I recorded all of the lighting process through padlet so it was easy for Elisha to see my progress and for some reason it doesnt like me uploading screenshots on myblog rn so heres the link to our padlet: https://padlet.com/eassaf02202211/final-major-project-abby-and-elisha-8wi27pwzupcx0c2p

My main struggle with the cleanup animation was changing the referencing as the model files had changed for objects like the scooter and vape, and I needed to set these up properly so all the textures would automatically update. The longest process was animating all the strands of hair to match the movement of her…

For my blocking animation, I mainly focused on getting the weight right, and I achieved this through constantly referring to my reference videos.

SHOT LIST This is the shot list I created based on the rendered animatic. When showing this to Sam, he advised us to add another challenge the kids have to overcome before they get the vape as it feels too easy. We decided on adding a shot of security cams so there’s another elements for…

This was so painful, using advanced skeleton for the body gave me false hope for the face rig. As it kept failing so sadly i realized i had to make the face rig manually. This process has taken me most of January due to the dissertation and working on other aspects of the film (unwrapping,…

Rigging Issues in the skin weight of the rig I fixed this through the paint skin weights tool Due to the characters’ proportions, the advanced skeleton face rig fails at one of the lip joints, in the new term I’ll see if I can fix this. If not I will have to manually place joints…

Retopoligising, When I started researching how to approach rigging the characters, I realized I needed to improve my topology to get the best results. So, I started researching retopology. I used these approaches for my models

ELISHA’S VAPE DESIGNS SECURITY GUARD DEVELOPMENT LINK TO ANIMATIC LINK TO SCRIPT PDF SUBMISSION

VAPE MODEL TURNAROUNDS MARY TURNAROUND JUULES TURNAROUND VAPE TURNAROUND

To improve my character models I found different references online for a more appealing side profile. The one to the left is from a photo i took of a popmart model. Lighting Tests Security Guard Character Design Mary Improved Juules Improvement Improved Models