CAB Thesis Production Blog

FINISHED FILM!

2010-05-20T13:14:00.001-07:00

Typhon's Wake from Andy Alberto on Vimeo.

Updated Animatic

2010-02-18T21:10:00.000-08:00

This is our updated animatic with some finished scenes and in progress scenes! The work continues

The Final Look!

2010-01-25T22:11:00.000-08:00

Here we go!! this is a look at how things are going to look in the finished film. I (Andy) did the 3d animation , atmospheric effects, sand effects, and compositing, and brandon drew all of the 2d layers. The only thing missing from this shot is sound, and casey's character in the foreground, and that is already animated, just needs to be rendered and composited.

WormDiveCycle

2010-01-25T15:39:00.000-08:00

alrighty, so here is a playblast of the worm breach cycle. I needed the whole body to be underground at one point so I can break it up and control when and where he breaches. this will be composited into a few 2d layers and a animated cycle of Crow in the foreground. Just need to mess with some sand effects and we should have a fully rendered shot, now just need to bust them out.

just need to note that half the cycle will not be seen because it will be unground. will either use a 3d maya layer or use a mask, will have to test and see

Worm Render Test

2010-01-11T17:26:00.000-08:00

So here is a little test animation with the worm, with lighting similar to our backgrounds, and with a full texture map. I am debating on putting IK handles on all his little legs, because he will only need them for one shot.

I hope the animation gets across his weight and his mass, need to put up some shots of him in the environment, and we will have a full composite shot up soon.

New Aesthetic Test

2009-12-18T12:06:00.000-08:00

I think we're getting closer and closer to the final look of the film. This is my most recent quick composite of character into the background!

Aesthetic tests

2009-11-11T20:56:00.000-08:00

These are some aesthetic I have been messing around with. I'm liking how the chalk pastel is working with the backgrounds. We're starting to add the texture to some of the 3d elements to see how it will look. Stay tuned

Colors

2009-10-30T10:36:00.000-07:00

Well, these are the final colors i had in mind for crow, he's right on model as well, so the next step is to do a full turnaround, which i hope to get done this weekend:)

The duo!

2009-10-27T21:30:00.000-07:00

just a composite of me and brandons drawings, just to see if they mesh, and get a feel for they're comparative sizes, colors, etc.

-casey

Crow, finalized. i think....

2009-10-27T19:38:00.001-07:00

I think i've finally settled on crows proportions, so this is the sketch i'll do a proper model-sheet off of. I had been playing with all kinds of exaggerated proportions, but i like this this one the best:) not too anime, not too disney, but somewhere in between. thats a really big goal for us on this project, to define our own style. i'll try to put a colored version up soon, either that or the final model sheet.

-casey

Worm Pose Flyby

2009-10-08T17:53:00.000-07:00

heres a flyby of the rig in a pose. still a little janky, but definitely getting closer!

Worm Drawings

2009-10-05T11:47:00.001-07:00

Here are some drawings of the worm, trying to keep somewhat innovative and original with the character designs... theres a lot of worms out there...

If you look at the turnaround lower on the page, you'll see that I'm keeping with the six little legs thing going on. will try to get some sweet worm poses up soon, test the rig a little bit.

Jalberto

2009-10-04T10:23:00.000-07:00

So we presented our film in class on Friday and overall everything went really well. Our story is solid and most of the designs are ready. There are just a few more tweaks and then we're ready to start animating. This is just about everything we presented minus a couple worm things that we will throw up on here later. Feel free to comment on anything!

This is Crow. He is our main character. These are a few of the designs that he's gone through to get to his final design which is the middle frame with the more gentle colors.

This is Darwin. He is Crow's sidekick and friend. We are trying to make them a compliment to each other. We are really going to try and pull off all the subtle animation with these characters as possible to really pull emotion and personality out of them.

The city inhabitants. These are just a few. We're still trying to come up with as many as possible. If anyone wants to contribute a character design for a background character, feel free! We're trying to make them as interesting as possible.

some background and color studies. The color scheme is going to be a turquoise and reddish orange. We're still messing with the specifics though. This is what we're most sketchy about still and probably needs the most work before we start production.

Untitled from Brandon Waltman on Vimeo.

Our animatic. We're going to make a few changes but overall the pacing and key scenes are all there.

Untitled from Brandon Waltman on Vimeo.

The turn around for our worm model.

Color Studies

2009-09-21T20:30:00.001-07:00

a few color studies done for backgrounds. We're aiming for a turquoise and reddish orange color scheme.

Worm Test, Rough

2009-09-21T19:26:00.000-07:00

playblast test shot of the worm with environmental ques. rig still has kinks to work out, will be using two spline iks for the front and tail of the worm. cycle still has a lot of stuff wrong with it, just trying to get material ready for animatic.

Big Ass Wildlife

2009-09-21T19:18:00.000-07:00

This Alligator was 28 feet long. It didnt kill anybody, but it was "too big" and had to be shot. this is how our society deals with possible threats when it comes to wildlife. if it has the capability of harming us, we kill it if it is in or near our space. how we treat the giant worm in our film will help to comment on this habit in our society.