Ident research 2

This is the intro to Russel howards Good news, a show i really love, with an interesting short intro which i assume is created with stop motion. This would work really well with the logo I have been given because its similar to origami, and i would like to have an element of that in my ident.

Ident research 1

i have chosen to look at this particular ident from sierra because i really like the idea of using something soft or liquid stuff, and cutting into it to create something stiff. the channel 4 logo i have been given to use in my group is a very stiff looking and would work well with this.

Updates and channel 4

The rabbit animation is finished!

During the CAAD session i completed a quick channel 4 ident, using video footage on a 3D object, but keeping the projection as front, making a masking effect. (here's 2 versions using different backgrounds an effects)

update on the Live brief

hey, long time no type.

after a couple of weeks into the live brief everything is really coming together these last days, and its nice to see, I've just finished the animating part of it, so now all thats needed are the little tweaks and additions, rendering, and then the after effects for the text and sparkles etc.

its been a great project :) but I'm starting to miss my magpies...

Sorry for the lack of updates

I've been working with a group of 3 on a live brief for the company Kurodragon. the work is going well but with only 20 days to complete, its a bit of a push to do that, and update my current work. therefore, Im putting my magpies on hold for around 20 days, the model is finished, just waiting to be rigged.

for this live brief i am modeling a rabbit and an elephant after making some model sheets. work is going well, and we are receiving positive and constructive feedback from kurodragon's Stuart.

update soon!

Joy Model update!

Hey, here is the updated version of my joy model, 4 days through now, and im pretty much there, the pictures with the black background have the symmetry enabled so please try and forget about the terrible seam line running along the character, (especially on the top of his head)

I can weld it together tomorrow (as long as im feeling ok after my hostpital apointment) and then once its welded, a few more touches and its done, this will give me a while week for the rigging so i can take my time in making sure all the steps are done correctly (because theres nothing like getting through the entire rig, just to realise youve forgotten something and need to rig it all over again...)

My first year Animation showreel (segmented)

Here I will upload all of my showreel animations (ive had to separate them all out because blogger cannot cannot handle the file size unfortunately)

Here they are in order from newest to oldest:

Mosquito E4 Stinger Animation

This animation is composited with live action footage, 3D character and parts of the environment to cast shadows, 2D flash overlay of the purple paint, pupils, legs and antennae of the character. a good use of compositing, and first use of morph tags.

The unfortunate life of Crabby the Crab My first try at using Cinema 4D, this animation was make to style with 2.5D animation. the character was animated in hierarchy.

2 Tester Pieces for Gila Tyson animation:

These two video's are test pieces for my final Gila Tyson animation which is here:

Final Gila Tyson Animation:

This is the latest animation, and my first attempt at a rigged 3D character in Cinema 4D. I am really pleased with the effect, and would only change a few things, such as the pupil texture wasn't stuck onto the actual model so it flailed about all over the place.