Nell the Narcoleptic 2

Crowd Shot Anim WIP from Chilliboom Ltd on Vimeo.5 characters...

rebelrabble — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:12:45 +0100

Crowd Shot Anim WIP from Chilliboom Ltd on Vimeo.

5 characters certainly is a test of one’s patience, glad it’s nearly done!

Been a while since posting Nell updates cos we’re so busy...

rebelrabble — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:26:00 +0100

Been a while since posting Nell updates cos we’re so busy in the bat cave working. WE ARE NEARLY FINISHED! Just 3 more shots to animate… this is the last big one that’s nearly done :)

Nell’s signature. We’ve exported this as a vector...

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:21:00 +0100

Nell’s signature. We’ve exported this as a vector path and will import it into After Effects to make it appear as if a pen is writing it.

Delete unused nodes in hypershade

rebelrabble — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:30:33 +0000

Ok, totally forgot about this trick. If you have lots of unused (aka junk) nodes in your hypershade, just hold a right click on for example an empty area in the Materials tab, and select ‘Edit > Delete Unused Nodes’.

Scene10_Shot01 WIP 1 from Chilliboom Ltd on Vimeo. First shot...

rebelrabble — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:48:00 +0000

Scene10_Shot01 WIP 1 from Chilliboom Ltd on Vimeo.

First shot of the bomb sequence, WIP 1

Add object to existing lattice

rebelrabble — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:52:00 +0000

A little script I found to add an object to a lattice that exists in your scene already:

Select the lattice, then the object. Paste the following into the script editor, select all the code, and press numerical enter (that’s the enter by your keypad; the other big enter will add a new line but you want to execute the code):

string $selSet[] = `ls -sl`;

string $lattice = $selSet[0];

string $object = $selSet[1];

lattice -e -g $object $lattice;

Source: http://www.fuse-design.org/blog/tutorials-cg/how-to-maya-add-object-to-lattice-tutorial

Getting some trees and foliage in the environment surrounding...

rebelrabble — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:01:23 +0000

Getting some trees and foliage in the environment surrounding Nell’s apartment

The “brave” souls of the SP E.O.D progress shot.

multinaut — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:34:42 +0000

The “brave” souls of the SP E.O.D progress shot.

House across the road from Nell’s apartment

rebelrabble — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:28:13 +0000

House across the road from Nell’s apartment

Woohoo! Bomb guy 1 and 2 (which are the same essentially but...

rebelrabble — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:47:43 +0000

Woohoo! Bomb guy 1 and 2 (which are the same essentially but one is scaled smaller) are rigged and ready for action! Significant milestone: no more rigging for the rest of the project, woot!

Trick to change order of custom attributes in channel box

rebelrabble — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:21:01 +0000

Not sure if this is the only way to do it, but it’s a quick little hack that works a treat:

Select attribute you want to reorder by clicking on it in the channel box. In the channel box menu, goto edit > delete attributes. Now hit ctrl+z (undo). The attribute is undeleted and added at the bottom of the channel box list.

Bum gettin’ rendered

rebelrabble — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:44:05 +0000

Bum gettin’ rendered

Audio Network

rebelrabble — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:01:35 +0000

Audio Network:

Straight forward music licensing… currently checking out potential soundtracks for Nell!

Scene04_Shot07_WIP.mov from Chilliboom Ltd on Vimeo.

rebelrabble — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:28:46 +0000

Scene04_Shot07_WIP.mov from Chilliboom Ltd on Vimeo.

Scene07_Shot02 WIP from Chilliboom Ltd on Vimeo.

rebelrabble — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:34:00 +0000

Scene07_Shot02 WIP from Chilliboom Ltd on Vimeo .

Scene13_Shot02 Animation WIP

rebelrabble — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:36:20 +0100

Scene13_Shot02 Animation WIP

Latest environment progress, based loosely on Parnell, Auckland....

rebelrabble — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:03:00 +0100

Latest environment progress, based loosely on Parnell, Auckland. Click on any of the images to view a higher-res slideshow.

Bomb prop.

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:50:11 +0100

Bomb prop.

Add an in-between key

rebelrabble — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:03:45 +0100

To add an inbetween key in the graph editor which doesn’t affect the shape of the existing curve, don’t use the ‘+’ icon.

Hold down ‘i’ with your curve selected, and middle click where you want to insert the key.

Grass test for the park scene :-)

rebelrabble — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:53:00 +0100

Grass test for the park scene :-)