Sarah Higgs 3D Artist

Walk Cycle

2008-06-13T08:15:00.004-07:00

Walk Cylce

2008-06-13T08:15:00.003-07:00

Walk Cylce

2008-06-13T08:15:00.001-07:00

Photo

2008-06-13T07:55:00.000-07:00

This is a the photo I did in Photoshop for the end scene where the camera zooms out from ginette photo frame at the end

Animation

2008-06-13T07:10:00.000-07:00

Due to having two talented Animator's in my group It was hard to get any scenes of the film to animate.

However I did manage to get one scene given to me. I admit I found animation hard as I hadn't practised in a while.
I had problems animating Ginette from her chair as her legs and arms where extremerly short. I couldn't get her to come down from the chair naturally so I asked Dan Dalli advise which really helped with the final film.

I am pleased with the way it turned out

final playblast

animation test

Lighting

2008-06-13T05:44:00.001-07:00

Scene 7

Scene 7

Scene 7

Scene 7

Scene 7

Scene 6

Scene 6

Scene 6

Scene 6

Scene 6

When we where rendering I found out that Aminata had just copied and pasted the same lighting in every scene of the film which made some of the scene look really bad.

So I had to relight some of the scenes that where particlarlly bad. With Aminata telling me what she wanted.
I was really pleased as lighting is something that I really didn't know about till now and I was really pleased with the outcome. I think I achieved that pastel effect that the whole group wanted.

Props dam laptop!!!!

2008-05-08T19:17:00.000-07:00

Due to my Laptop completely wiping out every file I had put on there I lost the props that I had been wroking on the last couple of days!!!

Everything else on this project is backed up on my external harddrive its just the last week I have forgotten to back up

so here are some of the props I have been doing. Some are different than before as I couldn't find the texture I used so I just changed it.

I am almost finshed as you can see I only have a few more props left I will be finished by tomorrow!!!! its annoying that I lost a couple of days but hey can't help the laptop going crazy and hey Im a poor student and can't afford a new one!!!!

prop texturing

2008-05-03T18:26:00.001-07:00

Here is the original texture affect I created in Adobe Photoshop

Here are some texture effects I did for our environment which didn't end up being used I wanted to experiment with photoshop to get that pastel look to our bulidings.

I painte most of it but I also but a few filter effects sush as clouds to give the added effect.

As you can see Im not quite finished here because I can't seem to remember how to get rid of the white on the bell I been having a blonde moment tonight and just can't seem to remember how you do it however I know I'll have a lightbulb moment soon!!!!

here are some of the props I have done. I have done two more a wardrode and an umbrella but for some reason I cannot assign the texture to them which is really confusing however I'll speak to Aminata tomorrow and ask her. But the textures are ready!!!

Boulargerie improvements

2008-05-01T10:02:00.000-07:00

Final rendered shots

Aminata's rig

2008-05-01T09:52:00.000-07:00

After I gave my rig to Aminata she made a few changes to make the rig a bit more simple which was disapointing for me as I really felt that my rig was working well however Aminata does have more experience than me so I decided to trust her judgement

although most of my rig was kept it was just the skirt bones she removed and someother small adjustments

She gave the rig back to me and asked me to redo the foot role as she deleted by accident she also asked me to do the set driven keys for the hands.
as I was redoing the footrole I don't know what she had done but I had a problem with the left foot going funny everything I moved it I didn't have this problem before!!!

as you can see I managed to overcome the problem!!! :0)

RIGGING AND WEIGHTING FUN FUN FUN NOT!!!!!!

2008-05-01T09:41:00.000-07:00

Here is the progress of my rigging

Here is the front view of my first attempt of rigging to be honest everything so far seems fine and for my first time rigging to be honest I acturally quite please with myself

side view

orginal foot role worked really well

Aminata gave me a fantastic tutorial that I had been following I feel I have learnt a lot from it and although I need to practise I feel this is a good start as far as rigging goes

However WEIGHTING!!!! I hate to be honest I have been having such a problem with it I find im really slow at understanding the whole process so I did my best then seeked Aminatas help and she re weighted everything as we really didn't have time for me to be slow so I had no problems handing it over I will go back at some point in my own time and practise more and if I'm lucky I'll get Aminata to sit down with me again to show me but it will be after the project in my own time and we can't afford to waste any more time

Personal Timetable

2008-03-06T16:22:00.000-08:00

Boulangerie

2008-03-06T15:45:00.001-08:00

These are pictures of the boulargerie that Marcel will be walking out of in the beginning I started modelling at the beginning of term but this week I have remodelled the whole thing because I have learnt so many new things this term about modelling. One of these things is keeping my mesh clean and making sure I rename everything. Using the outliner keeping that clean. Also I now remember to delete history and freeze transformations lol!!!!!

Blend Shapes

2008-03-03T20:28:00.000-08:00

Ginette Milimelo

2008-02-16T06:59:00.001-08:00

Final render's

chris final

2008-02-16T06:57:00.000-08:00

update

2008-02-16T05:58:00.000-08:00

Right I have been really busy cleaning up my models this last cuple of weeks. I have also been making changes for Aminata. The husbands mesh was far too messy so I had to remodel the torso legs and arms. Aminata wanted me to add a skin texture she had so I changed that but I also had to give the jumper an extra texture so I changed that. The eyes needed a little more shape so I spent time reworking that. I also had to seperate the hat to the body.

Ginette's mesh was a little messy but I managed to clean it up without remodeling anything. Aminata asked me to reshape the legs to adjust the hair so it wan't semetrical on both sides and to smooth it out a bit. I also had to separate the scarf from the body.

Husband Progress

2008-02-10T15:36:00.000-08:00

more Ginette progess

2008-01-18T05:25:00.001-08:00

heres a better picture

Ginette progress

2008-01-18T05:18:00.000-08:00

as you can see it is coming along however from Aminata's feedback I still need to work on the hands a bit (I need to make them chubber) and I also need to work on the legs and slippers after I can texture whahoo!!!

p.s The scarf is seperate now

Week 2 overview

2008-01-18T05:05:00.000-08:00

This week I came in on Tues day to get some useful advice from Jared for my Dissertation. This helped alot. On Wednesday I came in to see Mike and my group. Well we did not get to see Mike however we used the time by discussing the cameras shots for our film. I suggested to Aminata that the silent movie scenes require more research. Silent Movie's don't have alot of camera movements and the character in them appear to be moving a bit ridged this is because it is jumping frames. I asked Aminata weather the animation in our films are going to be the same? I said we also need to research what kind of camera shots are used in a silent movie before we decided on ours. Aminata is going to bring in on Tuesday a charlie Chaplin movie and I am going to try to get a few others to help us with this.

I also showed Aminata and the rest of my group my modelling she seemed very happy with them. However she gave me some feedback on how to improve. This was very useful feedback.

This weekend I am going to focus on my dissertation overwise I'll start to fall behind.

week one overview

2008-01-18T04:58:00.000-08:00

Ok I admit I didn't get as much as I would like to have got done over christmas I think this is due to decating time on my dissertation research which managed really well.

However I did finish modelling and texturing chrisopher. By the end on the christmas holidays I managed to have ginette almost done whaoooo!!!!!

It's been a nice break but it's time to start pulling my hair out again heee hee!!!! :0(

This week I have started modelling the boulargerie which was a bit silly as I haven't finished Ginette yet and started organising myself and the group.

Its my role as producer to set up a timetable for the group so I have done that this week. I have also been writing my my own personal schedule which seems a bit basic but over the next few weeks envoles lots of modelling and texturing.

personal Timetable

2008-01-13T02:13:00.000-08:00

Blougerie progess

2008-01-08T18:20:00.000-08:00

ok not much yet but I'll promise it will look fabulous when it's finished!!!! :0)

Balcony pretty much done!!!

First Day Back

2008-01-08T18:05:00.001-08:00

Ok I admit I didn't get as much as I wanted done at christmas due to severe chocolate eating time etc. However I do feel I have produce enough work to put me ahead of schedule.

Tonight I have started writing my disertation 500 words done whahoo!!!! only 7500 to go doh!!!! However I have done a little bit of modelling of the house tonight and Im thinking I might try and finish that tomorrow then go back to the Grandma and I want to aim to finish Ginette by Saturday busy busy busy!!! wish me luck!!!!

Sarah x