VIZA 618 Final Project - Silas Character Progress

"I kin remember wadin' down in yonder gator-infested swamp on accounta I had me a sore hankerin fer frawg legs..."

Current Model Progress:

VIZA 618 Project 07: Final Face Concept + First Iteration Model

Meet Silas, the biggest ignoramus this side of the Mississippi:

"Wull the details're mighty fuzzy but I kin remember a'wadin' down in yonder gater-infested swamp on accounta I had me a sore hankerin' fer some frawg legs...*hillbilly chuckle*"

Work In-Progress:

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VIZA 618 - Project 06: Lighting Setups

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High above vp

Above vp

At viewpoint

Below viewpoint

6.15

45-45

From side

6.16

Short

Butterfly

Broad

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Profile, light close to viewpoint

Profile, light on front

Profile, light 45 degrees behind front

Profile, light on background

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Multi-light setup

• Main light
• Fill light
• Rim light
• Light on background

VIZA 618: P05 | Cluster-Based Speech Vizime Animation

Cluster-Based Speech Vizime Animation

Animation:

Renders of speech vizimes:

"HA"

"PP"

"Y"

VIZA 618: Project 04 - "Happy" Speech Vizimes Animation

Project 04: "Happy" Speech Vizimes Animation

Neutral:

Taking breath:

"H" and "A" are combined:

"PP"

"Y" is broken up into two shapes:

VIZA 618: Project 03

PROJECT 03: BLEND SHAPE INTERPOLATION FOR CG FACE MODEL

I modeled two more expressions for CG Kronk and made an animation showing interpolation between parameterized  facial expressions.

Since the face, teeth, and eyebrows are made up of separate geometry groups, I defined several blend shape deformers by adjusting the shapes' topology on the shape component level. Then I created a controller object with attributes connected to the blend shapes for the face, eyebrows, and teeth for each expression:

This technique allowed me to essentially parameterize the entire expression, regardless of how many geometry groups were involved, via a relatively high-level animation control. Further parameterization efforts could include lower-level controls such as for eyebrows, eyes, iris/pupil dilation, mouth, ears, etc.

VIZA 618: Project 02

Project 02: Static iterative polygon mesh

Kronk from Disney's Emperor's New Groove seemed like a good choice for a simple, static polygonal face model. This is literally the first face model I've ever made.

Polygon faces: 3420
Edges: 6822
Verts: 3417

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