Update on the SEGA brief

Well, after yesterday i have all the footage i need to get on with the magpies animation which is due in by the 4th of March (in a week!) so this project is on the back burner for a while untill joy and sorrow are out of the way. A lot has happened progress wise with this brief in the meantime though, so heres a big update. These are the final models (or very close to final) of Sonic, Shadow and Knuckles. Tails is a work in progress at the minute.

Sonic:

Shadow:

Probably the favourite of my models, shadow worked out the best of the three, im really happy with his face, spines, colouring and shoes (those daft shoes took me the longest)

Knuckles:

Still not happy with kuckles's face, i think it needs a bit of tweaking before animating.

update on joy and sorrow

here's an update ive been waiting for. finally i have all the footage i need to animate with, and im really happy with all the scenes.

Heres a quick render of a few frames of the beginning of the animation. im busy animating sorrow into it right now, and im really happy with the result. the shadows on the birds are pretty weak, but im sure i can try out other lighting methods after ive animated them.

Security cameras

Here is my camera so far, the moving eye pupil gives it some character and it was a lot easier to create than i thought, anyhow, ill be rigging it with joints with a simple hand/elbow'shoulder connection to the drainpipe behind it.

Advised by my tutor I will be editing this camera to act more like a character with added lids for blinking.

Time plan for week starting Feb 7th

WEEK PLAN FEB 7th

here is my time plan for the week starting Feb 7th:

Reflection on last week's progress:

I feel that the last week went quite slowly, however I have got the hand of Ableton so the tune should be done soon. The filming was not done as scheduled because of the rain unfortunately, but hopefully I will have done it today (Friday)

SEGA Live Brief progress

Heeeeeeeeres Sonic!

been modeling him the past few days as I'm waiting for Ableton to export, and waiting for a clear day to film all my scenes!

anyway here is the model so far:

the colours are all off and the belly dot, and arms are missing their colours. but the model is pretty much complete now!

heres a screenshot showing off the hands, because they are the parts I'm most proud of!:

Time plan for week starting Jan 31st

Week starting:
JANUARY 31st

This is the format of my time plan. all hand drawn because its easier for me to tick off things, and highlight parts for changes along the way.

Tests of Joy in scenes

Here is a test of a dark room with a camera flash effect on Joy. I really like the drop shadow effect on him here.

Here is a mirror test, however I was not able to achieve the correct reflective properties on the mirror, but again the drop shadow has worked for me.

Here is a scene of the outdoors, amongst some other birds just for fun. again, the shadows here work, although they aren't very strong because of the sky lighting.

Blog update with a production progress plan

This is a chart I can tick off during production to see how the project is coming along, making sure I'm on track with my more detailed time plan (see next post)

With this table, i can easily tick off the parts which are done and keep an eye on the overall progress of my animation considering the time i have left.