Renders, Lighting, Clothing and the City of Gruffleglenn

Here's some recent images and also some that I've only just gotten around to posting.

Pub and Stables Modelling 85% done

Been a little while since the last post, but here are some fresh modelling WIP videos of the 'Dirty Carpets Inn' and the 'Franciscan Stables Mushroom Top Chapter'.

Pub WIP 03 from Matthew Scott Graham on Vimeo.

Stables WIP 01 from Matthew Scott Graham on Vimeo.

Some more Animation Tests

Here is another animation test. This one will eventually turn into a finished shot.

 

Trying Out Different Renderers

So, progress has been a little slow lately but there is sure some exciting things that we will be sharing over the next couple of days. We have been playing around with different renderers (because as soon as you chuck displacement at Mental Ray, it shits it's pants. Also, everything has displacement.), and have finally settled on Renderman.

Below are two images, the first from Renderman, the second from Vray. Keep in mind that this is still a work in progress though.

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.