Week 15

Last week before final presentations. I've really got nothing much else to show except how everything is starting to look in the weight painting area. I guess I could state that my future plans are to start learning python (despite my past struggles with learning how to code.) I'll try and have a nice little pose for both animals by next week.

Presentation

Original Plan

Topology

Change

A few complications along the way

Zebra Skeleton

Giraffe Skeleton

Zebra Controls

Helper IKs

IK controls currently

Weight Painting has begun

A nice little pose

Week 14

Alright, last week was Thanksgiving and it's time to get back into the groove. Due to some unfortunate life endeavors, I've kind of struggled a bit to get back into this project. Anyways, I've gone ahead and done some control replacements on the giraffe and zebra. I noticed that some of my control placement choices were not really the best and ultimately did not make sense. In example, the individual hip controls I had were not functioning due to the IK handles. Since those controls were originally labeled to be IK, it made sense that I get some working IK handles in there. I also put in some pole vectors into the knees and the giraffes wrists. The elbows were unneeded since the shoulder controls were already manipulating them. After that I have begun some weight mapping on the giraffe. It's slow going but it's going none the less. Big problem was trying to get the map to show at first (which it refused to do.) But it's working now so no problems. Again, not a lot to show yet other than this picture. I'll have more to show next week.