sunday

todays efforts added, slow progress but progress nonetheless

neatening up thumbnails

Story

Ive been totally side tracked with getting to grips with maya and learning how to model/texture etc that ive not posted much about story, unfortunately a lot of it is still in my head and has formed thro conversations with various people and therefore isnt that well documented but after a brief chat with Caroline earlier today and combining comments from the pre vis things are getting into shape enough to turn all the various sheets of thumbnails into a fuly fledged storyboard and hopefully a loose animatic for monday.
my largest concern has been dialogue and wanting to do it silently but with a lot going on i think it might help to add in a few lines and its become essential to get the 3rd person (mum's) perspective and attempt to drag the boy back down to earth, gonna get some placeholder recordings next week in time for the presentation on the 6th.

have a few issues with the character ive modelled and getting it to deform as required which has put a hold to any animation testing which is massively concerning. Mixed week. Lots still to do

making character pt5

hmmm... spent ages trying to cut a mouth in and get it alright for blendshapes... hmm

making character pt4

dropped some simple textures on to get a rough idea of how things were shaping up and to get away from looking at the same grey mesh, coming together nicely i think. gotta add in some edge loops to get better definition in the crotch, ankles, shoulders and make a start on the mouth and add some eyebrows then paint up the helmet to look hand made.
Also starting to redevelop the story after being pointed in the direction of calvin and hobbes

making character pt3 continued

hair and hands need redoing

making character pt3 - hair test

Trying to work out how to do the hair, rather than go for something simulated/planes(?)/paint fx im gonna model it like lego hair, wasnt sure whether to try and extrude from the base head model or make it as a separate piece and combine the two later or parent it to the head bone when rigged, either ways this test has given a good indication that a separate model could work nicely

making character pt2

restarted this afternoon, need to redo the hands and start on the head but i think it looks ok as a first attempt

making character

made a model from plasticine to check proportions etc then started modelling in maya, decided to swap the shorts for jeans/trousers to avoid any issues with them and the knee when bent as im not really wanting to fiddle around with cloth simulations (or know how they work) for the time being, having reconcidered his ROM, the shirt sleeves may narrow slightly for simliar reasons but nothing skin tight, want to keep a slight gap