July - Norm - Kumar
 

Ok here is where i jump back in,,, so start having the chills cause i am going to give everyone a run for their money... Haha ok guess i will be using the metal sound. Havent created a storyboard yet but will be using a character from another commercial project. But then again i might model something small and use that.

Good Luck to All,
Kumar

Glad to have you on board for this challenge, Kumar!

Same here Fallen

Storyboarding
 

Well here is the storyboard. Might change some angles or shots during the animation but here is the general feel of the flow. Dont think i need to explain it right? ;)

The Pig Concept
 

Here is one of the character concept and reference.

The pig concept
 

Another concept reference.

The Pig
 

Well here is the model of the pig completed.

The Pig
 

Ok here is another shot

The Pig
 

Ok here is the final shot... Hmm,,, might change to a normal leg joint after a test animation.

Nice one :D... hehe...

Blimey- you've built that character quick enough! Best of luck with animating the sucker!

I love the characters.... looking forward to seeing more.
:D:D:D

Thanks guys.

looking good kumar ;)

Is one of them gona have sun glasees? :o

Monster Reference
 

Ok,,, had some time so this is the update so far,,, the pig has been rigged and facial morphs set in place,,,, took some time to weight map the pig... as he is going to do most of the talking,,, Hmm maybe i will change,,, not sure at this point. Ok here is the second character... the monster... no names for this guy,,, maybe someone will name this cute guy... Hehe sorry no sunglasses as of yet... Maybe for the pig... Hmm we shall see...

Reference
 

This is the side reference

Finished Model
 

Here is the finished Model...;)

Another Shot
 

Here is another shot of him

Final Shot
 

Ok here is the last one.

Ay super good, I like the clown look, allready funny without animation or textures.

Environment Test
 

Here is a test of the piggy in the junkyard...

Cool looking characters and a nice demonstration of box modelling!

Thanks Fallen.

Looks good. Image is little blurry where pig is very sharp lined. Video coding blurs alot and I don't know if matters, might try sharpen filter on backdrop. Shadow fits very fine.

Pig IK
 

Here is the Pig's IK... Oh ya,,, the pig is also weight mapped and Morph Mapped for lip sync... although i never quite test it out yet... Hmm... i wonder...

Creature IK
 

Here is the creature Ik setup,,, he has a few expression morphed and no weight mapps.

Congrats,
I never got the Shoulder Adjustment parented to Elbow Direction work in my own characters. All the time I got this twisted mesh and no trick provided in tut did help. My sollution was to set few new bones forward from Shoulder Adjustment bone and set IK to that and works fine for me, but I'll keep on trying the Philip sollution. I need to test with character provided with course.

wow where did you learn to IK.
I've learned it but mine looks nothing like that with th ehoop round the waist and stuff.
also why do the arm ik's seem to connect to a point between the feet?

looks impresive anyhow

Thanks Noratio,,, hmm,,, well this is what i did,,, before i actually set up the Ik for the arm,,, i did the null for the hand and placed the elbow null.. used the turn off the parent in place and then turned it on to reparent.. faster that way.. And then turned off IK and deactivated the arm bones,,, then used the rec rest position to activate the bones. Then go on to setup the elbow Ik followed by the arm ik. Hehe actually funny when phillip stumbles with it.

Hi there puppet... well guess your setup might be the one has a line running to the shoulder right... Well thats another way... Here you see another way, you might want to try out the character rigging tute that phillip has done. As for lines running to a single point... its a main mover to move the entire character. The ring is the Center of Gravity, hmm you can actually see the simillarites in the COF and Knee IK with other setups too... I find the Arm and elbow a glad learning exp... as i used to do the elbow by fK.

Thanks guys,
Kumar

oh cool ill have to have a look at that tutorial for next time :)

Holy talking crap that's some confusing rig. It's like some chemistry formula- so confusing it'll either work or explode. Nice job. I think..

Nah, Rig looks like it is set up perfectly ;)

nice rig. but i'm not used to making it so complex! good job tho. I think i'll look very realistic when animated!

Thanks Kumar !! for sharing the trick, I allready see it works, so logigal but couldn't figure it out. I'll rerig after challenge. :)

Animation
 

Ok here is the final animation,,, not really happy with it,, know i can do better with more time,,, but there is a constraints and other stuff calls,,, Oh well learnt something new about animation and graph editor,,, and plus have 2 characters ready for further animation... :)

LOL, good going. At least you accomplished something!

Ha! Big blue butts and bouncing pig snouts, what's not to like? Nice lip synching and arm flail!

Thanks guys.

Great, good facial anim on porks face.