WORM PUSH + Leaf Update!

Hey all! I am pretty happy with the apple at this point. I "fixed" the leaf, however, I am sure that I will fine tune it quite a bit more later, anyways, heres what I got as of now...

Click here for Leaf Update.

In other news I have begun..."The Push". After many, many, MANY drafts on paper I have unleashed the ultimate chore onto the little guy....thats right...I hate to say it but he's finally behind the boulder.

Click here for a Screenshot of Inch behind the Apple.

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy it. I should have some more stuff for all of you either later tonite or tommorow morning. Man, its amazing how much stuff I get done inbetween semesters!

Apple Video!

Heres a turntable of the apple as of right now.

Click here for Apple Video (800 kb, MPEG 4).

I plan to tweak the lighting a bit more however my focus is currently on rigging and animation. As always keep checkin' in...more to come soon!

Yet Another Apple Update!

The title says it all. Finishing up the lighting, almost done with the rigging. I should have some animation tests very soon.

Click here for Yet Another Apple Update.

Also, as a side note...my wife, a couple of friends, and myself went to see Madagascar this weekend. Great animation....loved the timing....pretty inspired....must finsih rig....ahhhhhhhh!

Apple Update!

Ok, the apple no longer looks as though it has acne...lol. I got rid of the ol' temporary texture (see previous post) and slapped on the real deal (click link below).

Click here for Apple Update.

Also, Roger has been cranking away at the environment and I have to tell you it is really looking nice. We have been firing scene files back and forth over email all day. I actually think this might turn out better than I had expected...lol. I have had faith in the project all along...its just that it feels so good to finally see it all taking shape. Anyways, I am off to rig the apple (I'm thinking IK spline for the stem & leaf controled via nurbs icons that back door clusters....ahh yes....I think I am actually starting to get the hang of this).

Apple!

Almost done with the apple and I thought I'd share a test render with all of you. The stem is low res and is polygonal at this point but tonite I plan to texture it for the subD conversion. Oh...I almost forgot...I still owe you guys a playblast of the worm doing a take...better get on that. Until then heres the apple...

Click here for Apple test render.

I also plan to fix sme bugs on the site this weekend....I have had some complaints regarding animations not playing on various browsers. I will do all I can to fix the problem.

WORM Anatomy Video!

Hey everyone! I've been VERY busy with finals but I thought I'd take the time to quickly touch bases with all of you. The WORM's rig is almost finshed and I am working on blocking out a take right now! Its pretty cool to actually breathe life into the little guy after all the hard work I put into creating him. Anyways, the take is a part of my final so that wont be done till next week but until then I have uploaded a short video (MPEG 4/ 2.8 mb) regarding the rig as well as the WORM's anatomy.

Click here for WORM Anatomy video.

As a side note, I have quite decent pile of new stuff to share with all of you that I plan to upload as soon as finals are over (next week), so, as always keep checking in.

New Computer!

Thats right! New computer in the fields household baby and I love it! Its screeeeeemin' fast too! No more lockups...ahhhh yes....digital bliss. Ok, back to learning how to animate...YAH mule YAH!