Tag: 3D Characters
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Babur
The first of the Great Mughals, Babur was the orphan king who ascended to the throne as an 11-year old. In the decades that followed, he experienced great strife and turmoil, but his unbeatable spirit won the loyalties of armies and followers across Central and South Asia.
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Revisiting the Iroquois Creation Story in 2020
Five years after it’s first launch, the Iroquois Creation Story (or ICS for short) is enjoying a mini-revival in 2020. With the sparking of a brand-new (old) conversation about diversity in animation and appropriate cultural representation, this project is being used as a prime example of how to respectfully represent the ideology of a nation.…
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Commander Safeguard Lives!
In this age of COVID-19, I suddenly remembered the commercial animated series, Commander Safeguard. He taught children (and adults) about the importance of hand-washing, and made people understand that even though germs were invisible, they could still wreak a lot of havoc in our lives. It has been years since I have been a part…
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The Character Mosaic Project
The Character Mosaic Project aims to increase representation of minorities and under served populations by making a number of ethnically accurate characters available online. The hope is to encourage animators and artists to produce more relevant and empathetic stories for broader audiences, and to allow young children to see themselves in their favorite stories. To…
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Bob Walk Animation
I enjoy building specific characters for my classes to help them practice visualizing animations for a variety of characters. This includes different types of ball rigs, a squirrel rig (basically a ball rig with a tail), a flat pencil-like character and this one-eyed biped named Bob. Bob is a favorite in my grad animation class…
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Fear the Mascot: Ribbon Spine
Every year, my intro to 3D modeling class directs the creation of a hybridized character as we explore how to model organic creatures. After about 5 years of classes, I seem to have built up quite a collection of petrifying creatures that should really never be seen in real life! This year’s class mascot, Fear…
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Iroquois Creation Story Rigs Demo
The Iroquois Creation Story combined 2D, 3D and live film footage in one space, but ultimately we ended up creating the majority of our characters in 3D. As we had not initially planned for many characters, I had decided to take on the rigging myself on top of my duties as the Director of Animation.…
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The Character Mosaic Project
The Character Mosaic Project aims to make diverse characters more accessible thereby encouraging animators and filmmakers to make more ethnically inclusive stories. As these characters get refined, they will be made available to broader audiences as international and domestic animation professionals will be able to use them in their films as well. This project will…
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CGMA Rigging Workshop
Super excited to have completed this intensive yet illuminating course with the CG Master Academy with Nico Sanghrajka! I’m so inspired I can’t wait to redesign my own rigging class to reflect the new information!
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Iroquois Creation Update
As another phase of production comes to an end, we have (finally) started to see the fruits of our labor come together. I particularly like this segment because of how dramatic it is. Plus, I’m a sucker for the inadvertent Star Wars reference there. đ https://vimeo.com/108975136 This segment is also satisfying because I rigged this…