Environment Screenshots

I've realised I've not posted much about the environment recently so here's a couple of snapshots of it currently.

It's getting there. =)

Final Character Models

At last, here are the final character models.  They have changed somewhat since their original design; there are a few reasons for this:
Ailich looked too much like just a robot and I wanted a more human appearance whilst keeping the cyborg look so I swapped the all over body panels for what you see here.
I would've liked to keep Hicru with the all over body panels but it was proving time consuming and hassle-some to make them, also I think they might of interfered with some of the movements he'll be doing in the film.  Instead, he now has fewer panels and some alternate details.
The Anti-Virus has been changed from an over-whelming horde to a single, larger boss-like creature.  This is because animating masses of creatures to simulate a horde was going to be far too much work, for me and the computer.

So here you go, as usual - let me know what you think please! =)

More inspiration =)

I found this on http://cgeverything.co.uk

It's only an advert for a new anti-virus but I love the Tron / i-robot feel it has!

Watching this made me want to do a similar spin-off short for the anti-virus in 'Glitch', (whose model shall be posted on here, along with the final models for Hicru, Ailich and the environment, later this morning).  However, for now, I'm going to bed.  Enjoy!

After Effects

Here are some tests for a couple of the effects I'll be using for Glitch.

1st off - thanks to a tutorial that Kieran Duncan showed me on www.videocopilot.net I was able to create this swirling mass of energy in After Effects, which I intend to use as a projectile for Ailich's gun-arm.

Here is that same swirling mass being used as said projectile.

Also, I had a shot at making a computer HUD.  It's pretty basic just now but since I hadn't really used After Effects properly before, this was a nice easy thing to make to bring me up to scratch, however, I do intend to make it a bit more complex and convincing for the final thing.

HICRU Maya Model (At last...)

I know I promised it a while back but here it is finally!
He isn't finished being modelled yet; he's meant to be a robot of some sort so now I need to go back and sculpt panels and other robotic details.
However, I'm extremely happy with the progress so far so he's some shots of him in low-poly and some 'show off' high-poly shots.

Ailich Re-Modelled

Ended up re-modelling Ailich due to poor topology and multiple other problems.
Below are some low poly snaps.

New direction.

Whilst at work, I've had plenty of opportunity to play Super Street Fighter IV on my phone and I've seen this cut-scene so many times now.  I really love the style of it; sort of a 3D animated action comic book.  It's kind of what I'm after with Glitch.  Hopefully within the next week or so I'll have an updated storyboard and animatic up that leans much more towards an action-y, comic book feel.  Until then...