Extended Practice: Project Management Pt.7

Today I managed to make most of the blendshapes on my rig. Ill be taking the next week off to go to Lille, since im attending a workshop at Ankama studios for Projection Mapping. I would like to get more work done, but I asked to go on this trip a while ago and theres only 3 other people going, so I feel like i should. After I get back I'll be going straight back to chicago, where I'll be getting my recording done for both the audio, and both the face and body mocap. I have a former classmate, Jalen Rios whos a practicing actor and writer. My other writer fell through, so h'es going to write and act the script. I have trust in his abilities, since ive seen him both write and act.

I also got back the environment from Thomas, along with normal and differential maps.  They look really good and im looking foreward to using them in my project.

Extended Practice: Project Management Pt.6

Ive started rigging the face. Its been a while since ive last done this so its a little hard to grasp, but i think i'm managing.

I've also made the geometry for the eyes, the tongue, the teeth, and the brows. I had to redo them because Mat told me that i did them wrong. Again. Trial and error is the basis of maya though, so its not as if i didnt expect this. I copied all the controllers off the test rig for the faceware tech application. So hopefully it wont have a hard time learning how the rig works. 

I also finished a full hair test. hopefully this will look somewhat like what the final animation is going to be.

Extended Practice: Project Management Pt.5

I had to restart my head model. Apparently i made it with the wrong geometry so i had to restart from scratch. At least i can streamline the things i did right, so it wont  take as long as it did the first time.

I've started experimenting with different hair methods. I want him to have braids on his beard and the back of his head. I tried xgen, but modelling braids with that hair system is extremely difficult. so i decided on either nhair or hardmodeled hair over his head. as of right now im leaning more toward nhair. 

Dan got back to me with the asset design. I like the fireplace, but i might look online for a tree, since he didnt manage to get the species i wanted for the environment i plan on this being in. Still, the fire will be very useful.