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:

18/06/2015

Today i had spent the day getting the aesthetic look of the water interaction with Tubbs' face looking better for the style of the film. The following playblast is of a simulation test with meshing enabled, approximate time taken for playblast + simulation calculation = 40 minutes

16-17/06/2015

Yesterday and today i had stepped out Scene 5 Shot 04 and began testing simulations to get the right feel and look of the water flow, with problems such as Maya crashing as soon as i start to get into the realistic attribute parameters in Bifrosts simulation software to assimilate a realistic attention, the lack of hardware available completely crushes my hopes of getting past the rough testing stage.

15/06/2015

Today i had updated the files i had work on in regards of redirecting texture locations for the reference files. With the Bedroom, Outside and Tubbs all up to date and finally in the semi-finished stage, we can really focus on animation styles and execution.

11-12/06/2015

I have been focusing on redirecting texture paths for the majority of characters and environmental scenes, i had also been updating the current shaders being used in the Outside side. General clean up of folders and save files were on the agenda also.

10-11/06/2015

In the last few days i had been focusing on getting the team on track in terms of communication and work ethics which had left me bouncing around helping the group members out. Yesterday and today i have had the opportunity to create the bushes and tree branches and leaves for the outside Enviroment. I had also worked on adding the new scenes into the folder scructure of the composition shots.

Using meshs from Maya painteffects i had manipulated the integrity of the

mesh and textures construction giving it its own unique look.

A Render Test of a bush with reduced mesh:

Top: First Render using Lambert materials and basic Transparency Alpha connection

Bottom: Rendered using mentalray materials;

08/06/2015

Today was the day i had a good talk with the members of my group in terms or organization and fundamental folder integrity; as far as im concerned my group members understood where i was coming from i hope to see the progress from them soon.

Yesterday afternoon i had done a few tests with tubbs and the water interaction scene using Maya Bifrost:

Tubbs_WaterToFace_Test_01

I had also done a test for the scene where Tubbs removes his cape and it flys through the air; using nCloth for this simulation:

Tubbs_FlyingCape_Test_01

05 - 07/06/2015

Over the weekend i wanted to focus on organizing the shot list folders for each animation scene, after encounter major issues in terms of the other 3D artists unorganized folders i have had to spend all weekend sorting them out so that referencing and the rest would work without a hitch. I intend to talk to the group today to get theirs heads around prper priority which there inproper attitude had impeaded severily on my work this weekend. I am am very dissapointed in how my group hasnt taken anything seriously enough.

Although i had make little progress on what i wanted to, i did manage to get a simulation done for the new scene of when Tubbs looks up to his mother as a hero and the Mums aprons to be flowing in the wind like a superheros cape would (Implied):


Mum_Apron_nCloth_Test

2-5/06/2015

This week has been some what of a traversing adventure in terms of sorting out Tubbs. Today w had decided to settle with what works and avoid what dosn't in the rig so we can continuie to the animating process and make progress. I had made a current final version of Tubbs's Rig and am now setting up the scene files for the each shot including camera cuts, resolution etc.

Over last weekend i had created the hose rig which is ready to be animated: