Client Project - A Gigantic Leap

Last night I was stressing out so much because of how far behind I am. According to my Gantt Chart I should be compositing and I still hadn't got my rig working!
...It's all about time management; an art, nay, a craft!!

I've been working on the PRP artefacts and SPP essays/research while working on the client project and having to find time for everything has been a challenge. So last night I presented myself with two options; stay up all night and rig the dog, or talk to smoke and mirrors about all the problems and ask to use their rig. The latter however, to me felt like I would be cheating, so full speed ahead, I threw myself into the rig setup.

And I did it! =)...


This meant that I could finally start the fun part: ANIMATION! As you can see from the screen shot above, I have started blocking the run cycle. So I really feel like i'm moving ahead with things now.

Update (06/03/10):
Again last night and this morning I started work on the materials. I'm using 'Mia_Material_x' with Mental Ray in Maya 2009. As you can see the colour is not quite there yet but the plastic/metal material is making it look more robotic now. I need to get an image from Smoke and Mirrors, that the head uses as refraction.

So basically Client Project is out of my hands until Monday. I will finally be able to present a run cycle to my tutorial group first thing Monday though. I'm looking forward to showing it and getting feedback.



Soundtrack: Rush - What You're Doing