The Final Images

So here are the Final images for the scenery that will take place in my senior thesis, well, at least one of the sceneries. I have about 3 or so more.

Sketches for the Final Renderings

My Nightmare

Working on it as much as I can, I'm hoping to get it lit today which is the last thing I need, it's all textured and all. So I'm just hoping that the lab is open today so I can get most if not all of it done, here's work in progress. God forbid I show texture now, Maya will crash on me, there is SO MUCH STUFF in this scene, so much texture, so much polygons, and.. there will probably be a lot of lights and effects if things go well. This still needs a LOT of work for my senior thesis scene ... well it's one of the scenes for my senior thesis. Still need more plants. Wish me Luck! ;__;

Integration Simplified

I made you guys sweat (a little, maybe) over inserting a virtual object into a real photograph. Here is a system that can do the work for you:

Rendering Synthetic Objects into Legacy Photographs from Kevin Karsch on Vimeo.

To be presented next week and not yet available. These techniques do make it to market in a few years...

Brian Kapp Final Animation Update

Hey Guys,

Just a little update on my final animation and scene set up for class. Having some difficulty setting up a few things with the octopus so i still dont have the animation for that yet but as you can see I do have the smooth bind with a IKspline with clusters to give it the "tentacley" feel, same as the eel! I decided to two tone toon shade my final but there is a little trouble with toon outliner and mental ray I believe - but i will find out in class tomorrow. I expect myself to be pushing it to the very last minute, which is never good but all in all I finally am enjoying working on it and like the over all look of my entire project.

Robo Head

Just started my robot. Here's the head.

Another Tiny

Saw this on Cartoon Brew. Another stop motion animation with small, intricate pieces. A senior student film from Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design in Budapest.

Streamschool (Patakiskola) from Péter Vácz on Vimeo.

Picasso Light Drawings

I showed one of these in class, turns out he made a bunch of them: Beautiful Color Photographs of Picasso Painting with Light

Teeny Tiny

I'm a bit under the weather and since there is nothing on the Tube worth watching (if you only have bunny ears) I am browsing through YouTube. And through the channel of a former student I came accross this one.

If you think animation is too big a job for you, look at this one:

Okay, maybe this just confirms your worst fears. But hey, it's Aardman!

Thank you again Bizarro for linking the Jersey Shore image

Hooked

This recent animation may be of interest to Brian at least:

Damn Cabin

Damn Maya and damn this computer. >8(

I'm done.

This is just a quick sketch of the robot I plan to create in Maya for my final project. Originally I was going to use a character from the story I'm writing and illustrating for my senior project, but I got to thinking that a robot would be more fun to play around with and in the end be easier to rig for a final animation for next semester. I'm still working on the color scheme for it and will be posting that and other sketches as I continue to develop the character and create it in Maya and eventually texture, rig, and light it.

My robot doesn't really have a background story yet. I might tie him in with the future universe in the story for my senior project which will put him in space fighting to defend the earth from foreign invaders. This robot will be at least twice the size of a normal human and will have various weapons that I plan to show off in the final renders.

Final Project

Hey guys, I'm doing a 3D animation for my senior project, so I figured I'd use images from it for my final project in 360.


My idea is personal to me and I hope that adds to my animation. I have always loved dancing, and even minor in it at school. My modern teacher used to have us do an activity called prop studies, where we would bring in any random, mundane object of our choosing and choreograph a dance around it. The goal would be to find a different way to use or interpret the object than what it was actually used for.

From this idea, I created a story about a dancer who shows up to her dance class only to find out it's cancelled. Not knowing what to do and no ride back any time soon, she goes in the dance studio, sitting around hopelessly bored. She find a bag on the ground and starts to aimlessly play with it. Before you know it, she is up dancing around on the floor with this bag, lost in her own little reality until the car horn beeps and it is time to leave.

I'm almost done modeling the studio, which is based off my old dance studio, but not an exact replica. If I am not able to have my dancer modeled and fully rigged before the end of the semester, I will put in the Andy rig to simulate the dancer for the 6 images.

Final Animation

Characters and scene for my final animation for ARIL 421, as well as what I'll be using for ARIL 360's final project.

Not really exciting, I know...I prefer to keep things simple and focus on the character movements more than the scenery. But I'll make it pretty when it's fully rendered, with sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows everywhere.


~

Moray Animation Test Brian Kapp

Brian Kapp Final Animation Characters

Hey Guys,

Also wanted to put this up for my final animation update. I am animating an Octopus and a Moray Eel in an underwater environment. Right now they are rigged and weight painted, but I am trying to used a spline to have the effect I am looking for - wanted to have an animation test ready for this week but I am a bit behind but figured I would post the main character models I have created.

Brian Kapp Cabin Scene Final

I did the best I could to make it look like the one I did in PS - a little different but I am happy with the outcome, hope you guys enjoy! I know you guys will see it in class!

Cabin: Finished. Final Project: Ideas

Wrapped up. I keep having errors when I try uploading the original rendered image, but the only changes I made after the fact was some level adjusting in Photoshop.

Regarding the Final Project, I'm going to try to construct the room that my Senior Project takes place within. Creating all of the debris might not happen - or simply result in a lot of duplicating of items/trash - but the room is essentially in shambles, and dark. Through the course of my final animation, the room itself is meant to be dark (sans light, with some artistic license used simply so the interior CAN be seen by the viewer), only brightly lit at the very end. Since I need 6 images for the final for this class, though, I think I will tinker with the light flickering as it nears the turning-on point. Otherwise I'm sure I can find a few interesting camera angles to procure 6 images from. The room is meant to be black and white, but we'll see where I wind up with it in the end.

Here are some images I'm pulling ideas from:




Let's get 'er done.

~ J. Fitz

Final Project Idear (sketch)

I think this is self explanatory. My six image ideas. I know the sketch is a little everywhere ( a cluster f@ck of lines and scribbles). I want to basically have a shot into this "magical" forest where a character of mine lives. It's part of my senior thesis project, so I will work harder at this to make it look good, meaning most plants will probably be sculpted. I will be using matte-painting so please don't look forward to seeing that. This project should be very annoying, and very difficult, but very well worth it in the end, so I hope. I believe there will be if not at least close to 20 different models in the foreground the rest will be images in layers overlapping each other. (remember, this is part of my senior thesis, it will be in an animation so this -will- be needed).

p.s: Yes, the rain forest will have glowing plants, it's magical.

p.s.s: Hurray for duplicated models!

Cabin Scene Color

Cabin Scene.

Farm Scene

Here's my quick sketch for the lighting on the farm scene. I plan on going with a night time moonlit night sky with blue shadows and a blueish glow similar to a winter night with a full moon.

-Melissa

Ye Ol'Cabin

So here's my take on the cabin project! ... Yup! Nice sunset, because who doesn't enjoy one? I may add some lights in the cabin itself, shining out some into the area. Depending on how good I can play with the lights in Maya, and the amount of free time I have, I may play around with a moonlit light in the foreground and sunset in the background. Wish me luck!

High Point

Yesterday we went for a hike in High Point State Park, and I saw the light on this house and thought, hey, that may be nice lighting for the cabin!

Before and After

I was thinking of a sunset and the many colors the sky changes to while making this. Obviously I need more contrast in the sky, with the top part darker than the bottom. I also want to add more highlights to the front of the cabin and the ground, but overall I think I'm going in the right direction.

Mourir en Felt

I don't know if any of you entered for the sex show, but here is another animation I found on Drawn!

Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side) from Veronica Christina on Vimeo.

Update: Okay, so that one was removed, probably this Veronica did not have the rights to post it. Here's another one:

Cabin Fever

I started with this screenshot as my basis for working with my concept for the Cabin Lighting assignment.

I brought the previous screenshot into Photoshop and dipped about a bit. It's mostly just lit differently, and I wonder if I should perhaps consider messing with the colors as well (blue/brown/whatever mountains, new coat of paint on the house, etc.)? But this is a step in the right direction, I think.

Give us the Dutch!

UV-ing Jane, Part 1

The eyes, The EYES!

I finished the first video of what I tried to have you all play along with last Wednesday. More to come.

Texture Painter

There is an interesting article on CGSociety about texture painter Justin Holt:

"Holt keeps a keen awareness on color variation and composition when painting textures. He describes looking at a surface he has to recreate and visualizing a kind of an exploded view of the different components that comprise the surface quality. “I separate out the displacement detail in my head vs. the color variation on the surface vs. the reflective qualities, kind of like deciphering a visual puzzle,” he explains. “I go about building it back up layer by layer and then fold it all together.""

On an unrelated note: where are all the beautiful images of Black & White kitchens?

Galleries Updated

I updated the student galleries with work produced in the past academic year: MSU Animation Student Gallery

Golem Final Project

Done.

Futurama NES Game: Stage 1

I think we should be doing more game design stuff in class also.

Awesome netbook comes to life. Hologram? Claymation?

Flour Sack 2D, 3D

Since you are all putting up these great posts, I thought I'd share this animation with y'all. Found in on Keith Lango's blog.

Progress

This is the penguin I redid for my final project. Because it was done before my presentation, it has many textures and a rig on it that has to be removed. It needs new textures, a new rig, and new constraints.

Leg with Muscles

Played with Maya Muscles a bit. IF you build a complete muscle system, you can get nice results. It is not compatible with regular smooth skins, setting it up can be quite involved. And just in case you missed the jiggle in the first jump I set it to be really jiggly for the second one.

MAY

What are you guys up to?

I know you (the current ARIL 421 students) will be presenting your plans this Wednesday, but any chance of a sneak peak?

L.A. Noire Tech demo

After beating recently Heavy Rain I've been curious about facial animations. L.A. Noire, an upcoming game from Rockstar (the GTA folks) is doing some swell things in that regard. It's almost creepy.

Fractal Sphere

This is the Animation I showed in ARIL 421 yesterday. For those interested: Mr. (or Ms.) subBlue from Glasgow, UK, has more videos posted

Surface detail from subBlue on Vimeo.

The Birds

I had seen this one before, as it was shown in the SIGGRAPH 2010 Electronic Theater. Drawn! just posted the link to the Vimeo version:

Cours Toujours - animation short film from Cours Toujours Team on Vimeo.

So, how much of it do you think was done in 3D?