Wednesday 30 January 2013

Maya Tutorial - Chain

1. Swinging Chain.
The video, above, was created on Monday 28th January 2013, during an Autodesk Maya tutorial session.

Maya Tutorial - Pendulum

1. Swinging Pendulum.
The video, above, was created on Monday 28th January 2013, during an Autodesk Maya tutorial session.

Maya Tutorial - Toadstool

1. Jumping Toadstool.
The video, above, was created on Monday 28th January 2013, during an Autodesk Maya tutorial session.

Maya Tutorial - Bouncing Ball

1. Camera Angle #1.

2. Camera Angle #2.
The pair of videos, above, where created on Monday 28th January 2013, during an Autodesk Maya tutorial session.

Wednesday 16 January 2013

Like-for-Like Storyboards

The sets of images below are rough like-for-like storyboards of two 30 second scenes from two films. The first film sequence features in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, while the second features in Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie.

1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon DVD Cover.

2. Scene Break Down.

3. Like-for-like Storyboard.

4. Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie DVD Cover.

5. Scene Break Down.

6. Like-for-like Storyboard (Part One).

7. Like-for-like Storyboard (Part Two).

From Script to Screen - Initial Ideas

The images below are several pages from my notes journal detailing my initial thoughts and ideas surrounding the three words I received during the briefing presentation for the "From Script to Screen" project.

1. Mind-Map.

2. Story-line Ideas.

3. Story-line Idea (Incomplete).

4. Quick Thoughts and Random Doodles.

5. Story-line Idea (Part One).

6. Story-line Idea (Part Two).

7. Story-line Idea (Part Three).

8. Story-line Idea (Part Four).

The Cutting Edge Film Review - La Jetee


Sunday 13 January 2013

Maya Tutorial - Old Alley - UV Mapping & Object Placement

The screenshots below demonstrate the UV mapping process, following an online tutorial.

1. Projection Map

2. UV Projection

3. UV Map Layout

4. Final UV Map Layout

5. Crate Projection Map

6. Final Crate Projection Maps

The screenshots below demonstrate the process of importing different objects into the scene, following the instructions on the UV mapping tutorial.

1. Lamp Placement

2. Crate Import

3. Crate Placement

4. Crate Modification

5. Final Object Placement

Animation Techniques - Gesture Poses 2

The images below are a series of gesture poses depicting different emotional stances and actions, created on Wednesday 9th January 2013.

1. Emotional Stances

2. Emotional Stance & Action Poses

3. Action Poses
The images above portrays several key stages of a person jumping.

4. Action Poses
The image above depicts the key frames of a person lifting a box from the ground.

Life Drawing - Session 11

The selection of images, below, were created during several life drawing exercises, on Tuesday 8th January 2013.

1. Gesture Poses

2. Close-Up

3. Upset Pose

4. Gesture Pose

Tuesday 1 January 2013

Maya Tutorial - Old Alley - Modelling

The series of screenshots below demonstrates the final models produced from following an Autodesk Maya tutorial.

1. Old Alley
 
2. Lamp Post
 
3. Crate