A New Project

Disclosure Face

As I begin to delve in farther into the world of animation, I have decided I want to explore 3D facial rigging and animation. For this project I came up with the idea of animating a simple walk cycle, and at the end having the character speak something. It isn't much of a story, but I really want to sharpen my skills in this area. I am not much of a modeler either, and I don't like it, but by modeling a human I can learn a thing or two about it.

         

Nathan Drake from Uncharted

     The inspiration from the facial rigging really came from two sources. Video games, and a EDM group called Disclosure. I really like rigging in general and I am really interested in learning the process of facial rigging. I want to make my animations speak. Disclosure has this face set up on the projector behind them lip syncing the words to the songs. I saw a video of a live concert and that also inspired me to start exploring this area of animation.

                                                                   

Basic walk cycle

I am also really wanting to learn how to animate a basic walk cycle. This is something I've never done before, and I feel like it is an essential skill to have as an animator.

Mudbox

    I also want to learn how to texture in Mudbox. Mudbox is used to make super precise textures. I am not much of an artist, but I really want to learn how to give life and colour to models.


   The idea/story for this project will be simple. I'll have a person walk over and pick up an object(maybe a ball or a stick). Then, he will look to the camera and say something. I just want to practice my rigging and my texturing skills. Since this is my first try at making a walk cycle I'm sure I'll encounter problems, but I will try my absolute best.