Animation Studio Background

It rarely happens with me where I'm ecstatic at something that I create, but when I just tried rendering a background I modeled some time ago, I was surprised at how well it turned out to me.  Dear Renderman, how do I love thee?  I can't count the ways...

Modeled in Maya with subdivision surfaces, rendered with 3Delight.

Mr. Cuddles - The Layout - Draft 2

*UPDATE*

I added a basic shadow pass, and it seems to be helping a bit...but still much, much more to be done.



Trying a basic colour test to see what pattern I should go with before I finalize textures. This is going to be a long, painful process...but here's the start.



Rendered with Maya Software renderer.

Mr. Cuddles - The Layout - Draft 1

Slowly, but surely...



Made in Maya

Action Analysis - Blocking

Assignment: Create a 30 second story and animate 5 seconds of it using any medium you want. I chose to do my assignment in Maya (!) and I finished the modeling, rigging and lighting stages. Below is a "workbook" shot of my scene to indicate where everything is taking place. Much more on the way, so enjoy for now!



Autodesk Maya 2008

Goodbye to gouache...?

In the 1.5 years I got to know gouache, there's still so much about it I don't know, so much we could learn about each other...oh well, time to move on, I guess. Here are the tonal studies and colour thumbnails for my final painting assignment for the semester. Maybe gouache and I will work with each other again in the future...


Pencil on paper.



Gouache on watercolour paper.



Gouache on watercolour paper.

Alive and Empty - Colourized Version

Quick colour sketches of my kitchen layout in a previous post. I think gouache is starting to warm up to me, but my class will soon be going digital (Photoshop). Just when gouache and I were starting to get to know each other...



Gouache on Watercolour paper.

Alive and Empty

Yet another set of layout tonal sketches for my painting class. This one was an interior study, so I thought I'd do something a bit more...comfortable. Anyway, here they are to behold and enjoy. More to follow...




Pencil on printer paper

Behind abandoned lines...

Quickie doodle I did of my idea of being at the front lines of an abandoned fortress...or at least it's supposed to be one. Basic story is it's been overtaken quite a while ago, but it's left there to rot (as it already is), and nobody bothered to either rebuild it or demolish it. Hopefully, somebody will... anyway, in theory, this will be turned into a revised final layout. More on that later, as details develop...



Pencil on animation paper.

Dare to enter...

Four different looks, all the same layout design. Somehow they looked better before they were scanned...is it the scanner, or is it me? oh well. Here's the progress on my ideas for the background. Painting coming soon...



Pencil on Inkjet Paper.

Into the mouth of the beast...

Rough background design I did for my painting class, soon to be shaded and painted in gouache. Maybe I'll refine it a bit too, but so far here's the progress. Let's see how far this can go...



Col-erase pencil

I'm gonna get medieval on your kitchen...

The assignment was to create a kitchen design for a layout. The bottom right looks empty cause the overlay props are still to be scanned in. Keep tuned to this post if you want to see the finished layout. I liked how it was looking so far, so here it is for your viewing pleasure...

A Warm Welcome

Anyone remember Softimage? Here's a rendering I did using XSI some time ago. I liked how this one turned out a lot. enjoy! Modeled in Softimage XSI EXP 3.0, rendered in Mental Ray.



Wireframe view.

New Perspectives

Here's a rendering I did of an office space in Maya. I love this program...