Yr 3 Minor Project - Barnabas Sketches

Some quick photoshop sketches, looking for ways to carry facial features between father and son.

"What I did last Summer" - Work Experience

At the end of year 2 I was fortunate to gain a work experience placement with a visual projection company.  My brief was to create moving images that would be projected onto the walls of a stately home for a wedding. I was asked to "treat the house as a giant blackboard" and cover it in chalk doodles.

My initial designs were:

I then took each design into After Effects and created short loops of animation, doing several configurations for each design.

     

The company used all three designs as part of their finished animation.  

 

YEAR 2, TERM 2 - LINKS TO MAYA TUTORIALS

 Links to Maya Tutorials

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/maya-term-2-explosion.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/maya-tutorial-omni-emitter-fuse.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/maya-tutorial-smokedrain.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/maya-tutorial-fireworks-2.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/maya-tutorials-shockwave.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/maya-tutorials-water-foam.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/maya-tutorial-volume-emitter-space.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/maya-tutorials-curve-flow.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/maya-tutorials-fireworks-2.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/maya-tutorials-airship-particle.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorial-bowling-alley_7.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorial-oil-barrel.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorias-coke-can.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorial-instancing-part-1.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorial-instancing-part-2-scale.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorial-instancing-part-3.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorial-instancing-part-4-object.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorials-instancing-part-5-object.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorial-particle-collision-rain.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorial-particle-collision-metal.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorial-instancing-part-6-aim.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/maya-tutorial-instancing-part-7-aim.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/maya-tutorial-instancing-part-10.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/maya-tutorial-instancing-part-11.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/maya-tutorial-mental-ray-transitioning.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/maya-tutorial-instancing-part-12.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/maya-tutorial-goals-part-1-mud-drop.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/maya-tutorial-goals-part-2-controlled.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/maya-tutorial-mental-ray-optimisation_6175.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/maya-tutorial-mental-ray-motion-blur.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/maya-tutorial-mental-ray-depth-of-field.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/maya-tutorial-instancing-part-9.html

http://small-brown-dog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/maya-tutorials-games-character.html

MAYA TUTORIALS: Games Character Modelling & UVs

MAYA TUTORIAL: Instancing Part 9: Instances & Paint Effects (Trees)

ADAPTATION: "Plop" turnaround and mini-animation

ADAPTATION - DVD ARTWORK

ADAPTATION: THE ART OF THE OWL WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE DARK

The Art of the Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by smallbrowndog

ADAPTATION: "Plop" Textured turnaround

Ta-Da! "Plop" turnaround

ADAPTATION: "Plop" complete, jointed, skinned, blendshapes etc

The character is complete, and just needs lighting and rendering.

Blendshapes

Blendshapes: Normal, surprised, sad, tired

Jointed

Skinned

Animated flight

Animated Flight

 

ADAPTATION: Plop flying playblast

A bit jerky, and I haven't done the ball dynamics, but here is a playblast of Plop trying to fly:

MAYA TUTORIAL: Mental Ray: Depth of Field Methods - Part 1

MAYA TUTORIAL: Mental Ray: Motion Blur Methods

PART 1

PART 2



PART 3



PART 4

MAYA TUTORIAL: Mental Ray: Optimisation

rendertime 0.46   40bsp
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : main bsp tree statistics:
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : max depth         : 40
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : max leaf size     : 66
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : average depth     : 35
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : average leaf size : 7
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : leafnodes         : 648727
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : bsp size (Kb)     : 37795

rendertime 0.46   45bsp
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : main bsp tree statistics:
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : max depth         : 45
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : max leaf size     : 66
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : average depth     : 35
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : average leaf size : 7
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : leafnodes         : 633009
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : bsp size (Kb)     : 36980

rendertime 0.48  50bsp
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : main bsp tree statistics:
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : max depth         : 50
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : max leaf size     : 66
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : average depth     : 35
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : average leaf size : 7
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : leafnodes         : 646827
RCI  0.3    374 MB info : bsp size (Kb)     : 37689

rendertime 0.50   6bsp
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : main bsp tree statistics:
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : max depth         : 60
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : max leaf size     : 66
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : average depth     : 35
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : average leaf size : 7
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : leafnodes         : 649259
RCI  0.3    375 MB info : bsp size (Kb)     : 37839

MAYA TUTORIAL: Goals Part 2: Controlled Mud Drop

MAYA TUTORIAL: Goals Part 1: Mud Drop

MAYA TUTORIAL: Instancing Part 12: Animation Cycles (Spiders)

ADAPTATION: ROOM ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE MAP

MAYA TUTORIAL: Mental Ray: Transitioning for Maya Software to Mental Ray