Nunchuck Time

This was a really fun model to make.  It has a simple IK Spline  with custom controls.

More Rat Stuff

So, today I decided to make the idle animation cycle for the rat... I decided sniffing would be nice.  The first video is all three rendered cycles, and the second is a screen capture video of the rat in UDK, with me switching between them in the animation set.

Show Reel Update Mar 2011

Shot Breakdown:

1. Luxo Jr. in Attack- Animation

2. Regular Walk Cycle- Animation

3. Sneaky Walk Cycle- Animation

4. Raptor Walk Cycle- Rigging, Weighting and Animation

5. Leg/Hip Walk Cycle- Animation

6. Rat Run Cycle- Model, UV, Texture, Rig, Animation

7. Rat Walk Cycle- Model, UV, Texture, Rig, Animation

8. Luxo Sr. Jump- Animation

9. Balls - Modeling, Lighting, Animation

10. Sleep Tight- Hand Drawn and Painted Cel Animation

11. Demon Hunter Album Art Pastiche- Model, UV, Texture, Rig, Animation, Lighting, Dynamics

12. The Boy Who Cried Bastard- Storyboard, Model, Shading, Rigs, Animation, Sound Design

13. Bat Pencil Test- Hand Drawn Animation

14. Bat Backlight Test- Cut-out Paper Animation on Light Board

15. Flying Pumpkin- Backlit Paper Cut-out Animation on Light Board

16-20. Beanstalk Animatic - Photoshop Animation

21. The Boy Who Cried Bastard- Storyboard, Model, Shading, Rigs, Animation, Sound Design

Rat Cycles

Hey, so it has been a little while since I have updated the blog, but I figured I would follow up with the progress I have made with the Rat NPC for Forever Hunted.  I have finally finished UVing and I also created a simple texture for now, which will be improved on significantly.  I also finished making a custom rig for the rat, and have now made two animation cycles for it.  One is a walk, and the other a gallop like run.  Both have been exported into UDK, and are just waiting to get some AI from the programmers, and we will soon have rats running around in game...  Here is a video of the two cycles.