I am halfway finished with painting Displacement in Mari. I'm finding the navigation confusing. I've been used to substance controls for projecting and have been using Substance Painter longer than Mari, but I'm getting the hang of it and it's important to take my time when painting the displacement. I'm happy with how it looks so far. by next week it should be ready to go back into Zbrush.
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I am focusing on my anatomy study today. I was watching courses and looking at YouTube to understand the principles of Character modelling. One thing I noticed I did wrong was not establish bony landmarks on the back i.e. the spine and scapula. Here is what I have done today. I notice that the posture needs to be adjusted because it looks like there is no ribcage holding the chest and abdominal areas.
I have been testing some shots from my title sequence. I have one shot rendered but I'm still trying to figure the best composition for my other shots. It's stopping me from writing so I'm going to set up one scene today and have it rendered. I'll be writing more on my other studies tomorrow
I have been adding a bit more written work onto my Skin Texturing and Detailing with Zbrush and I plan to do Mari tomorrow. I've been looking at some references in skin and have looked at Texturing.xyz websites. I understand that I have to make sure I keep the details scale the same so it looks natural and not be a random mix of details.
I'm getting closer to building a solid anatomy study. I've been taking notes from many artists and have been translating them into my own words. I'm really happy with how it turned out and making really good progress.
I was doing a mix of written work and some zbrush work for a japanese Samurai. I also added more to the title sequence. Here are some screenshots of what happened today
I was continuing the written work for the Anatomy Study and the pre-production of the Title Sequence. I plan to do some sketches for each scene using some storyboards. I have some plans to discuss my Final Project as it will influence this unit.
Today I continued with my Anatomy Study and started to refine some of large muscle groups. I have looked at a lot of reference and have been getting feedback from artists from the FlippedNormals discord and on Instagram. I use this a lot so I can develop as a character Artist and
Today I started the Title sequence in After Effects. figured that I could make some interesting shots with a mix of smoke, particles, flares and motion graphics. I have one scene done so far and I have another 20 seconds to animate and render. I pan to do more torso sculpting for my anatomy study for next week. Hopefully on Friday, I can experiment with Mari.
I have been doing a few more projects behind the scenes. I have been making a female Samurai warrior where she has a Bo Staff and armour. I have been doing some block outs for that today and have been thinking of some ways to create a title sequence. This Blockout isn't the greatest it will develop into something greater and it's the patience that is important when character modelling.
I started thinking about doing a title sequence for unit 12 but I don't know if that's enough work. I wasn't going to do anything complicated but it can't be too simple. I want to have a mix of animation and research so I can show that I've been doing a lot of studies and preparing for my Final Project. One of the projects I was working on was a male Anatomy Study. Here is the what I have got so far:
Because of COVID-19, we have gone back to full time zoom lessons. I'm not happy about that but it's not going to stop me from learning and working on my craft. After Units 9-11, we had a screening of everyone's work and I loved everyone's work. I wasn't thoroughly impressed with my work but I was really happy with what I made. Once the screening was done we got briefed on Unit 12. We could make something commercial and back it up with an essay minimum of 1500 words. I have been exploring a bunch of things I could study so I could add that to this unit but I'm not sure right now.
The 17th December-4th January was half term. I was working everyday to develop my character and make sure everything in my website is up to date. By the 4th I had my animation done. The only thing I needed to focus on was the website making sure everything was laid out correctly and made sure I didn't miss anything out.
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February 2021
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