The Automat - Short CG Animation

[softdistortion]

looks very nice guys. :drool:
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[thebest]

Are u still looking for modelers ? ..... you can check my portfolio in the signature area , and also would like to know if you want the modeler to be fully available for the short or not

[madcan]

Hey thebest,

Yeah we're still looking for modelers. I'm not sure that I understand what you meant by fully available but can tell that everyone involved has full time jobs beside this project. I checked your portfolio by the way and I would want to give you some abandoned train and car models for starters if you would like. If it's okay for you, just email me at aserbest@gmail.com.

Cheers!

[madcan]

Hey everyone,

I'm happy to say that our project is going along quite nice. But since most of the team is working full time jobs, it's taking time. So to move things faster, we need more modelers (especially for environment modeling) and texture artists. If you want to join, feel free to mail me at aserbest@gmail.com and we can always find some things to do for you :)

Cheers!

[dilen]

hey,

Are you looking for Riggers? please let me knw I am one.

Thanx.

D.

[madcan]

Hey Dilen,

Yeah we still need a rigger so I just sent answered your email.

Thanks!
Alican

[JaredTaylor]

Hey mate,

I'm a Character TD / Rigger and would be interested in collaborating full-time over the Christmas holidays-- and possibly for longer part-time once I'm working.

You can see my reel here: www.jaredtaylor3d.com (http://www.jaredtaylor3d.com) / http://vimeo.com/33760121

Cheers

[madcan]

Hey Jared,

Thank you so much for your interest. I loved your reel and will be sending you some details on mail in a few moments.

Cheers!

[desaidmehul]

Hey
Are you looking for lighter & compositor? Also which softwares are you guys planning to use?

Thanks
Mehul

[madcan]

Hey Mehul,

Thanks for asking! We are using Maya and right now it looks like we'll be rendering with V-Ray but we're still making some tests. Unfortunately we have enough Compositors right now. I would like to get back to you if we need some extra hand on Lighting tho, if that's okay with you.

Thanks again!
Alican

[desaidmehul]

Hey,

Sure if I could help in the lighting department too. I also know Vue, so if you guys need any help with matte paintings too!

Cheers
Mehul

[brueghel]

Hey,

Those environments are great. Do you still need any help? I'm a maya generalist and you can check my portfolio here (http://simonhildwein.com) and here for traditional (https://picasaweb.google.com/108433617232406170221/TraditionalArt?authuser=0&feat=directlink) drawing. I could imagine helping you with almost everything, (except ZBrush, I dont have it ). I have a strong background in Illustration. I like especially enviroment modeling, Matte Painting / 3d Matte Painting. But I also like animation.

Another Idea: I could do a title sequence....

Simon

[Zet]

I can help with modeling or texturing for this short. Send me info about what I should do.
Best regards,
Izat.

[dreamWeaver89]

Hello! The concept is really well done, and I can really see this being an awesome piece when it's done. I noticed that there wasn't much said on needing animators for this, but if you are ever of in need of one, please let me know if and how I can help out on this. :)

Awesome work!
-Kayli

[softdistortion]

Hi Madcan.
Been trying to contact you.
Check your Private Messages when you get a sec.

[madcan]

Hey everyone,

Been away for a few weeks so sorry couldn't get back to you sooner. And: Yeah we still need lots of help in this project. Especially in modeling right now. So thanks and I'll also PM everyone who contacted here now.

Alican

[vinmuz]

Hi,

I don't know if you're looking for this kind of skills...

But I'm an orchestral music composer... and may be i could help?
I believe orchestral music could suit to your project.

You can visit my porfolio, in order to see what i can produce...

[madcan]

Hi Vinmuz,

Thank you for your interest! You have a really great portfolio. But unfortunately we have a composer right now but it's not an absolute certainty with him and there's still time till we start on music work so if anything changes I'll surely contact you and hope you'll be available then.

Cheers!

[vinmuz]

Ok,

I'll follow your project via the WIP/forum and i'm going to give you (mp) my e-mail...
You can, if you want, inform me of the evolution...
It could be really interesting for me.(curiosity)

Thanks for replying.

[madcan]

That would be awesome, thank you too!

[madcan]

For anyone wondering, I just updated the first post for our immediate needs. It may (and probably will) change over time but right now our immediate needs are for people to do:

- Modeling
- Simulation

And for later:
- Sound Design / Sound Mixing

[vinmuz]

I've sent to you(mp) my e-mail.

For information : i work in collaboration with a professional sound-designer (actually,a friend of mine)
And we are both, with 3 others "audio-guys", achieving to create our audio post-production studio...

Have a look :
www.audioplumstudio.com

You could have access to our skills... :deal:

... ;)

[musashidan]

Hey Alican, are you still in need of modelers?

Project looks really interesting...

[madcan]

Hey Musashidan,

Yeah we're still in need of modelers and from what I've seen in your portfolio, we could definitely use your help. If you can send me your email, I can mail you more info and the rest of the concepts.

[musashidan]

Hey Musashidan,

Yeah we're still in need of modelers and from what I've seen in your portfolio, we could definitely use your help. If you can send me your email, I can mail you more info and the rest of the concepts.

Hey Alican. Emailed you.

[Dreams-mix]

Hey Alican
i'm really interested in the project. amazing concept art you have out there

are you still looking for character modelers?
here is my demo reel: http://vimeo.com/33698111

cheers
Aziz

[madcan]

Hey Aziz,

Yeah we actually need another character modeler but not to sculpt new characters but to do retopology for the ones being already built. If you are okay with that, we would love to have you in our team. Or there are still more props to model if you are interested. Just send me an email at aserbest@gmail.com if you're interested.

Cheers,
Alican

[scotths]

Hi Everyone,
My name is Scott and I have been contributing to this project for the past few months as a prop modeler. We're going to be posting work-in-progress here on a semi-regular basis and I wanted to jump in and post what I have been working on. This is just a small part of all the work this incredibly productive team has been doing. Enjoy!

Pre-Viz Models
A big part of what we have been doing the past two months has been preparing a pre-visualization that we have been using to refine the story and block out the sets so we know where models will be in frame and how detailed they will need to be. This process has already been amazingly helpful in defining our short film.

I like to think of these models as 3D white-board sketches -- I spent 5-20 min on each model, which enabled me to finish 2-3 every day on the train to work. It helped that there are no UVs, no textures and absolutely no concern to good topology (as long as I could export it from Blender and it worked for Alican then it was golden).

http://www.bowzizzer.com/automat/automat_presentation_pv_trains.jpg


http://www.bowzizzer.com/automat/automat_presentation_pv_character_props.jpg


http://www.bowzizzer.com/automat/automat_presentation_pv_sidestreet.jpg


http://www.bowzizzer.com/automat/automat_presentation_pv_signs.jpg


http://www.bowzizzer.com/automat/automat_presentation_pv_cars.jpg


Pipeline Tests
As part of the initial production phase of the project we wanted to clearly define the specs and pipeline so that a global set of individual artists, all with different modelling apps and workflows, can work together as seamlessly as possible. So, as part of the team has been working on the pre-viz, blocking out the action and story, I have been working on a few assets with the goal of making them as close as possible to final production-ready as possible. We're still considering whether this will be final art or not, but the work has been invaluable in driving us toward a conclusion on what our specs will ultimately be so that we do not need to go back and rework models at a later stage.

First are a couple of props from the concepts in Alican's original post:

http://www.bowzizzer.com/automat/automat_presentation_pipeline_tests.jpg


And, lastly, here is a work-in-progress of a pigeon that is intended to be used as a background element -- we will be using it to define the rigging and animation pipelines:

http://www.bowzizzer.com/automat/automat_presentation_pigeon.jpg

Look for more stuff from other team members soon!

Thanks,
Scott

[madcan]

Hey everyone,

Here are some more images of the models being built by different (but equally amazing) people. They are mostly Work In Progresses but still, might give you an idea and hope you'll like them.

I also updated the original post once again with the roles we need right now.

http://www.babun.org/cgtalk/otomat/presentation/motorcycle.jpg

http://www.babun.org/cgtalk/otomat/presentation/building_1.jpg

http://www.babun.org/cgtalk/otomat/presentation/chair_table_ticketmachine.jpg

http://www.babun.org/cgtalk/otomat/presentation/knife.jpg

http://www.babun.org/cgtalk/otomat/presentation/trafficlight_undamaged.jpg

http://www.babun.org/cgtalk/otomat/presentation/train_station_outside.jpg

http://www.babun.org/cgtalk/otomat/presentation/train_station_inside.jpg

http://www.babun.org/cgtalk/otomat/presentation/water_barrel.jpg

[madcan]

Hey again everyone,

Here's just another work in progress model, Grocery Store set by Mantas Tatantas:

http://www.babun.org/cgtalk/otomat/presentation/grocery_store.jpg

[madcan]

Hey everyone,

Here are two roles for which we are looking for people right now:

We are still in need of environmental modelers, especially for building models. So if you're interested, please feel free to contact me.

We also need an experienced character modeler for our main character (you can see his concept in the first post). We aim to start animations by June so we hope to have this character model ready by then.

Cheers and thanks,
Alican

[madcan]

Hey everyone,

Lance Baker from makecg.com is modeling our characters now and Mikkel Nielsen from gim-audio is our sound designer.

But we still need more environment modelers so if you are interested, please feel free to contact me at aserbest@gmail.com

Cheers!

[vinmuz]

Hey Alican, :wavey:

It seems that process is in good path...and it sounds cool.
I'm looking forward to seeing pictures moving!

Good luck.