This is as final as it’s going to get for the competition.
This is playblast lighting, so there is no shadows from the unicycle.
I’m pretty happy with it so far.
I’d like to add another shake on the arm during ‘liberating’…
Smoothing for the unicycle guy…
Checking arcs, finger fixes and overlap, etc.
Pupils are still a mess,
but this feels like it is
getting somewhere now.
Here is the next pass.
I got carried away animating the tutu.
Some of this is still in stepped, most in linear.
I really need to do a hand pass and a pupil pass next.
He talks so fast, the mouth shapes are popping some.
Then comes the smoothing…
So… here I’ve blocked in the unicycle guy.
Lots of work still to do with the arms,
and his body after he turns.
The trick was to keep him mostly still
but keep him moving enough to look like
he’s still alive (and on a unicycle).
Tomorrow it’s lip syc time and
I still need to do some modeling.
Hair pieces would […]
So this afternoon, under the cover of the rain,
I built and rigged a unicycle. It’s made to fit Moom,
the character model I’ve been using.
When you move it, the pedals turn and the body
moves forward. There’s also a control for the lean.
whooo!
So, I’ve finally gotten some things in order
and am working on another animation.
This is for the February 2009 dialog for the 11 Second Club.
For this animation, I really blocked in the movements I was more interested in, and left the other actions still. The next pass should block in a bit more movement for […]
