Animating Dialogue

The first animation of dialogue started today.  Soon I'll need to post a video of the characters with dialogue.  I really like how the voices of Michelle Chin (Dana) and Juliet Drake (the Butterfly) are matching with the characters.

Butterfly animation begins

This week I'm beginning the first animations of the butterfly in the hospital scenes. Here's an image of the work in progress.

A midnight call

Dana in the hospital

Here's a quick render of Dana in the hospital.  this week I plan to continue touching up the scene before rendering on this scene begins.

Animating Act 2

Animation on parts of act 2 in the hospital room have started.

lighting and texture develpment.

After animating the first scenes of Dana, I rendered them and found that they didn't seem right.  So I went back and added a few things (tapping her foot, biting her nails, and eventually tugging at her fingers, much more lively).  Since I'll need to render her again, and These are still the first scenes being done, I went back and adjusted the lighting to reflect the cloudy day that will be outside.  I also fixed Dana subsurface scattering so it's not as prominent.  Along with this I adjusted her eyes and added a light to give them a nice sparkle.  I did this to all the model to get the best look I can.  I'll start rendering her scenes this week after adjusting the camera.  I'm taking inspiration for camera positions from my favorite film makers.  This means I'm watching a lot of Wes Anderson and Coen Brothers films.

Animation begins!

Animation has begun on Suicide Friends.  This project has been in development for so many years, I'm glad to start moving in a path that will see it completed.  Here is an image of Dana being set up for animation. She's still being positioned, which is why her hands look like they're in mid hambone.  It's great to see her on set.