Friday, February 20, 2015

Awesome Camera Rig - Josh Cam



Really nice camera rig created by Josh Janousky.  These rigs are great because they force you to think in real world moves creating a more realistic camera move.  So you start to think about your Dolly(not your cute cabbage patch posted up on your bed - I just aged myself there) but your push in on Tz for example.  Along with Dolly we have Track the Tx, side to side movement if you will.  Can't forget Pan, the rY, rotational move and the good ol' Tilt rX rotational movement.

This rig is great because you can operate it on a crane, take it to handheld steady-cam and it even comes rigged with an attached curve path that allows for some interesting ideas for camera track shots.  It also has a built in camera aim and shake to push handheld.  Although, with shake what I usually do once my camera is locked, I bake it out and then bring that camera into RS CAM for adding shake.  It seems to be a little refined in its shake and it also has some nice presets built into it as well.  Link:  http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/rscameraui

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Woot - I've finished my first zBrush sculpt Le Femme Fatale!!!


So, let me preface this by saying that I have had zBrush now for 3 years - and done some pretty crappy modeling up until now.  Drum roll please...my first finished sculpt!  I'm really pleased with how this finished up.  I'm going to use her in my facial rigging course.  I purchased a great set of tutorials from character artist Matt Thorup on Gumroad.com.  His technique really gave me the some great tips and got me to finish this piece.  Thanks Mr. Red Beard!!!  Now on to rigging!

MECH Hatch Rough Block v01



First pass blocked in.  Hmm, a lot fix but its the right idea.  F61 pause needs mo a lot mo!  Also, need to get him to break more towards camera at the end.  Crits welcome.