Franks Toys

Just a quick update on whats going on, im starting to work on the exterior, im going to try create a small alley and then a large town for the last shot.

Side Project

I've decided to give myself more work for some crazy reason and have started a little side project, I'm going to keep details of it short and sweet and reveal more when its done, here's a little taster picture of what is too come. I'm going to try get this project done by end of Easter hols but also keep up to date on my Frankenstein project.

Flame Test

Thought i should really start playing around with lighting a bit more seeing as it is a vital component within my animation. in particular the candles that will light the beginning of my scene, I've tried using the simple flame within 3ds max using a gizmo and then an omni light or the illumination, it's not great but a bit more playing around and i think that it will look good in the old scene.

Online Portfolio, Showreel and Material Library

Updated my online portfolio to fit with the brief, its ok could have a lot of improvements, mostly that i would like it to be a real site and not on wix.

My showreel is also on my online portfolio although youtube has made the quality a bit rubbish.

http://www.wix.com/jkrooksy/jc3d

I have also uploaded some of my Personal material library up to flickr. i wasn't allowed to put all 200 otherwise it would of exceeded my monthly limit or some rubbish?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkrooksy/

Top Room

Thought i would share a few developments from the top room of my house, eventually it should be looking pretty cluttered and full, tried rigging today, didn't go so well, i have a feeling its going to be a bit of a drag but at least im only really rigging two characters.... i think.

almost there with frankie...

so as with the doctor he just needs a bit more tweaking i think the next week the rigging of both of them will start, they both very similar in shape so should be pretty similar to rig.... hopefully

Almost there with the doc...

just a bit more tweaking and i think im almost done with the doc.

There's no limit to what we can put on screen only the limit of our imagination

awesome quote from one of the special affects producers that worked on lord of the rings

Doctor

Well he is coming along and starting to look a bit better, i'm hoping with the use of lighting in my scene that he will look a lot better.

Time Lip Sync and animation

bit out of time in places with the mouth movement but took me about an hour

Showreel start sequence test

Showreel Idea Edit

just quick edit

Showreel idea

doesnt look as good as original export down to youtubes frame sizing

Space Warps

Frankenstein

Got annoyed with my older model so decided to model him again, still not really how i want him to look but better than mark one, i know it takes time to perfect poly modelling like this so im going to stick at it and try get the best result i can. Here is another development image of what i have done so far. it is a lot more cartoonish than i want it too look right now.

Trees

Mr.proxy trees and vertex painting.

Bit of Architecture me and the Hazla are working on

My flat mate harry has to design and survey a building from his own creation, i decided i would use his drawings and designs and try create his building in 3ds max, putting in textures and lighting to make it a bit more realistic. Here's a couple of starting renders.

Budweiser clip

Budweiser

Don't know why i made this but i think im going to try and use it somehow in my showreel.

Captain America

Morphius Lip Sync

Using Andy's pre modelled and rigged character to practise a bit of animating and lip syncing.

Forest

Looking at using particle systems to render a tree so that it doesnt take as long, this forest of 500 tree's took less than 2 minutes.

Tree Change

Very Very quick change in season of a tree.