nCloth

Stretch Resistance:  how much your object moves and stretches .

Compression Resistance: how much your ncloth compresses in.

Bend Resistance: how much the Ncloth can bend

Bend Angle Drop off :

Shear Resistance:

Restitution Angle

Restitution tension:

StoryBoards:

So I am At a point Now Where I have begun to Draw My last Character Kenny into my Story Boards.

i spent WAY TOOO MUCH time on getting this design just right. 

I am so happy with the final design.I am able to make him very expressive and i feel his emotions are easily readable. 

Advanced Animation

 Making Toon Smoke using maya

Old Toon Shader.
nParticle
blobsurface

to cut out of the cloud
add a lambert.
under matt opacity
set black hole

Trev the Tuatara (Refrence)

These Are the Images i found took From a Research Documentary on Tuatara.

I was able to get a bunch of Reference images from many angles. 

The Documentary also gave a lot of information on Tuatara. 

I want to really try an incorporate aspects of these real like animals into my characters as they are really old animals that haven't evolved much since the dinosaur era. 

Smoke Effects

Treatment

Critters

Trev the Tuatara, a curious tuatara who lives in a New Zealand costal Forest. Living a very peaceful life in in his little cave overlooking the ocean.

Will the Weta:

Kenny:

Act1:

Will meets Trev:

As the sun starts to set on a peaceful forest we pan down onto a clearing in the forest. Out of a Little hole on a fallen mossy Log sitting on the bank of a stream popped out Will the Weta ready to start his day. He picks a flower bulb from a near by tree and takes a seat on the log to watch the sunset and enjoy his breakfast. Suddenly there is some rustling in the bushes. Will looks around suspicious of his surroundings. As we focus back on will We see an unfocused figure has appeared behind him. As the figures encroaches on Will senses something is wrong and turns around. The figure is revealed to be Trev the tuatara looking at Will as a delicious dinner. Will Screams and tries to flee, Trev slams his hands together to catch Will, but will is faster than him and jumps and grabs a nearby branch to swing himself out of danger. Trev realizes he missed and pounces at Will. As Will reaches the ground he releases the branch which smacks Trev straight in the face. Will dashes off, laughing at Trev. Recovering from the smack to the face from the branch, Trev now furious gives chase.

Act2:

Will is chased by Trev:

As Will is running he hears a crash behind him. He turns around and sees Trev is gaining on Him.  Will See ahead of him is a clearing in the Forest the ground is covered in Dead Leaves branches and Logs. Will Dives into the Leaves just as Will Pounces. Will goes crashing into the leaves rolling till he crashes into a boulder leaving a imprint of his silhouette in the rock.

Act 3:

We Cut to Kenny Who was sitting against the Rock looking very depressed, his stomach grumbles as he pulls out a crudely drawn map of New Zealand trying to figure out how he had gotten so lost while trying to find steward island. Suddenly he hears a big crash noise first thinking it was his stomach he realizes it came from the rock. Peering over the rock he see’s Trev pulling himself out of the rock dizzy and confused Trev collapses into the leaves. Kenny leaps over the rock and begging’s giving Trev CPR.

Act 4:

Seeing through Trev’s eyes as he regains consciousness.  we see a disturbing picture of Kenny’s beak pecking at us as he attempts to give Trev mouth to mouth. Trev shocked Pushes Kenny off him then starts spitting and scratching his tongue in disgust. Kenny confused by what had just happened he taps Trev on The Shoulder hoping to get his help with directions. Trev Smacks the map out of his face, Kenny tries to catch the map before it blows away. Trev begins scoping the area Hoping to spot where Willis hiding.

Character Design (Weta)

At This point Will has not been fully designed and developed as i still am not sure what direction i want to take this character to make him more cute or menacing as a real challenging prey.

I have made up this  design i will be using as a template for now as i develop the character. This character was made for the start of my storyboards.

Character Design (Kenny)

 Kenny The Kea Started as a Kakapo but i have decided to go in a different direction to add a bird that can fly and would be more of a predatory hunter.

The Design Has been simplified and refined to a more parrot looking character who has a recognizable silhouette.

Yet Kenny has retained key features of the Kea to easily make him distinguishable as a Kea. 

Character Designs (Trev)\

Critique Review

My Question Needs Some Work It Still isn't too specific.

i need to add more on what i am trying to achieve. 

People like my character designs but need to be refined and simplified.

Not Theoretical Text.

Find Some.

Kathryn Like the direction my project is heading but would like to see a story or some type of indication of what it will actually be about.

Critique Presentation

Theoretical Text Studies:

List of Useful Sites:
https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/9668_023128ch02.pdf

http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/theoreticalframework

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c85a/325bc004cb4ba9c2fa7f59ae7139aec92397.pdf

https://books.google.co.nz/books?hl=en&lr=&id=UwyowOnDoFkC&oi=fnd&pg=PA385&dq=expression+of+emotion&ots=vpPvOQVciA&sig=4uQO1kTZECNCQLNoWXe6Eyo8fbw#v=onepage&q=expression%20of%20emotion&f=false

https://books.google.co.nz/books?hl=en&lr=&id=PWfC_jEZeM8C&oi=fnd&pg=PA11&dq=expression+of+emotion&ots=41-y2vFYWN&sig=5kH31d6Iyz7QlaDEatwQe9VYCeo#v=onepage&q=expression%20of%20emotion&f=false

http://gunfreezone.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/Universal-Facial-Expressions-of-Emotions1-2015_03_12-21_10_38-UTC.pdf

https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0022-3514.68.1.83

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-74889-2_42

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/370993/summary

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-25876-001

http://michaelchekhovactingstudio.com/philosophy.html*

1. Classical Acting.
2. The Chekhov Acting Technique.
3. Method Acting.
4. Meisner Acting Technique.
5. Practical Aesthetics Acting Technique.

Film Inspiration.

My Comedy Film Inspirations:

Some of my Favorite comedy inspiration is the comedy relationship dynamic. 

I Love how this Comedy technique allows characters to bounce off one another in a easy well flowing dialog of comedic actions.

 

The Three Stooges:

Mainly Curly. :P 

loved this character. 

Abbott and Costello:

The Marx Bothers:

Kakapo character development

Playing around with some character design  for the kakapo. 

really want to get the character and personality these creatures have represented in my character.

key aspects:

• Fat 
• Dopy 
• dumb
• Dodo-ish
• bottom heavy
• Personality that is inspired by Curly Howard.
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Curly Howard Reference/ Explanation:

Curly was by far my Favorite of the three Stooges his high voice,big size and iconic goofball face still make me laugh. his time on the three stooges was a hug inspiration for my comical style. 

 

New Concept Idea

New Concept Story: 

This idea is a development of the 3 Stooges monkey story line with a change of cast from the monkeys to more local animals. This decision came from the overused trope of using monkeys for comical animals. I decided to go for a more New Zealand focused cast.

This is some of my research and developmental concept art: