Week 09 - Initial Block Out - 'F' Stage

 Week 09 - Initial Block Out - 'F' Stage

For our initial block out I worked on making the proxy rig for Dracula

The limbs only have IK chains at the moment but I will be incorporating both FK and IK in all of the limbs. 

I adjusted the arms a bit to move them further away from the body to make the weight painting easier.

 

I believe that my outliner is really messy, and the hagiarchy is not 100 percent correct so I plan on fixing that asap

A problem I had not anticipated was weight painting his jacket. Since you see a lot of the jacket from the back the geometry is double sided which caused a lot of issues when weight painting. This is something I also want to fix sooner than later in my second pass. 

Python Intro

 

Animation State Machines

 Animation State Machines

Week 07 - Let’s Make It Stick

 Week 07 - Let’s Make It Stick

 

Week 06 - Use of Composition

 Week 06 - Use of Composition

Original block out done by Kenny 

Module 2 Week 06 (Simple Crate and Barrel)

 

Game Animation

 

Week 05 - Use of Perspective

 Week 05 - Use of Perspective

Basic animation 2

 

Module 2 Week 05 (Simple Crate and Barrel)

 Module 2 Week 05 (Simple Crate and Barrel)

Intro to Blueprints

 

 Basic Rigging

I've had some experience rigging so I just used previous knowledge to complete this assignment. I added Fk controls to every major part of the body with the exception of the fingers since I didn't think they were necessary.  Due to having a background in animation, I know how important usability is in a character rig, so I really like to make my rigs as clean and organized as I can. I probably go a little too overboard with personalization but I enjoy doing it so oh well. 

Week 04 - Use of Basic Lighting