Category Archives: Character Design

Not a meeting drawing…

Scribed in haste, couldn’t find a decent pencil…

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The rest of yesterdays meeting drawings…

here they are… these and the last 3 were drawn in Autodesk’s sketchbook pro on my nexus 7

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Harv gets rigged…

Nope not some evil euphemism just joints and controllers thanks to Anzovins set up machine… my favourite flavour of auto rigger…

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Maya Blend Shapes…

Just the next in the series of tutorials on working with characters in Maya. In this one we look at blend shapes and facial animation, eyelids and mouth shapes. [vimeo vimeo.com/77486830] [vimeo vimeo.com/77487187]  

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Mudbox… Harv Partial paint…

I kept playing in Mudbox after I finished unwrapping and I got to here in about half an hour…

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Meeting Bunnies… Drawings that is…

Fresh out of the sketchbook…

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Making Harv: 2 More Maya Tutorials…

Two more Maya modelling tutorials these ones dealing with the head and neck [eyes & ears as well]… [vimeo vimeo.com/76505181] [vimeo vimeo.com/76505641]

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Lets start making Harv… 3 new Maya Tutorials…

Yup… starting the new academic year with some Maya tutorials, preparing the work space, evolving a tool-set and starting to model a character… [vimeo vimeo.com/75856607] [vimeo vimeo.com/75856751] [vimeo vimeo.com/75858056]

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Harv Rigged and Blinking…

Kind of first look, blend shaped, rigged and weighted and blinking in that three point lighting system…

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Harv With Blends done…

Just what it sez on the tin a picture of the Harv character with his face pulled around a bit with blend shapes… Rigging next…

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