CG Artists Toolkit Final Submission (Year 1)

Intro to Autodesk Maya:

Modelling (NURBS and Polygon)

Character Part 1: Modelling

Common Shaders

UV Maps

Character Part 2: Texturing and Shaders

Lights and Shadows

Character Part 3: Lighting and Rendering

Animation Part 1: Using Rigs

Animation Part 2: Using Motion Paths

Animation Part 3: Using MEL

Modelling 1: Digital Sets:

Modelling

UV Layout and Texturing Preparation

Lighting

Colour Maps

Bump and Specular Maps

DIDN'T DOCUMENT SEPARATELY, SEE FINAL RENDER

Dirt Maps and Final Render

Animation 1: Intro to Character Animation:

Bouncing Ball: On the Spot

Bouncing Ball: Travel & Rotation

Pendulum

Hanging Chain

Walk Cycles Part 1: Mechanics

Anticipation & Follow-Through: Can Snatch

Squash and Stretch: Bounce

Rigging 1: Intro to Rigging & Contraints:

Complete Humanoid Rig

Leg Piston

Eyes

Object Exchange

Tail Rig

Visual FX: Visual Effects 1:

Non-Linear Deformers

Blend Shape In-Betweens

Mirrored Blend Shapes

Wire Deformer

Sculpt Deformer

Visual FX: Visual Effects 2:

Stereo Camera Rig

Render Layers: Software

Depth of Field

Mental Ray Matte Passes

Lighting and Rendering 1: Intro to Lighting:

Exterior Lighting: Midday

Exterior Lighting: Sunset

Exterior Lighting: Romantic

Exterior Lighting: Night

Interior Lighting: Sunset

Pre-Vis 1: Intro to Pre-Visualisation:

Creating a Camera Rig

Pan Shot

Roll Shot

Pitch Shot

Crane Shot

Dolly Shot

Distance Shots

Contra-Zoom Shot

Coverage Shot

Camera Shake

Texturing 1: Intro to Texturing:

Double-Sided Shader

X-Ray Shader

Faked Rim Lights

Transparancy

Maya Fur Presets

Fur Hat

Skinning 1: Intro to Skinning:

Creating Joints & Edit Weights

Painting Weights

Influence Objects

Interactive Bind

Maya Tutorial - Squash and Stretch Bounce (re-upload)

I've re-uploaded this tutorial as I could not find it in any previous posts.

Maya Tutorial - Interactive Bind

I wasn't sure how best to screenshot this as at the end it is exactly like the end of the other skinning tutorials. As such I've used a screenshot from midway through showing the interactive bind tool.

Maya Tutorial - Influence Objects

I found this a little easier to complete than the last skinning tutorial, I did get lost near the end when the bicep influence was made, but overall not as difficult as I thought.

Maya Tutorial - Painting Weights

I found this tutorial a bit difficult as things weren't always behaving how I thought they would. I was however able to get the majority of the weights painted well, I feel like I understand how it works now.

FV - Post Production SFX

The Life Cycle of a Slime Mold - Final Submission

Maya Tutorial - Whimsy Kitchen Interior Lighting

There are some parts where I struggled with this tutorial but overall I am quite pleased with my final render.

The Artists Toolkit - Animation Submission

Final Animation Showreel 2015

1. Praxinoscope

2. Bouncing Ball Animation

3. Group Charcoal Animation

4. Pixilation Animation

5. Zoetrope Animation (Rough Zoetrope Work)

6. Blob Animation

7. Flash Line Animation

8. Flash Tweening Exercises

9. Flash Taste Animation

10. Original Animation Showreel

11. Revised Animation Showreel (Also shown above in this post)

The Life Cycle of a Slime Mold - Animation

Final Life Drawing Submission

 

Maya Tutorial - Creating Joints and Edit Weights

Animation Title and DVD Template

 

 

 

 

I created the title in Illustrator as it is the same program I used to create my character concepts. As such I knew it could give the title the same quality as my character.

FV - Slime Mold Shot 15 Playblast

@Phil Alternate Leaf Eating Scene

I have slowed down the squash/stretch animation and added a twist deformation from left to right as he eats. Do you think this looks much more like he is eating or is something still missing?

FV - Amoeba Stage Pre-Vis

 

I have completely animated the Amoeba stage of my animation. It is easily the majority of my animation and now I just need to animate the aggregation stage to the fruiting body stage and then I can begin rendering.

Let me know if you have any suggestions for changes.

FV - Slime Mold Bounce Progress

This is my progress so far with the characters bounce. I'm finding it quite difficult to get it to work well. I went back and looked at the bouncing ball maya tutorial which helped me slightly but only to an extent.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to improve this, please let me know.

FV - Slime Mold Character Twist

These are the test renders I did for the newly added twist deformer I have added onto the character.

Maya Tutorial - Blend Shape Inbetweens

Maya Tutorial - Sculpt Deformer