Toolkit 2 Submission

Pipeline 1: Jetpack Jones

Head Modelling

Head Modelling - Part 1: Preparation
Head Modelling - Part 2: Rough Blocking
Head Modelling - Part 3: Rough Blocking Continued
Head Modelling - Part 4: The Mouth
Head Modelling - Part 5: The Eye
Head Modelling - Part 6: The Nose
Head Modelling - Part 7: The Brow
Head Modelling - Part 8: The Ear & Neck
Head Modelling - Part 9: Sculpting& Cleanup
Head Modelling - Part 10: Creating Detailed Eyes
Head Modelling - Part 11: Adding a Throat
Head Modelling - Part 12: Eyebrows
Head Modelling - Part 13: Skull Cap
Head Modelling - Part 14: Snagging

Body Modelling

Body Modelling - Part 1: Torso Blocking
Body Modelling - Part 2: Torso & Arms
Body Modelling - Part 3: Legs & Pelvis
Body Modelling - Part 4: Legs & Boots
Body Modelling - Part 5: Gloved Hands
Body Modelling - Part 6: Hands & The Final Model

UV Layout
Skinning
Rigging
Facial Rigging 1
Facial Rigging 2
Facial Rigging 3
Texturing 
Final Turnarounds


Lighting and Rendering 2

Arnold - Part 1: Rendering with Arnold [Class Lecture]

Arnold - Part 2: Sampling and Noise Reduction

Arnold - Part 3: Ray Depth

Arnold - Part 4: Linear Workflow [Class Lecture]

Arnold - Part 5: Maya Lights

Arnold - Part 6: Light Filters

Arnold - Part 7: Stylised Internal Lighting

Arnold - Part 8: HDR Images

Arnold - Part 9: Sky Dome Light

Arnold - Part 10: Stylised External Lighting

Arnold - Part 11: Standard Surface Shader

Arnold - Part 12: Toon Shader

Arnold - Part 13: Geometry Override Sets

Arnold - Part 14: Physical Sky Light

Arnold - Part 15: Advanced Internal Lighting (Portal Lights) [To be confirmed due to software bug]

Arnold - Part 16: Mesh Lights

Arnold - Part 17: Ambient Occlusion

Arnold - Part 18: Photometric Lights

Arnold - Part 19: Depth of Feild

Arnold - Part 20: Fog (Legacy) & Atmosphere

Arnold - Part 21: Displacement

Arnold - Part 22: Sub Surface Scattering

Arnold - Part 23: AOV's 

Arnold - Part 24: Stand Ins (Proxies)

Arnold - Part 25: Motion Blur

Arnold - Part 26: Caustics

Infographics

Turning Junk into Gold

Development

Pirates of the Caribbean (Revised)

Mudbox

Mudbox Lessons HERE

Life drawing

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

Week 19

Sculpting

All lessons Here

Lip Sync

Lessons Here

Acting Lesson

Waiting to be assessed

Character Production Bible

Production Bible

Weightlifting Animation

Weightlifter

Fruit Bowl Table

Mudbox - Jug Turnaround

Jug Turnaround all compressed from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

Part 6: Hands & The Final Model

Full Body

360 - Jetpack Jones Turnaround from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

Jetpack Jones (Body) - Week 5 - Gloved Hands

Progress Report - Lighting and Rendering 2 (all links)

Lighting and Rendering 2

Arnold - Part 1: Rendering with Arnold [Class Lecture]

Arnold - Part 2: Sampling and Noise Reduction

Arnold - Part 3: Ray Depth

Arnold - Part 4: Linear Workflow [Class Lecture]

Arnold - Part 5: Maya Lights

Arnold - Part 6: Light Filters

Arnold - Part 7: Stylised Internal Lighting

Arnold - Part 8: HDR Images

Arnold - Part 9: Sky Dome Light

Arnold - Part 10: Stylised External Lighting

Arnold - Part 11: Standard Surface Shader

Arnold - Part 12: Toon Shader

Arnold - Part 13: Geometry Override Sets

Arnold - Part 14: Physical Sky Light

Arnold - Part 15: Advanced Internal Lighting (Portal Lights) [To be confirmed due to software bug]

Arnold - Part 16: Mesh Lights

Arnold - Part 17: Ambient Occlusion

Arnold - Part 18: Photometric Lights

Arnold - Part 19: Depth of Feild

Arnold - Part 20: Fog (Legacy) & Atmosphere

Arnold - Part 21: Displacement

Arnold - Part 22: Sub Surface Scattering

Arnold - Part 23: AOV's 

Arnold - Part 24: Stand Ins (Proxies)

Arnold - Part 25: Motion Blur

Arnold - Part 26: Caustics

Arnold - Part 23: AOV's

Screenshot 1 - adding ambient occlusion to AOV list

Screenshot 2 - adding modes

Screenshot 3 - brightening the eyes

Final image from Photoshop

Arnold - Part 20: Fog (Legacy) & Atmosphere

Snapshot 1

Snapshot 2 Fog added

Snapshot 3

Snapshot 4

Snapshot 5

Final Render

Snapshot 1

Snapshot 2 Gobo added

Snapshot 3 Higher Exposure

Final Render 

Arnold - Part 21: Displacement

Making displacement map in Mudbox

First render

Second render

Final rendered image in Maya

Adding lighting for Arnold

First render

Final render

Arnold - Part 26: Caustics

Caustics origional from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

Caustics extended from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

Arnold - Part 25: Motion Blur

Motion Blur from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

Motion Blur - Vid has watermarks as it was rendered at home. Will render at uni and replace as soon as possible

Arnold - Part 24: Stand in (Proxies)

Rendered Image

Arnold - Part 19: Depth of Feild

Circular Ramp

Smooth Ramp

Too Grainy

Final Image

Reflective Statement

I have learnt a huge amount from starting this project and still have a long way to go. I personally feel like I have been having difficulties trying to create a sound file that will draw in my audience, I knew that it missed something, but after the crit realising that I needed more people within the sound will definitely help my project move forewords. I like the tester videos for the texture that I created as I wanted it to have a loose feeling, like an old memory/ old photograph, but didn't want my animation to look too much like a faded dream. I liked the idea of showing how my grandad made rocking horses and how I am modelling them in maya but would be unsure of how to put this into my animation. 

I feel like during this part of the project I felt that I had spent too long on the sound trying to work with what I had instead of opening up and trying to think of a broader way of working in my project. I also know I need to portray this project more into my blog to get the feedback as I know I haven't done this enough throughout. I am now more confident in how I want my animation to move forwards and this involved going back to the sound editing and refreshing that for a more interesting storyboard that will draw people in. 

I would like to continue with my model testing with textures and finding something that is the most suitable for my project. I also want to keep the idea of the colours fading out to a white background within my animation as it matches what I invisioned at the beginning when I started the project. 

Crit - Premise Submission

Crit 2 - My Grandfathers Rocking Horses by Ruth Cann on Scribd

texture test rocking horse 1 from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

Texture test rocking horse 2 from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

Texture test rocking horse 3 from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

Clay Sculpting - End of Lessons Photographs

My photograph (taken by Alan ) from my final submission from the 5 week sculpting course. I am very pleased with the final piece, even although it wasn't fully completed. I have also learnt the importance of measuring and how sculpting slowly and precisely is the way forewards.

Premise: Magazine Article

Illustration List:

Paur, J. (2016). Watch the Before and After Visual Effects of 20 Scenes from Popular Movies. [image] Available at: https://geektyrant.com/news/watch-the-before-and-after-visual-effects-of-20-scenes-from-popular-movies [Accessed 3 May 2018].

Bibliography:

BrainyQuote. (2018). Steven Spielberg Quotes. [online] Available at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/steven_spielberg_584090 [Accessed 2 May 2018].

Heatherton, E. (2018). Special Effects Quotes - BrainyQuote. [online] BrainyQuote. Available at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/erin_heatherton_659647?src=t_special_effects [Accessed 3 May 2018].

Parkinson, S. (2015). The History of Green Screen - Camberwell Studios. [online] Camberwell Studios. Available at: http://www.camberwellstudios.co.uk/blog/greenscreen/the-history-of-green-screen.html [Accessed 2 May 2018].

Proffitt, K. (2017). Are Visual Effects Ruining Movies? A Look at VFX In an Ever-Changing Industry. [online] ActionVFX. Available at: https://www.actionvfx.com/blog/are-visual-effects-ruining-movies-a-look-at-vfx-in-an-ever-changing-industry [Accessed 2 May 2018].

Grandfathers Rocking Horses - Tidied up storyboard

Grandfathers Rocking Horses - Image Sequencing & Camera Mapping

Coloured Playblasted Elephant 1 from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

Above I have been testing out several techniques, this included adding a hand-drawn image sequence drawn roughly in photoshop and then exporting it and turning it into a video to be camera mapped in Maya. I have learnt a huge amount from both of these processes and how I want my animation to look like when done, however, I will look into how to speed up the drawing process as in the video I have duplicated coloured frames which is noticeable but was fine to use in this demonstration as an example.

How to use an Image Sequence (video) as a Texture in Maya from Meredith Drum on Vimeo.

Orthograph - Rocking Horse

My Grandfathers Rocking Horses - Storyboard 1 with sound

Rough storyboard 1 with sound from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

My Grandfathers Rocking Horses - Draft 1 - Sound

After a huge amount of editing and very carefully shortening down (shown above), I have finally been able to shorten down the many conversations with my Grandad to a sound file with a script with what was talked about from about 45mins down to about 7 mins. I still feel that it's a little bit long, and more shortening will be needed, however, this is how far I've got. It has taken me a very very long time so I am pleased with my work, but I still need to do some more tweaking and editing. 

I have spent so long on this part as I feel if I don't have my sound down perfectly I won't be able to continue with the storyboarding. I do have solid ideas for the next part of this project, I just wanted to get this done as much as possible before moving on. I'm hoping my patience will pay off.

Recording with scrolling script 1 from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

(had problems with sound, is very quiet, will be fixed soon!)