Horn Kitty (WIP) #2

Keeping your old rigs and cannibalising them for parts on your new rigs, is probably the most powerful thing a rigger can do for productivity.
Which is how since yesterday ive managed to rig him almost completely.

Robot Dog (WIP) #6 - Iris Expanded

After the reels went up I was asked how I did the iris on the Robot Dog. I pointed them to wip #5 but i realised i'd actually done more on it since then so ill go over it again.

2011 Reels

Things have finally started settling down after almost a year in Europe working on the Durian Project and various other jobs. I've had the time to put together my new reels.
This time I've decided to split it up into two reels, one for my Character Animation, and one for my Character Rigging.
See how many you can recognise!

Jump Dingo (WIP) #4

Just a small update. After looking at that last pose for a little bit i figured he needed a little modeling tweaks.
So the jaw line has been widened, hands uped in detail, slight tweak in the boots, added some hair and some small topology changed to the chest.

Jump Dingo (WIP) #3

Come Fly with Me

Rigging mostly done. Still needs lips, ear bones and a few minor tweaks.

Robot Dog (WIP) #5

Been a bit sick the last week so work has been minimal. what i have done though is the eyes.
Styled like camera lenses with a shutter iris to act as the eye lid. Complete with evil lookin redness.

Robot Dog (WIP) #4

More model tweaks! yaaaay!!....
And the spine!!!....... urgh....

This time it was more to bring it back towards the original sketch. namely around the shoulders and head.


For the shoulders I covered up the open shoulder joint exposing the ball with a panel and some grating. I then added some more detail to the top pipes. Making one an exhaust of sorts.

Give 'em the Finger

To start the tips'n'tricks section I figured id start with something simple.

A Finger!

This is a nice quick and easy way to rig a finger to make it quick and easy for an animator to use with just one bone.

Robot Dog (WIP) #2

Attended the Blender Conference this weekend. Was fantastic to see and talk to so many other people who love the software. As well as catching up with some of the Durian team and giving a few talks with Beorn and Lee about the animation in Sintel.

So now that the conference over and the hangover is kicking. Ive got a day and a half to kick around the studio and make use of working on this dude on something other than my shitty little laptop. Some of you guys from the conference who dropped in through the day got to see this happen and meet me!

Lots more modeling, lots more rigging.

Robot Dog (WIP) #1

Sketched while riding a train for a short trip through the center of France with Miss Giggles.
Been one of my favorite sketches to date. So with a bit of free time on my hands i figured i'd get him into 3D.
 
Usual tools for this one.