Busy, Busy, Busy

Its been a busy few months getting animation underway with a talented group of animators.  We have had several technical issues that have been getting resolved as they come up as well as wrangling all the elements of the film together has made for a stressful time, but overall we have been able to get this far and I am very happy with everyone work that has stuck to it and making the film better then I could have imagined. with the next few months we should see it all coming together.. A lot of my focus has been on developing the look threw texturing and starting to play with lighting. Also in the works are the matte paintings and FX work to come soon. Below are some renders of some early tests of some sets, props and the characters.

Stay tuned in for further progress.

Thanksgiving treat

Just in time for Thanksgiving. Progress on characters sets and props. Hope everyone has a great holiday and big thank you once again to everyone involved and to the new members to the team.

The Team

This is the start of the Team of The Collector's Gift

Written by: Ryan Kravetz www.kravetzcreative.com  & Jonathan.Auxier www.TheScop.com
Character Modeler: Christine Li lishiowhuey.com.

Character Rigging: Megan Gritzfeld http://vimeo.com/gritzofthefield/reel2011

House Modeling: Nikki Mull www.nikkimull.com/cg.html .
City Modeling: Brian Lee http://vimeo.com/24602566
Prop Designer: Michelle Lin michellelinportfolio.blogspot.com  michellelin-art.blogspot.com
Prop Modeler/Texture Artist: Kelsey Charlton www.kelseycharlton.com
Matt Painting: Matthew Friedlander  friedlanderportfolio.com
Score by: Anna Drubich


Stay tuend for more great work from these artist

Girl Progress 8_17_11

Attached is progress on the girls modeling along with notes on whats to come. 

The Girls Progress, its all in the face!

Another great play-blast from Christine Li on the modeling progress of the girl.

Girl Progress

Progress on girls face modeling.

Old Man occlusion Test Renders

The Old Man is coming along very nicely he will be handed over for rigging in the next few days and on to making the girl look just as good. I continue to be impressed by my modeler Christine Li and her hard work.

Old Man Facial Expressions

Progress, Character, and Story

I have met with several friends and writers going over the story of The Collector's Gift in the past week.  I am working on sharpening the plot points, the characters physical and emotional journeys and overall story focus. I am working on the action driving the characters and story forward in a fun way that gives a sense of the overall world and where they fit into it.

These are a few pages from some notes on development of the girl. The old man is close to being done, as far as modeling, I will update where he is at soon. The Girl will fallow soon with more progress.

Progress on the old man modeling

I have had the privilege to bring on 2 people to work on my characters Christine Li, who has been hard at work modeling and Megan Gritzfeld, who is rigging my characters. Together they have been brainstorming and working together to bring my 2 characters to life. To catch up on the past few months, here are a few passes and notes that Christine and I have been exchanging.

Character Design ( The Girl)

And here is my young girl

 

Character Design ( The Old Man)

As I am new to character design. I spent a lot of time looking at character designs and spent a long time working out my 2 characters. Here is where the old man design landed.

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