Maya 101: Bouncing Ball

Bouncing Ball On The Spot from Joe Warrilow on Vimeo.

Maya 101: Blend Shape Aliens with Inbetweens - Movement

Blendshape Alien Inbetweens from Joe Warrilow on Vimeo.

@Phil: Updated Character Concepts

L to R: Celeb Var 1, Celeb Var 2, Celeb Var 3/Younger Man, Figure

I am unsure as to whether to make the character in the light blue top the "Younger Man" Character in my Script, or to make him one of the Celebrities. If I were to make him one of the celebrities, I could work around this by just having the "Younger Man" character  stay in shadow the entire time, so that he appears and leaves in the same shot, kept in darkness from the light coming into the room from the hallway.

I have created a quick re-do of the storyboard panel I am on about to illustrate my idea:

C.G. Artist's Toolkit: Lip Syncing & Dope Sheets

Here is a Lip-Sync animation I created, using a combination of Photoshop and Premiere Pro.

Lip Syncing Test from Joe Warrilow on Vimeo.

Here is the Dope Sheet for this animation. The areas that have black lines through indicate a resting face as opposed to a sound:

Storytelling & Commission: OGR #2

Here is my second O.G.R. The concept art is yet to be complete for the Melting Pot, Workbench, Matches and the actual Room/Hallway, those will be released in a later post.

Storytelling & Commission: O.G.R #2 by Joe Warrilow on Scribd

Storytelling & Commission: Hallway & Room Influence Map

Influence Map for the Hallway and "Recycling Room" in my animation

Maya 101: Deformers - Blend Shapes with Inbetweens

A short playblast showing the Blend Shape Deformers I created in class today