My New Demo Reel

[EricDLegare]

Woah, 4:40 of greatness :thumbsup:


I really like the multi-layered controls and the Shoulder Rig.

The "Multiple Nulls on a Spline" approch gives some really nice deformations as well as ultimate control of the shapes of the body :)


Got to watch it again :surprised

[dobermunk]

Hey Matt! Wow!
You've really come along. XSI has done you well!
I love the rig elements, only comment is that the presentation of the interface elements doesn't come across as snazy and animator-oriented as I think they might.

The selection panels seem very out-of-the box. Maybe not an issue if you know where you're sending the reel. What I mean is the creation of a dedicated interface panel (I think via xml in xsi) that "packages the handle selection process for the animator.

Very interesting shoulder stuff. I know how tricky that is.

[Stoehr]

Thanks Eric and David! The shoulder is built with multi-layered controls in mind. So far so good. My next layer is a full body resculpt; on the fly deformations for the animator.

David, Yes! good point, I need to get an interface built. My next goal.

Thanks!

[Aearon]

very cool stuff, the layered controls work really well!

i'd like to see these things on a more cartoony character :)

in the curve controls for the limbs, can you also go in and move the individual segments? that could be another layer of control that probably wouldn't even cost more performance

[Stoehr]

Aeron, Yes! each element on the curve can be manipulated with standard SRT; in addition to all the curve controls. All layered.

[Aearon]

that's what i thought, good work!

i don't remember a 100%, but if you didn't show that in the reel i think you should

[Pascaru]

That's pretty cool stuff Matt.

I really like the muscle controls.

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