Week 2

Chad Woelki and I are going to begin the motion capture process starting the first week of October.  Hopefully we will be able to successfully master the capture of hands playing the piano.  I have been learning to play Mad World on the piano and I will be performing it for the project for the motion capture.

For the space scenes several planet textures will be needed. Over the weekend I was designing and painting several planet textures. Here is one of them that has been added to the previous lighting test.

Note: The gases in the background will be tuned more towards the color of the planets for the final.

Blue-Green Planet Test Render 001

Blue-Green Planet Test Render 002

Blue-Green Planet Texture

By Josh Walton

Character Concept - Version 2

Color Variations - Version 2

I have been designing an outfit for the piano playing character. I was debating on a necklace that looks like a galaxy or planets, as well as some sort of modern styled dress.

The following picture is one that I referenced for my design. There are also several pictures of necklaces that would fit with the project’s theme.

For the dress, it will incorporate the style of the top of this outfit, but will be a rubber type material. It will also be a halter, have a shorter neck and no coat tails. The bottom will be a flowing full length skirt.

I plan to create this outfit using ncloth, perhaps in my Digital Visual Effects II class as my final project.  I will be consulting both teachers within the next week.

Modern Dress

Orbital Necklace

Orbital Necklace Detail

Idea to incorporate into the Orbital Necklace