The Mouse

Ok so at the start of the film to bring a bit more life to the appartment we decided to have a mouse running under some of the clutter and units in the lounge. Also to bring a bit of life to the shot too. Ben Griffon modelled the mouse and very well i might add, low polly and a nice clean mesh. We decided not to smooth it but just smooth the normals out as you will be seeing it in the distance anyway. Its weighted really nicely and im really happy with the outcome. Jonno uv'd it ready for texturing too so its ready to hand over to Ben for animation.

A peculiar week

So the first week back has been rather unsettled ive felt, having given the rig back to Asa i accepted doing a rig for Jess Soderstrom as i figured i had a spare week before Jonno wanted me back on Aztec Escape. I began work on the pigeon for Jess first thing on monday with the intention to start weighting by tuesday. Asa contacted me saying that instead of Ik handles for the arms could i parent constrain them, so i was working on 2 rigs, things got a bit hectic and Jess decided that the rig id done for the pigeon didnt quite work well enough so she decided to re-rig. Proberbly my fault for not having the time to be able to put in towards it; in hindsight i didnt really have enough time to do it. There was a few problems with the rig for Asa but finally they have all been ironed out. Jonno has asked me to rig a mouse for our film next week so im hopefully getting the model off Ben tonight so can make a start first thing monday morning. It will be interesting as ive not done a four legged animal yet except the tortoise, which unfortunately has now been scrapped as Jonno felt its involvement in the film was a bit odd. The rig wont be too complex for the mouse though as its only in the film very briefly.

Although the week didnt go quite to plan i felt i learnt alot and also learnt a few new future techniques for rigging, all experience which is a positive.

Asset Modelling

Jonno asked me to make a few assets for the film just to bring more liefe to the appartment really, basic objects such as a sky box, dvd rack, beer and coke bottles.etc Heres a screen grab of the ones ive modelled for the film.





Having handed Sophie back over to Asa jessica sanderstrom approached me with some rigging for her film, ive agreed to take one of the models, which is a pigeon. Ive given myself a week to get it done in so that i can then get back onto my film. There was a shortage of work on my film so i thought id do the work for Jessica while i had a bit of time spare. Ben has also finished modelling the mouse for the film and has asked for it to be rigged so Jonno will be checking it over first but i think i will be given that to work on next week.

Finally Sophie is Finished!

So after a few technical hiccups over the holidays ive finally finished rigging sophie for Asa!The model was quite nicely done so it was easy to weight and it turned out very well in the end, its not quite as complex as the rigs for my own film but it works well still. As always the chest was perhaps the most pain staking part of the weighting process as it took me a good few hours to sort it out properly. Anyway heres a few screen grabs.

Easter Break

Ok so now were in the easter break and ive returned home for a few weeks so am incontact with Ron and Jonno through phone and e-mail. Rob touched up the snake that jen had modelled for the opening sequence for me to rig and weight; i managed to get it done in just a day or two as it wasent too complex. Here are a few shots of it.











Having rigged the snake Jonno has now assigned me to modelling props for the lounge area, small objects but necassary to add character to the film.

Finally finished the Dissertation!

Finally, its over; it sucked so much life and time from the group in terms of working on the film this term; but alas its done now :) I feel that production on the film ground to a halt and no progress was made in the film for the term really, however were now ready to animate and finishing off modelling im sure will be done soon. Jonno has been most helpfull since we finished the Dissertation ans has taken on his role as Director very well with organisation very well.

New project- Kind of

Asa has asked me if it is possible for me to rig and weight her main character being a small girl. I have agreed to do so but stated it wud be almost 2 weeks before i can commence work on it as my main project comes first along with my Dissertation. I feel it will give me more experience and more work for my showreel. She was also very desperate as half her team had disappeared. Ive also been approached by a few other people to rig for them, seems nobody knows hot to do it really. Id like to accept all of them but i really just dont have the time.