Extended Practice: Project Management Pt.11

This past week has been rough. My sleeping schedule has been all over the place, so im working at home a lot of the time. But since my laptop is the only thing that can use faceware tech plugins, thats alright for the time being. But things cant continue like this, or else i'm going to have to ask for an extension. I managed to finish the analyzer process. Next i need to figure out how to retarget my animation onto my rig. However, im afraid that it might not retarget properly, so im apprehensive about dong it.

Extended Practice: Project Management Pt.10

I had originally planned to go back to Leeds by now, however, There have been family matters i need to attend to, so I'm staying an extra week. Last Saturday I finished recording for the facial motion capture. It doesn't line up with the dialogue completely. Something tells me I should have recorded video while in the studio, in order for them to match up, but this will have to suffice. Next monday I'll be flying back to Leeds, and im going to have to go directly back to work. I cant afford to wait a few days for my jetlag to get better, since im already behind as is.

Extended Practice: Project Management Pt.9

I finished in the recording studio, and I also got a quote for the motion capture of the body. Its going to be somewhere around 3000 dollars, but in order to get this project done on time, i need this. Since im not in school, and i cant use the in house body capture tech, this is my only option. The sound recording went really well, and i'm looking forward to updating my animatic with the actual dialogue for my animation. I messed around with marvellous designer, a program used to make clothing for 3D models. However, it seems really complicated and i think im just going to hardmodel the clothing onto my character. Maybe if i learn how to use clothing patterns, i can come back to this at a later date.

Extended Practice: Project Management Pt.8

This week i managed to start modelling the body. Most of the week was me recovering form the jetlag however, so I couldnt get as much work done as I should have. I've been looking around online for local recording studios, as well as a body mocap studio. Next week hopefully i'll be able to set up an appointment with a recording studio.