Long Term Plans

I haven’t been updating much lately and I wanted to just jump on and explain what’s been happening.  I completed the 3d program at Santa Rosa Junior College last week, and will start attending San Francisco’s Academy of Art University this summer.

After a lot of intense consideration, I have decided to put my time and effort into learning everything I can about this craft and using my knowledge to produce a full-blown movie trailer for The Last Mice.  I will be working on this trailer over the next couple years and want to make it so impressive that I will have studios lining up to fund the full motion picture.

This means I have a lot of characters and scenes I need to create, and I’m hoping that a 2-3 minute trailer will truly encapsulate the story I want to tell in a nut-shell and drive home a winning concept.  Wish me luck and thank you to everyone who has been following this blog.  Stay tuned for something amazing!

Snake Lake Scene

Here’s a sneak peek of the scene where the giant snake is rising out of the lake.

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Latest Screen Shots

Snake Rising

Max’s Living Room

Latest render of opening scene

Kickstarter started!

The Last Mice Kickstarter project has been launched! I’m trying to raise $2500 in 20 days to help fund The Last Mice. Please share this Kickstarter with your friends and let’s see if we can make it happen!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/373490571/the-last-mice

How I animate Max’s jacket using cloth dynamics

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The Last Mice – Face Rig Complete

Last tutorial on face morphs, I promise.  If you skip to 3:38 in this video, you can see how this dynamic rig system makes Max’s face instantly come to life when I move several control points at once.

As you may have noticed, the link to my Kickstarter preview page in the previous post was broken.  That’s fixed now, so go check it out.  Thanks Jenny!

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The Last Mice Progress

I’ve had some technical difficulties over the weekend setting up Max’s facial rig system, but now everything is back in order and it’s just about go time to get this series rolling.

I have just submitted by proposal for www.kickstarter.com.  I will be launching that project in about a week.  I will be asking for $2500 in pledges to fund The Last Mice.  This money will go toward hiring more 3d animators and licensing software.

In this most recent picture, I’ve added a more realistic tree, along with a radio and marble table for his tea set.  I’ve also added a nice reflection in Max’s window, showing his view of the town below.  The only thing left for the opening scene is to create the book Max will be reading.  I want to make it look like real paper bending when he turns the pages.