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Dragon in Flight

AUG
15
2010
Posted in category Finished animations | 408 views
Tags: dragon  character  animation  model  special effects  effects  rigging  texturing 
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View in HD An animation of my dragon model in flight. The animation could've done with some more work, especially on the neck, tail and front legs, but it'll do for now.

Composited in After Effects as a bunch of layers to edit in the environment, clouds, dragon model and other effects in separately, to control the motion blur and depth of field independently.

Dragon 2

JUL
04
2010
Posted in category Images | 722 views
Tags: dragon2  image  character  model  texture  rig 
dragon2 A rigged and textured dragon character.

Dragon model rig test

JUL
03
2010
Posted in category Work In progress | 1617 views
Tags: dragon  model  skinning  rig  texture 
 
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A UVW unwrapped, skinned, rigged and textured character model. Work in progress, the animation is rubbish at the moment, just testing the skinning and rigging.

Need to fix the weird shine glitches but it's getting there...

Motorway

JUN
03
2010
Posted in category Images | 1142 views
Tags: motorway  image  environment  car  rig 
motorway Grab from a vehicle animation

Car Rig

JUN
03
2010
Posted in category Images | 879 views
Tags: carrig  image  car  rig 
carrig A blurry image from my car rig, attempting to show the interface options

Lego BBC F1 Intro

MAR
07
2010
Posted in category Finished animations | 4740 views
Tags: animation  lego  bbc  f1  vehicle  car  rig  legof1 
 
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This is a version of the BBC F1 intro I made in Lego-like bricks.

Click here for a raw render version without additional effects for comparison.

The actual version can be seen on YouTube. You'll notice I've focussed on the first section of it, despite the second part containing car motion, which I have done a lot... View in HD

Toy car F1 project update

FEB
20
2010
Posted in category Work In progress | 4712 views
Tags: animation  car  rig  vehicle  bbc  lego  f1 
 
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Toy car updateA quick video to show progress on the project I'm currently working on, along with a model of the real life car I created a while back for comparison.

My next project

FEB
16
2010
Posted in category Work In progress | 3839 views
Tags: lego  work in progress  vehicle  car  rig  f1 
 
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lego next projectHas an engine...

... and is going to involve lots of these blocks.

How to Build a Car Rig in 3ds Max

FEB
06
2010
Posted in category Featured work | 7511 views
Tags: car  rig  vehicle  animation  f1  project  ford  scripting  tutorial 
 
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Demo Video 2009

OCT
04
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 5205 views
Tags: demo  2009  after effects  character  vehicle  car  rig  animation  special effects  montage 
 
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A compilation of some of the videos on the site.

Motorway

SEP
19
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 5202 views
Tags: car  rig  motorway  f1  car  mental ray  vehicle  special effects  foliage  environment 
 
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Demonstration of my improved car rig, updated to include a driver, oversteer and wheelspin options. It includes a blend of reactor for when the car needs to bounce, and the rig. The transition could be more subtle, but it works well enough.

Also an expansion of mental ray rendering, with glow effects and lighting systems. I also developed some After Effects skills, adding lens and video effects and manipulating time, as well as creating some extra special effects to... View in HD

Motorway - Part 4 (Test Render 2)

AUG
29
2009
Posted in category Work In progress | 3777 views
Tags: motorway  car rig 
 
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Another test render, this time of a different shot.

Motorway - Part 3 (Test Render)

AUG
26
2009
Posted in category Work In progress | 4947 views
Tags: motorway  car rig 
 
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Changed my mind about the purpose of the motorway in the end, and decided to stick an F1 car onto it instead of the planned helicopter crash, which I will come back to in a different setting - the F1 idea suddenly appealed to me more.

Used a 2008 car, because I didn't feel the need to make a 2009 car... and the 2009 cars look horrible (apart from the slicks, which I have used).

Many things to fix, and some things to add (like a driver and smoke).

Main thing to note is the car rig, which I...

Scripted Car Rig

JUL
19
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 4629 views
Tags: rig  car  demo  script  simulation  vehicle 
 
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An improved car rig, with enhanced scripted physics effects, the ability to have a driver added, with arm motion and head lean, and the option to have oversteer and wheelspin. These extra parts can be seen in the Motorway F1 video.

The car rig is intended to be easily adaptable to suit a variety of cars, and give options for dynamic speed, steering, weight transfer physics and other car...

Bugatti Veyron vs Eurofighter Typhoon

APR
19
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 4197 views
Tags: car  rig  vehicle  veyron  eurofighter  smoke  special effects  environment 
 
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A vehicle animation using my scripted rig, and smoke effects. The plan was to enhance the explosions afterwards, but I decided to move on to do other things instead, although I may return to this if I find time or a need to. View in HD

Car Rig Tutorial - 3ds Max and Reactor

APR
13
2009
Posted in category Tutorials | 6058 views
Tags: tutorial  car  rig  reactor  3ds 
 
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This tutorial is to create the simple car rig you see in the video above using 3dsmax and Reactor physics simulation. I'll assume you don't know much about 3dsmax or Reactor, so should be able to follow it and get similar results to me. I'm going to provide all the values that I used so you can repeat exactly what I have, but feel free to experiment.

First, create a cylinder with radius 10 and height 1. Increase number of sides to 36 to make the motion a little...

Angry Monkey

FEB
12
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 3944 views
Tags: character  monkey  animation  rig  unwrap  model  environment 
 
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Here's one of the monkey animations I've been working on. See a small version of the video on the right, or use the links below for higher quality ones.

It's intended to go on the home page as an introduction, and hopefully demonstrates some character emotion and interaction, as well as some cinematic effects. View in HD

Car Rig - WRC

FEB
06
2009
Posted in category Uncategorised | 2219 views
Tags: car  rig  wrc  rally 
 
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A demonstration of my car rig using a WRC car that I modelled and textured.

Car Rig Project - 3ds max - Updated

DEC
10
2008
Posted in category Featured work | 7345 views
Tags: car  rig  f1  scripting 
 
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The car rig project is intended for anyone wanting to create a vehicular animation in 3D Studio Max, and formed a module on my postgraduate degree. The project has since been updated to include oversteer, wheelspin and the option for a driver, as can be seen in the Motorway F1 video on the videos page.

A scripted rig is set up to allow for any four wheeled vehicle to be applied to it, which is manipulated using the sliders as you can see in the image...
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