Characters

I have been a busy bee over the past week and the set is completely finalised, it just needs the textures adding when they are finished. I have also finished modelling 4 of the 8 characters of the CG side of our animation. 

(left to right) The grandfather, the father, the boyfriend and the girlfriend. 

I still have 2 kids and a grandmother to model, along with the main character Rookie. Who has a very similar build to the father, so I may recycle and adjust parts if necessary. However at the moment we still have 14 weeks left so I don't need to be cutting corners just yet!


Next week I hope to finish all of the characters and get started on rigging them! It all seemed so far away just 4 weeks ago, and I am surprised with how fast things seem to be going. We haven't hit any major issues yet (fingers crossed, touch wood and all those superstitious things!!) and I have 5 back ups of my work, which some would call overkill but I'd like to be safe!


Mat has been working hard and throwing out textures this week, he also blocked out another shot so things are also moving on well for him for the time being.


Instead of having to model about 20 characters I have found a rig online that can be used in student work. You can change his clothes and hair and general appearance, we are going to use him as the background characters, as they won't be seen too close up. Such as waiters, passers by, stall owners and alike, these characters will help the whole place feel a lot more 'real'...things are sounding more and more ambitious...we're quietly confident though!


Until next time.