Beauty Shots

Mr Tibbs...

Due to the fact I literally ran out of time with this project, which I'm actually quite upset about and also the fact that the I had to restart the day before hand in, I only managed to provided a walking animation of my meerkat. Over time however I intend to improve this over the summer period.The first time i edited the video i noticed that my foot was attached to my body. 

Therefore i had to re edit the animation as well as my character and below is a short video clip of the fixed foot. But then i realized i messed up the hat part of him but i really don't know how to fix it. :( I'm going to try and edit though tonight....Fun

Music Played -  Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: 13. Dance of the knights  - by Prokofiev 

Vimeo Link - https://vimeo.com/66267158 

Running Shot

Camera Shot

New Day...New Beginning?

The day before the deadline and of course I face serious issues. I decided however not to let anything beat me and to continue on to the end. I spent virtually the majority of last night unwrapping and placing the right clothes on my meerkat.

This morning, I actually placed in the bones once more and skinned my meerkat for the second time. Below is a few pieces of footage of my meerkat unwrapped and running as well as walking. 

Meltdown...

Last night I had a melt down. I had my meerkat rigged as you saw, skinned and then I decided to unwrap him for his outfit. HUGE MISTAKE.

Once I had Mr Tibbs unwrapped and sitting to perfection in my eyes for my character, I pressed play to watch him walk. But would he? No.

The bones all moved but the actually geometry nope not a single movement.

Upset was not a word.

Skinning

The horrible task of skinning, I honestly didn't think it would be so bad until I had to actually do it. Below I simply included a small print screen to show my progress.. 

Rigging.... The FUN

Rigging a character has put a lot of pressure and unneeded stress on me. I have completed the rigging three times and each time it messed up. On my fourth attempt of simply rigging I feel that Mr Tibbs hasn't turned out too bad. Below is a short animation preview, this is before skinning and unwrapping. This was simply created via rigging. 

Adding The Bones To Mr Tibbs

3D Max Meerkat .... My Way

After a lot of work I final made some ground breaking work (in my opinion) on my little meerkat…Mr Tibbs. Below I have included some screenshots for you to take a look at, he is not finished but it is a start.

Hand and Arm

Arms and Body

Legs, nose and ears

Kilt and Top Hat

Scarf