Makeing a Scece!

Hello there and Merry Xmas/Happy new year.

This is the start of me working on the enviroment my chartictor will be in!

This is the windo i made right at the start of December. just didnt get a chance to up load it yet.
I have also done the mirror but need to find out how you textur a reflectiv surface on maya :s ....hmm

*still to modle*
Ball
Bed (done!)
Bedside table (Tick)
Lamp and stuff :P(fineto)

 

Hahaha! also now fully textured and bump maped, im Quight happy with it :D
All i gota do now is find out how to "refrence" stuff...(i think)

 

Then its ANIMATION! 

Texchuring.

Here is a close up of the head so you can see the eyes better :)

 Yay! not posted in a bit or taken any screen prints since last time but i have been very bizzy.
whill i have been gone i have:

1. Modeld the hair
2. rigging the body (in class)
3. Made fancy eye balls

And here i have un wraped and Texturd it all :) im vwet happy with it.

and the Uvs:

Short animation Clips

I animated this on a program called animanity. sorry about the poor quality but i had to record it off my nintendo DS screen becose it has a Very funny file format and i couldnt find a singel program that could open it, littel own convert it to AVI.

I did this in about 2 hour when i was in hospital. Right at the start of the simester as a test.
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Here you go much better copy i found out ow to convert to an AVI :)

Clay mobel

I forgot to add this up :)

I did this just befor i started to 3d model the charictor so i knew he would look good in 3D
here it is in orger of creation (i promis ill get a better last pitcher latter)

oringinal clay shape (befor dry)

After drying and sanding

Painted (need better pic)

3D Modeling

these are my view ports, along with a sketch for bone structune and typoligy as a giude line

The typoligy in the face it very wrong, i found it hard to add the details needed on A4.


Day 01            Begining the model

I took advice to change the knee to help it move better.


Day 2               Leg done

aall looking goob but im a littel paranoid about the slipper and what skining the foot may be like.

Day 3                  O-my-gosh

 Almost done! just need the hands and the body is ok to go. my progress has been very good to day. i was a little unshore in the are the elbow was probably what took the longest.... also the opening for where the neck is need a little work.

 Here's it mirrored so you can get a good feel of the proportions :)

Ping! face done! and the sceliton added in lots done to day :D all i have left to do now is the hair. im a littel unshore about how im going to make him blink, i may modle on some eyelids latter also. 

Storyboards

theres are the very first thumnail i did of the storyboards. However i was afrade this would be a bit long so the boards with a red X in the courner are being taken out.

Here are my finished Story boards!

The end !

Enviroment Development

Play Area
(sean)

Mum abd dads bedroom!

As a toddler he never gets in there much (except for if he cant sleep at night) so its the first time hes incounterd this mirror.

I want the room ti be every bare and simple so you are not distracted, away from the main story/charictor.

Character Development

These are a few of my very first concept sketches.

As you can see i was very unsure about how to draw toddlers and there proportions so i began to work on that, from research. First at face expressions of toddles.

While sketching, i found out that children expression are very strong and expressive. perfice 

for animation.

also from looking at there body proportions, and common key fetchers. as shown below

I began dramatizing these key fetchers to make it more chartoony and lovable

This style was also inspired by cute cherubs and old rose cheeked children paintings. The same kind of think you might see in your grans house... kinda like this :

 

I began to sketch and research other famous and iconic Cartoon children. similar to my original drawings. 

 The main thing i keept noticing is there very small stumpy hands and large heads.

there big eyes and chubbiness make them look cute and lovable.

 This pitcher above is more looking at there body proportions, and common key fetchers. 

I showed this to a group of people to get there opinion on what they liked most. Most of them liked number 3 and 4 the best, they thought some there in between the two of them would be perfect. the height of 3 but the hair and face. 

I also got some input for more ideas, to try things like glasses or different hair.

I tryd this but i felt it made him feel older than a toddler also not as clumsy as id like him to be.

This is a colour chart to see which appeals most. I also drew expressions as a extra.

I wanted to go with natural look. so i used only natural colours. People said there fave was the second top. so ginger with blue eyes,

 

This is what i got when i added my feedback in and i was very happy with the results. 

 

Final design and character emotion sheet

 hope you like him as much as i do. hes so cute. 0w0