Sunday, March 16, 2014

Top 10 Digital Media Items, I wish I had.

10)  Simpsons Arcade Game



9)  Fender American Standard Jazz Bass (Olympic White Maple)



8)  Steady Cam

7)  Kessler, Camera Control Rig

6)  Maker Bot Mini (Compact 3D Printer)

5)  Wii U

4)  Adobe Cloud

3)  Mac Laptop

2) 3D Printer

1)  Black Magic Camera

Saturday, March 15, 2014

1930's Ford Roadster/Digital Gabriel

I started out by finding 3 reference Images of a 1930's Ford Roadster online.  I got lucky, because all 3 images were proportional to each other.


I ended up blocking out the shape of the car, and as you can see, it was rough to say the least.


A more polished version, rendered out with ambient occlusion.


Next I began to rig Digital Gabriel.  I spend about 5 hours painting weights to make sure all the deformations were perfect, and ended up using a cloth tag on the vest.


For the facial rig, I ended up making 4 different blend shapes.


View 1 of car animation.


View 2 of car animation.

Total Hours Logged: 59 Hours
Ford Roadster: 20 Hours
Digital Gabriel:  22 Hours
Town:  5 Hours
Rigging/Weighting/Blend Shapes: 12 Hours
Materials and Lighting included in above areas.