Battery animation

Working on the battery animation, have put together a short video with the basics- I think I'm going to add some parts where he tries multiple times to light the bulb, but other than that I can't think of anything else to add.




prefinal from acorn on Vimeo.
posted on blogger:

New stuff

Been a while since I've been here. I havn't been working diligently on XSI, back to it now.

still working on the battery animation.

have some thoughts on the most recent renders -- some images from the sequence.


These images demonstrate the unfinished state of the animation, although they have some good things to them. Clearly I have to finish the floor because when the light goes Up, you can see everything. I don't like the way the back wall (in the long shot) shows up. The texture is alright and I think the original is a nice picture but...

So, I'm making some progress.


here is the video:


Rough (CS-->LS) from Arthur Dent on Vimeo.

X skeleton

I've got a skeleton I'm using for the character that is effectively an X, if you look at previous posts you will see that a certain behavior is inherent with this skeleton. I now think that this is not a effective means to animate the character. Although it gives me a walk that I want the lean or bend is not right.


I could use two separate skeletons for the two separate behaviors, but this seems cumbersome and might be evident when viewing.

I can't think of another framework to use.