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Feb 10
by Dave in Get Out 0 comments tags: 3d, animation, cg, character, dog, maya, mudbox, sculpt, turntable

Mugs model, UVsets, & sculpt

Once I had Mugs’ design finalized, he was ready to model in Maya.  Using image planes for my model reference, I was able to shape my character to look exactly like my design.  I started with a low poly version, and used this as my base for everything.  At this stage if was easiest to lay out the UV’s.    I’m not using ptex just yet as some applications I may be using are not ptex friendly.  I do love the idea of not having to fuss with UV’s but I’m a bit old school in that area at the moment.  I added a collar with a buckle, similar to the one my dog had.  After some tweaks and a smoothing pass, Mugs was ready to go into Mudbox for some sculpting.     In Mudbox, I tried my best to sculpt out muscle groups and shapes according to canine anatomy.  Since Mugs is heavily characterized, and I still want him to be cartoony, this was a delicate exercise.  At the end I felt I had accomplished a nice balance of believable muscles, but still feeling toon like.  I also painted some color as his base texture in Mudbox.    Exporting maps from […]
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Feb 09
by Dave in Get Out 0 comments tags: anatomy, character, drawing, model, model sheet, poses, sketching, studies

Dog poses to model sheet

The next step was to do some quick pose studies on canine anatomy.  I started drawing the more recognizable and common movements dogs tend to make.  The classic stretching downward dog pose, the purest of all happiness leaping run, the “that hurts my feelings” look, and so on.  I was starting to have a better understanding of canine movement, although the shoulder area is one of the most complex of all joints I’ve studied.  I’ll worry about that later 😉 Looking forward, I wanted to test different mannerisms I may find Mugs in.  He’s very characterized so I anticipate hitting certain poses is going to be a challenge with the rig.  Once I felt I had a few I was happy with, I drew several sketches to develop Mugs’ model sheet, and this is the final: Maya time.
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