Category Archives: Animation

Steam Punk Chess Robot Student Work…

Posted on December 17, 2012 by recursiveworlds

These guys did really well with this project, so I thought it was worth sharing. This is their first ever animation project with a character in it and only their second ever project using 3d software, Oliver deserves special mention as he … Continue reading →

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Lip Sync… the tutorials…

Posted on November 19, 2012 by recursiveworlds

These are a blend of what to do and how to do some basic lip syncing using morph targets in 3ds Max…

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Lip sync stage 2…

Posted on November 19, 2012 by recursiveworlds

You’ve seen the sketches and you’ve seen the model… now here is the animation…   [vimeo vimeo.com/53854131]

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My Last word on The Steam Punk Chess Robot…

Posted on November 14, 2012 by recursiveworlds

The Final re-render of the animation that I did in making the tutorials for this project, I raised the central Omni light a little to fix those pesky shadows and extended its far attenuation field so that its dimming light just … Continue reading →

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Steamed Again with the light in the wrong place…

Posted on November 5, 2012 by recursiveworlds

This is the render from the animation done in the process of making the steam punk chess robot week 6 tutorials.. However I need to render this one again with the light slightly higher as aggressive arm shadows look really … Continue reading →

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Putting the steam punk chess robot through its paces…

Posted on November 5, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Week 6 of the Steam Punk Chess Robot Project: The robot finally plays chess with himself, stripping the scene back for the animation process, mixing walks, steps, pushes and picking up and putting down, with looking and thinking and some … Continue reading →

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Steam Particles Rendered

Posted on October 29, 2012 by recursiveworlds

This is the render form the week 5 Steam Punk Chess Robot tutorials showing steam and volume light enhancement of the animated scene…  

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Steam Punk Chess Robot: Steam from Particles…

Posted on October 29, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Tutorials for week 5 of the Steam Punk Chess Robot Project: A basic jump is enhanced by the use of particle systems to mimic steam, a little volume light, a little texturing and a basic lighting set up…  

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Steam Punk Robot Throw & Catch…

Posted on October 22, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Here is the rendered sequence from this weeks Steam punk Chess Robot tutorial, a little motion blur, a single light just using a shadow map rendered in the default scan line renderer.

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Steam Punk Robot Picks up and throws a ball…

Posted on October 22, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Week 4 of the Steam Punk Chess Robot Project: Building on the previous weeks tutorials looking at using The link to constraint [parent constraint] To allow our character to pick things up throw and drop them and then catch them … Continue reading →

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