Category Archives: Animation

Steam Punk Chess Robot week 3 tutorials…

Posted on October 15, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Finishing off the core of the model, linking up the rig, using out of range [pre and post infinity curves/keys] to make  the Bot chug along… and  a little key frame animation…

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Steam Punk Chess Robot Standing up and Walking a bit…

Posted on October 13, 2012 by recursiveworlds

This is the scene from the last Steam Punk Chess Robot tutorial that has been “view port grabbed” and then rendered too…        

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Week 2 of the Steam Punk Chess Robot Tutorials…

Posted on October 8, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Week 2 of the Steam Punk Chess Robot Project: Building on the previous weeks tutorials Looking at controlling fingers and limbs with custom attribute driven reactions through the reaction manager

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Some Animation Tutorials…

Posted on October 3, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Week one of the the six week Steam Punk Chess Robot animation project. Here are the supporting tutorials, I know I ramble and mutter, but they seem to work and I have improved the sound quality on the next set … Continue reading →

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Choice…

Posted on October 2, 2012 by recursiveworlds

The Father of all Cats and the Father of all Dogs choosing beverages…   [vimeo vimeo.com/50609712]

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Steam Punk Chess Robot Full Render…

Posted on September 26, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Took a while to render… more to do with forced updates turning off my machine than the actual time per frame. But here it is with depth of field, a little ray tracing, some volume light and motion blur oh … Continue reading →

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Steam Punk Chess Robot viewport grab…

Posted on September 24, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Whilst waiting for the full version of this to render… [DOF always slows things down] here is a quick view port grab of that is a bit like what it it will look like… [vimeo vimeo.com/49900023]

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Steam Punk Chess Robot

Posted on September 18, 2012 by recursiveworlds

First motion test of the steam punk chess robot for a second year animation project where I work… Needs a lot of work on the smoke…

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CatFather with Tea Update…

Posted on September 11, 2012 by recursiveworlds

The Darned thing is still rendering…

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Cat Father With Tea

Posted on July 31, 2012 by recursiveworlds

Animation/Look/Render/Rig test… and what did I find? Either his hands are too big or the mug is too small and maybe the fluid simulation container should Dynamically resize… or just be bigger? [vimeo vimeo.com/46676582]  

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