Animated Character Breakdown

This is a simple breakdown of the character from rig to final render and an excuse to animate a (hopefully decent) sexy walk cycle.

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Pantomime Assignment

This was an animation exercise where I needed to show change in emotion without the use of dialog.

Some Dialog

My 1st exercise in acting to dialog. Animated in Maya.

Elephant Walk

Here's a 4-legged walk cycle assignment I animated. Going from cartoony and exaggerated animation to realistic animation was a bit tricky.

Final Composites

Here are a few action stills with final compositing. I added softness to the lighting which allowed me to render the environment with less detail and better render times, but still maintain the same visual mood.

Final Character Renders and Poses

These are the final rigged models based off the colored roughs. The hairstyles are quite different and the pant legs on one of the characters were lowered slightly for better appeal. Overall, the skin deformations seemed to work quite well.

Final Environment Render

This is the final look I wanted to achieve in the environment. I kept it simple, but used lighting to create interesting shapes and colors on the floor and walls.