Deep - Final Hand In.

Unfortunately we were unable to complete the film completely, as there are two characters missing from the shots with the Mob Boss & Heavy character due to a delay in the character animation.

As the limited time meant that the animation was unable to be completed in addition to the clean up & colour.

So here is the finished scene for the hand in which the two characters of the Mob Boss & the Heavy.

There are some details which would ideally need to be amended, for example the lightbulb currently appears to be floating & the lighting through the door in the last shot isn't entirely correct....

Deep - Final Shots; Rendered Solar System & Coloured.

The showreel for my work on Deep!

In scene 26/27 I did background design & layouts, 3D animation & modelling of the solar system & also character colour.

A lot of these were a challenge for me due to new techniques, software & styles!

I struggled my way through Maya to create the solar system, but also learnt a lot regarding lighting, texturing, motion paths & rendering.

& the background design pushed my style & use of reference, whilst improve my sense of perspective.

Regarding the character colour I learnt a fair amount about ToonBoom also!

Deep - Yet more adjustments of the solar system...

This solar system model has caused me some issues... as someone who works predominantly in 2D this 3D style has been a massive challenge for me. 

Each time I think I have sorted a problem another one seems to arise!

I initially had issues with planets jumping due to movement of the seams, which I didn't really

understand at first... but worked it out eventually! 

Then issues with the speed & timing of the rotations of the planets & how they move in accordance

to their position in relation to the sun & the effect of gravity.

Also had issues with the fact the planets collided & went through one another... so I had to move the orbits & expand the orbits in order to avoid them.

But it has been a huge learning curve for me & I have learnt a lot in Maya from texturing, to motion paths, to using the graph editor in different ways etc.

Deep - Store Room Shot!

Store room perspective which is finally correct! Woo!

Also with some shelves in to use as reference in the background design.