A tad old, but still a great video nonetheless. Made by five students, this is a 6 minute piece about a burger of sorts, I'll let you check it out.
The work-in-progress is also worth looking through, the concept art is pretty nice, and there are a few funny little tests on the blog. The site is at www.hambuster.com
As I haven't posted anything for about 6 months, here is a video I am fond of. This is a fan-made trailer for the first Half Life using all of its existing assets, except with some nice new animations. Considering it is still a FPS, the movements for Gordon Freeman are damn good, not to mention some very fluid looking movements as everyone gets shot and such. Take a look!
It's been quite a while since I posted anything, mainly because I've been busy at work, and anything I do can't really be showcased until it's been released. And then you will most likely need a Runescape account*.
Although today I can show off the trailer we have been working on over the last 2 months! This has been produced by about 10 contributing animators, including myself, and 2-3 modellers. One big thing to note is how this has been produced using the Runescape engine, which has no IK and a grid system we have to take into account. Saying that, I think we all did a great job!
As some form of guideline to what I did, I can say I animated the initial scene where the knight drops to the floor, some of the skeleton horde, and a couple of the heroes' actions.
Hope you enjoy!
*If you do have a Runescape account, check out the recent golden hammer emotes, that was me :P
I recently discovered a pretty cool artist/illustrator called Luke Pearson who has a nice style and some really clever ideas that span from a single image to a set of comic strips. Definitely worth a look.
Here's a site with a load of interesting character rigs. And they're all free. Creative Crash is always good, but sometimes it gets a bit bogged down with simplistic setups, a bit too basic for anything reel-worthy.
Anyway, check out http://animationbuffet.blogspot.com which also has a couple of handy categories to filter out what you're looking for, be it cartoony rigs, creatures, females or whatever. There's a good few to experiment with, and seeing as the guy tests each one himself, it seems to be a good call. It's also linked from www.11secondclub.com which is also a trusty sign.
Speaking of which, this month's 11 second club clip seems pretty good, so time allowing I shall be having a bash at this. Haven't decided what rig yet, but said website is a good place to look.
Anyway, I am busy busy and had severe lack of internet, hence the declining posts. But I shall be sure to post new stuff or anything helpful.
Feels like a good long while since I wrote anything here. Currently I have no internet in Cambridge, and I'm rather busy at Jagex; just started my second week and it's going rather well, a nice specific animation job so I'm enjoying doing what I love for a living. Hopefully once I've been here a bit longer, I'll get round to doing some of my own stuff and putting it on here in my free time.
One animation I'd like to share today is pretty impressive, by the sheer flexibility of the characters, and the nice real life stop motion feel it has. It's a nice dutch piece called Elk Hair Caddis, and features a bear and a frog having some peace and quiet. Kind of.
In addition, there is also a behind the scenes video showing how it was rigged, animated, tweaked in post and such. What really grabs me is the amazing detail in the rigs. Everything has a control to really distort those shapes nicely, from the bear's ears down to the exhaust on the motorbike. If I could create rigs like this then I would be a happy chap.
Hello, I am a freelance character modeller/ animator, primarily working in Maya as well as a few other programs. This is my blog that tracks my progress in the world of Animation, as well as a few other things. I will be sharing any useful tips that I discover in Maya. In case you're not already there, my website is www.stuart-owen.co.uk.
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