Production – Final

Production 4

Here is what I have done so far.

I added the beak and eye and fixed the wings (I added more mass on the shoulder part of the wing).

I also rotated the wing and the tail a little.

Production 3

Bird with wing and tail:

Production 2

I fixed my bird’s body and modeled the feather.

There seems to be a line in the middle of my bird’s body. I do not know how it happened. I have checked the edges and there is no double line.

Production 1

I started modeling the body of the bird. Here I post two different rendered images, the first one is rendered with Maya Software while the second one is rendered with mental ray.

Maya Software Render:

mental ray Render:

Judge

Due to the time constraint, I end up doing a small part of my storyboard. I am going to use 3D modeling tool.

In this judge stage, I came up with three questions:

1. How do you understand the piece?

2. What is good about it?

3. What needs to be changed or improved?

The result that I got was: The story is not that well-developed – hope to see more,  the color and the mood is pretty good.

Non-repeating comments: Wish to see shot from afar.

What I am changing: I am in the process of revising the shots and adding more frames: the bird flies over a city.

Schedule of Production:

Week 1: Background modeling

Week 2: Character modeling

Week 3: Character modeling, Background and character texturing

Week 4: Texturing and animation

Week 5: Final

Designer 2

I have done the animatics along with the character, etc.

But, youtube was not able to upload my video.

I will post the images instead.

Designer 1

My story is entitled The King and The Fish. Since the story is originally long in total, I would not be able to animate the whole story until the end.

The story goes on like this:

In a faraway land, there is a kingdom with fish as its royal symbol. The king wears a fish inside an aquarium on his head. The fish is called: The King’s Fish. The King’s Fish has been the symbol of the king’s power for many many years. The King’s Fish can only bears one child in its lifetime. When a fish dies, its role as the King’s Fish is taken over by its child, and so on, and so on.

Problem occurs when someday, the King’s Fish disappears before it bears the royal family any child. The king is very angry. The palace attendants hide themselves…

Explore 3

Today, I post some sketches based on and inspired by my research from cultural event, the Autumn Festival to be exact. The festival is based on a legend of the moon rabbit.

The legend tells the story of a rabbit who sacrificed himself to be eaten by a poor beggar, who turned out to be Buddha. Touched by his kindness, Buddha moved the rabbit to the moon palace.

Explore 2

Study of humans’ poses: