm finished with the animatic, I'll post that here as well. Which will most likely be by tomorrow.

Enjoy!

Revised Animatic + Modeling Update

Hey guys, so here is the rundown:

So I was able to get some more face modeling of my astronaut in this week, but not enough. I'm spending more time on the face than I had initially planned, but probably because I'm still learning how to actually model. Didn't know it was this challenging! Hopefully I'll be able to complete his body this week and then begin to work on the small alien. If I have all of the modeling done by early October, I should be on schedule in time for the rigging.

In addition to the modeling, I've been devoting some time to my animatic. Don't be expecting anything spectacular. It's just going to be some really rough blocking. If I have time, I can clean it up a bit more in preparation for next week's class. I'll post some pictures of the modeling process later today. But here is a sneak-peak!

And here is the animatic for this week:



Thanks for reading!

Modeling Pictures

Well, here are some pictures of the head! Unfortunately, I had to redo some sections but now I'm moving on to modeling the rest of the body.

MODEL MODEL MODEL!

This week is modeling week! Yay!

So I'm basically modeling my astronaut all this week. Pre-vis is done. The animatic is done (as of now) and I will redo one completely in Maya for next week's class.

As of now, I'm modeling the astronaut's face and am going to finish up his body this week. I'm watching all the tutorials on Lynda.com (I would be going insane without them) and am trying to get all of the proportions right. Still quite a challenge when this is your first time. Hopefully I'll begin modeling my alien by next week and my larger alien after that. It's always important to properly model your character in preparation for rigging.

Here is the rundown for rigging. Two of the best and nicest people will be rigging my characters. Lisa Anderson, whom you guys may know as one of last year's undergrad animation seniors, has agreed to rig my astronaut. Sean Manning, also a undergrad senior from last year, was kind enough to rig my little alien. I might turn to him in rigging my much larger alien as well. As soon as I'm done modeling all of my characters, which will probably by the end of this month, they'll begin to rig while I model my backgrounds.

Anyways, I'll upload some more pre-vis for all of you and if I have time, some pictures of my modeling session!

Thanks for tuning in!

Some More Pre-Vis

Hey Guys!

So here are some images for my senior thesis. As you may notice, the planet itself is very barren and desert-like with a few rocks spotted on the landscape. At this point, I'm trying to decide whether to go for a 'mars' look or something completely different. Possible purple ground and pink rocks? Something crazy right? I'll upload images of my characters as well soon. Enjoy!