I'm not good at animation, so please bare with the elephant's movements haha..
-Sari
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Walking on Sunshine
Just thought I'd post an image from the render. I've already had to restart it at least 4 times. The reflections on the textures keep having awkward square highlights in a few of the frames. It's definitely a reflection gloss problem. I've already experienced this in my turntable render about a month ago. The env_blur node helps, but in this animation I keep having to boost the samples/the blur of the node. Well, here's a pic of the walk cycle that's happening right now.

-Sari

-Sari
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Rendering..
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Sound Design = Stress and Jitters
I just finished my sound design final after working on it on and off for HOURS. The assignment was to make sound for a 1 minute trailer, no music.. It left me feeling very stressed, anxious, and jittery. And now I know, I don't really like sound design. And, I'm not even completely done because I have to mix and EQ things and what not. The teacher for my sound design class is awesome by the way, one of the best teachers I've ever had. BUT WHY DOES SOUND HAVE TO BE SO TEDIOUS!? I usually work in complete silence and I'm usually working 90% of the time all day everyday, so of course sound design would stress me out. It's constant editing of explosions, gunshots, footsteps, "pops", smacks, punches, etc. Well, it's 5 AM, and I'm not tired. Drawing is really soothing sometimes, so that's what I've been doing for the past 30 minutes. Finals are almost over, and I can't wait to start working on Brother again.
-Sari
-Sari
Friday, December 10, 2010
WIP
I'm currently working on a number of projects, so I slowed down working my own thesis film. One of those projects a senior thesis film (as in film major, not computer art) where I have to model and texture and I guess light a space ship. It's a WIP but here's the current render:

As far as my thesis, Brother, I will hopefully be working on animation soon to test out the elephant rig. That should be done sometime in the next few weeks. I also received some concept designs from a friend of mine, Zach, which I should have some models of soon. The characters he drew are awesome, so I can't wait to get started on the models once I have time of course.
-Sari

As far as my thesis, Brother, I will hopefully be working on animation soon to test out the elephant rig. That should be done sometime in the next few weeks. I also received some concept designs from a friend of mine, Zach, which I should have some models of soon. The characters he drew are awesome, so I can't wait to get started on the models once I have time of course.
-Sari
Monday, November 29, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Style Frames
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Elephant Turntable
I haven't posted in a while, but I've been working hard. My story concept is almost finished; I am currently writing the script right now. I am satisfied with the textures as of right now, so I probably won't be changing them for a while. Ooh, I also got a new computer, so I probably won't be leaving my room for a while. =] .. Goodbye social life..
-Sari
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Environment Test 1
I decided to sit down for a day and play around with materials, lights, and the environment of Brother. Next thing you know it's 6 am the next day lol, but I finally got the result I was looking for with the least amount of render time possible. This is my first test with the textures of the elephant (which I want to be very reflective metal) and the room, so I know it'll progress greatly with the year and a half left I have of doing thesis. After all, we are still in pre-production and this is just the very beginning. I am pretty happy with the way it's starting off and I am already learning so much. Well, it's 5:30 and my brain is fried.


-Sari


-Sari
Monday, October 11, 2010
Texture Experiments and Title Style
I've been experimenting with how I want the overall style of Brother to look. I played around with some textures and lighting, and this gives me a basic idea of what to base my textures and color palette off of. As of right now, I'm liking the metal on wood and the darkness of the whole thing. ..Just an experiment..

-Sari

-Sari
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Concepts and Such
Okay, so I decided to name my thesis Brother. Synopsis: A boy finds a friend in his creation. I've done a few concept drawings and I am pretty content with the elephant model as of right now. I'm actually pretty excited about doing this whole thesis process. It's a year and a half long thing, but I really enjoy focusing on one project for a long period of time. It gives me a chance to really get into the characters and developing the story.


-Sari


-Sari
Alien
Monday, October 4, 2010
The process begins..
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Thesis Research and Things
Two days into my junior year, we are already expected to have concept and basic character designs, and basic story for thesis by next week. Diving into thesis so quickly makes me both nervous and excited. I knew what I wanted to do for my senior thesis since last semester, my sophomore year. I WANT to do that story that's been in my head, and I HOPE to be able to use a live action main character with a complete CG environment and props. Now, how possible is this for a student? We'll have to find out. Plus, just because I think I want to do this story doesn't mean it will actually happen. It's going to be a long second half of college, as I am now dedicating everything I know into a 1-5 minute short animated film. It all begins with ideas and concept designs, which I will draw up this week.
-Sari
-Sari
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