Cliffs New Version

Top Cliff

Jump Cliffs

cliffs modified

Layout - tight edit

Layout from John Pettingill on Vimeo.

cliffs

Top Cliff

Jump Cliff

Runway Cliff

Slalom down the mountain

which sled?

environment and Point of View

Through the Tunnel

Going off jumps

rigging for layout

Basic joint chain is setup, next step is to build controls and bind skin. Hopefully it will be done by today.

Models for Layout II

house

lamppost

fence

Art Direction

One Man Band

Tangled

Up

Models for Layout

character model progress 2

This version is pretty close to finish. I changed the scarf and modified the shape of the face, jacket, and pants. The goal is to make him look more confident.

Schedule

props and set dressing references

lamp post

house

fence

character concept&model

character concept

model so far

references

Overall Objective for this Semester:

Create a short animation that contains a polished story, layout, models, rigs, and animation.

Shading, lighting, effects, and compositing will happen dependent on the progress of these other parts of the pipeline. We plan on taking Spring semester and possibly the following Summer to continue to fine-tune everything, in the hopes of having a finished piece that will be submitted to animation and film festivals around the country.

Assignments:

Junze - Model and rig "Gus", the daring yet corki little boy. Solve technical issues involving Gus(ex. His scarf, head flaps, and belly jiggle all properly reacting to wind and gravity).
- Animate Gus

Amanda - Model props and set dressing. Perform 2D animation tests to decide which props will sell to the audience without having to model. Animate final scene and begin shading and lighting lamp post, flag, etc...
- Animate Gus

Stephanie(Outside of Class) - begin shading and lighting snow, rock, and Gus.

John - Perform layout with simple rig and temporary models. Break down the story into groups to decide which models are needed for which scenes.
- Animate Gus

confident boy

BYU Independent Study Ad #3 - Rocket Boy from Mystery Box on Vimeo.

snowboarding footage

Donald goes sleddin

"Sleddin" storyboard

Sleddin from John Pettingill on Vimeo.

The final storyboard. Any camera and editing changes will come at the layout stage. But I believe this final version of the storyboard tells the story, theme, etc... that we are going for.

Quick character sketch, by Junze

Junze's first go at the character sketch.