28/07/2015

Today i had done more render testing to be ready for a batch render test of a few shots. Variables between certain shots and bouncing lights because of certain camera angles, had caused incontinuity amongst progressing shots ever though they have had the same lights settings, this problem has driven me to talor each shots lighting to each camera angle in an attempt to keep continuity.


***Over the night i had left 3 shots to batch render with 2 of the 3 beings finished this morning. I had composited those shots rendered frames together and this is what they look like at the moment...

(i am aware of a few minor aesthetics that need attending to, however this was purely to ensure the rendering process goes smoothly and the shots look acceptable.)

Click Here: Scene-5_Shot-03

Click Here: Scene-5_Shot-23

27/07/2015

Today i had continued on setting up light sets for rendering on and afternoon and midday shot, the lighting is coming together and the test renders i had been doing havnt had anomolys as i am aware of at the moment.

20/07/2015 - 24/07/215

During the start of this week my group and i had been suffering from serious Maya crashes on Monday to Wednesday along with the majority of the class also, Otherwise i had started with the outdoor lighting using a physical sun and sky and image based lighting for the indoor shots. over the weekend i had finished simulation and Bifrost caches for Shot 04 of Scene 05 ( Close up of tubbs being sprayed in the face by the hose), The bifrost cache took 90min to simulate of a size at 2.4GB cache. I have managed to reduce rendering time of the scene down from 25min for a single frame to 1:30sec per frame,( which in turn is the most demanding render shot of the film)... So extremely happy with the way things are going and i hope to have the remainder of simulations all cached out and ready for render. In terms of my individual submissions for the group project, since some time ago i had finished what i needed for assessments marking and am confident my fellow teammates Gino, James and Jonathan are on track with submissions also, i intend to help them out for submissions if need be so we can all happily sit back on a sigh of relief for all our hard work being a great success :)

17/07/02015

Today i had started working on the last shot in scene 5 where tubbs takes off his cape and it flys away behind him.

16/07/2015

Yesterday i had Finished mofelling, Sculpting, UvMapping and Texturing Tubbs's Teeth :)

15/07/2015

I began simulation the mums hero pose scene which did not take long to get a vanila feel for the scene...

I had also started modelling and sculpting Tubbs's Teeth adn gums.

14/07/2015

Today i had spent alot of time looking through current progress of the other team members to see where they are standing in terms of progress and i am happy that all is going well with Jonothan, James. Gino and myself :) I started setting up the camera angle for the scene of the mums hero pose simulation.

13/07/2015

Today was the first day back to study for Term 3, as usual the day had been taken up by a ridulious socialization activity presented by the school so in turn no one was able to work today.... .

24-26/06/2015

on wednesday i was smoothing out my animation Scene 05, Shot 03;

Thursday was the day of interviews so naturally revision and study preparation was on the agenda;  however i was not feeling too well before my interview so i had posponed it until next tuesday so i could rest until then.

Come Friday being the last day of term, it was a forgiving day in terms of work progress but i had made progress nevertheless.

23/06/2015

Today i had gone through the mum rig that Esther was suppose to finish rigging last night, to the groups amazement; she had somehow managed to completely break the rig (intentionally or not) , we now have to possibly start from scratch as her attempted fix had completely desecrated any hopes for revival for mum. For myself i have worked on smoothing out one of my shots and began applying simulations to my animation.

22/06/2015

Yesterday i had continued to work on the updating of the folder structure for scene 05 however definite conclusions need to be made by Gino for solid clarity. I was also helping out James and Jono with Tubbs on the shots they're working on. My own shots had little progress made.

19/06/2015

Today i had stepped out Scene 5; Shot 01:

Last night i had put together a demo showreel for next weeks interview into the degree bridging course: