Plushy Knight: Playground Cinematic

My first portfolio piece is done, but there are still plenty of cinematics left to do. Here is the next cinematic that I'm working on. The Playground Cinematic

It's still WIP but it's close to being finished, minus a couple camera iterations or polish animation.

Memory Tree: Animation Complete

Here is an animation complete version of the Memory Tree Cinematic. Currently, animation is finished. Apex cloth was added to little Gemma and there are plans to add them older Gemma. Assets in the scene are placeholder for now, including lights and materials.

Enjoy!

Memory Tree: Body Language Complete

Just completed the Body Language for the cinematic. At this point, a majority of the work is finished, all that's left is the facial language and adjusting values with the APEX cloth. :D

Memory Tree First Animation Pass

Here is the first Memory Tree Animation Pass. Currently all characters are jumping from main poses and not a whole lot is fleshed in but it's the bare minimum in order to get a good feel for the cinematic.

Little Gemma Model

After talking with Tammy for a bit, I realized that Little Gemma couldn't be a squashed, disproportionate version of Older Gemma. So with her help (she came up with the design and tweaked the model to fit) Little Gemma was redone.

Shown below are just some quick renders. I intended to do them in viewport but the transparency issues turned her into something quite horrid. I also did some tests with apex cloth which is currently applied to her scarf and dress. Still needs a lot of tweaking but really, I better get to animating soon! D:

Tee Hee! *dimple*

Memory Tree First Camera Pass

So this is a bit overdue, but I finally got a camera pass of my storyboard. Maya Playblasts don't seem to support trax sounds so there is no audio yet. Also it seemed to render out of my camera shot so there might be some clipping issues that won't be there in the actual renders.

Plushy Knight: The Memory Tree Storyboard

Seeing how Plushy Knight is finally moving on to the story stage of development, I figured this would be the best time for me to get my hands wet with cinematics. As such, I chose the climax of the game as my piece: The Memory Tree.

Still fresh in the planning phase though,

Summer 2012 Portfolio Outline

UPDATED WITH SCHEDULE

1. Plushy Knight: Memory Tree Cinematic

• Storyboard Iteration as necessary 
• Camera Work with Characters Air-planing around
• Little Gemma  Model
• Still needs textures... when will I do that? o__O
• Body Language (5/29)
• Facial Animation (6/2)
• Polish (6/4)
• Render (6/10)

2. Newcomer! Brynn Ardele of the Auburn Fist

• Model Sheet / Orthographics (6/12)
• Base Model (6/17)
• UV and Prep for Zbrush (6/19)
• Zbrush Sculpt- Take my time here (6/26)
• Texture- Probably will do in conjunction with the sculpt (7/3)
• Shader- if time permits (7/6)
• Render (7/8)

3. Newcomer! Taerar the Rage Drake

• Concept and Sketches (7/11)
• Zbrush Block In (7/14)
• Muscles and Anatomy (7/21)
• Detail and Skin (7/28)
• Pose (7/29)
• Polish (7/30)
• Composite (7/31)