Alcoholemist Squidly Animation Test 4: swimming in a bottle

An animation test featuring squidly swimming around in a bottle, before being scared by the hand of the alchemist.

all the animation was done using early calimari rigs
time taken to animate: aprox 1.5 days

we also used this test to help understand how we are to deal with the refraction of the glass, to look realistic, yet still be able to clearly make out squidly within the liquid.

As well as how we are to impliment the candle flames in a scene. we attempted to film a real candle flame, but this did not give a very clear and usable result, so instead we rendered out a single candle flame as a fluid effect in maya, put it on a card and placed it within the 3d space in nuke.           

Gruffleglenn WIP 02

More work on the matte painting for Gruffleglenn.

 

Test Animation - Apple Dumplings

An animation test featuring the alchemist asking Gruff about apple dumplings. The animation created using the calimari rig of the character. As yet we do not have a facial rig animation ready The sound is from Disneys Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Gruffleglenn WIP 01

A quick and dirty test showing the progress on the matte painting for the exterior of the Alcoholemist. There is copious amounts of texture stretching, geometry not lining up and general dodginess. In other words NOT FINAL.

Alcoholemist Animation Test 4: WalkCycle

An animation test, featuring the alchemist walking with a jar of fireflies at dusk.

Squidly Animation Tests

Some test animation of Squidly doing both a swim cycle and a bouncing cylce.

Animation/Render test 3

the latest animation test, in the same room turn arund as before. this should give a good sense of his scale in the world, and and how he and his room tie together.

Glowing

A glowing apparatus.

Texturing Progress and Gruffleglenn

Here are some texturing WIPs for the Alchemists room courtesy of Brian and his first concept for the town of Gruffleglenn.

Alcoholemist Room Lighting WIP 01

And finally the Alchemists room lighting / comping WIP. For some strange reason the last third or so of the video is black. That shall be rectified soon.