Friday, 20 May 2011

@ Phil, Any Better?



I think they may be a little uniform still but it's definitely an improvement. D'you reckon it'll do or should I tweak it a little more?

First Scene Camera Movements...

This is my first rendered scene and I'm wondering if it works as an establishing shot. I think the camera movements are okay, if maybe a little fast. I need to pop back and change the light inside the cell as it wasn't pulsing here but it's an okay beginning.

Thursday, 19 May 2011

@Phil, Quick Question...

As I'm quickly running out of time, I'm a little worried about how long my scene will take to render. In my pre viz I imagined having lots of cells that were all moving and lovely but I'm starting to think that maybe that's a bit out of my reach now.
I thought that instead I could just make it centralise around the three main cells with a few blood cells floating in here and there. That way I could try to make sure that all the animation works nicely instead of doing it a bit half-heartedly on lots of different things. Would this be a smarter idea or too simple and a bit rubbish do you think?

Previously, In Life Drawing...



 The drawing above on the right is one of my favourites so far. It just looks pretty darn good in comparison to my others.
 I quite like this one above too!

Quick Playblast...



Just to show the movements they'll be repeating. Onwards to actual animation!

Too Pixelated?

 Is this texture too pixellated? I think it's okay but I could do with some opinions from others.


Fixed Lighting...


Much Better! I added a directional light to show off the cells a little more but now the vein seems to have disappeared. Not sure whether to make the bump map deeper, change the texture so it's a stronger colour or just play with the lighting more.