Major Project | Animation Test | Playblast

Little snippet from the animation I am doing for Jayden at the minute. This test is mostly to see what the lip-syncing looks like. After adding more lip-sync animation to the already animated body, I will post the updates. I'm really liking the way Jayden is turning out at the moment, hopefully he develops a lot more over the coming days.

Major Project | Finished Corrective Blend Shapes | Jayden

Elbow Blend Shapes (Forward)

Shoulder Blend Shape (Downward)

Shoulder Blend Shape (Forward)

Shoulder Blend Shape (Backward)

Shoulder Blend Shape (Upward)

Ankle Blend Shape (Side)

Knee Bend Blend Shape 

Upper Leg Blend Shape (Backwards)

Upper Leg Blend Shape (Sideways

Upper Leg Blend Shape (Forwards)

 For the joints of the Jayden model I had to make sure that the model was skinned correctly to the model first. As I wanted the model to be on the chubbier side, there was lots of clipping and volume loss as the model bent in different positions. Therefore blend shapes had to be used in order to correct these issues.

Major Project | Environment Progress | Back Gardens and Bowling Alley

Now everything is textured. There still needs to be a matte painting or a moving animatic in the background. In an attempt to eradicate the grey lighting issue I changed the lighting colour to yellow on both directional and sky-dome lighting.