Tag: character creation
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Guest Speaker: Ringling College of Art and Design
I was invited to speak to the Body Art and Culture class at Ringling College of Art and Design to discuss how to design diverse characters and accurately represent a culture without falling into the trap of appropriation. This was a journey into the processes our team developed as we designed the characters for the…
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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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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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Modeling a Face
Modeling in 3D can be fun and occasionally frustrating but nothing is more painful that trying to model a face that can deform without breaking when it moves. If you are studying topology then you understand what I mean when I say that. In my opinion, the true skill of modeling comes in when a…
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Iroquois Creation Story Character Update
Two of our main characters are built, textured, rigged and ready to animate! As the lead Technical Director and the Rigging artist on this, it’s getting really exciting seeing how they look! More updates of their animated tests and renders coming soon!
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Iroquois Creation Story – Creative Collisions
There are so many people involved in the creation of this film. This is a short video chronicling some of the many moving parts we have been wrangling in this production.
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Oregon Lottery: Santa’s Beard
This is a fun production I joined as an assistant rigging artist at Nathan Love. I was in charge of finishing 6 of the characters seen here:
