Wings Santa Character

#1

Howdy folks!

I read some stuff on here about things slowing down with Wings…well, I love the app and have used it quite a bit on recent projects, even though I don’t post as frequently as I might like.

I have recently been going to Turbosquid.com and checking out some cool models (that I would NEVER pay for) to use as reference for my Wings modelling practice. Here’s a santa clause and xmas tree that I did recently. This is also the first real character I built and successfully rigged in Electric Image. I am currently animating a TV spot with this character and you can see some WIP screen grabs attached here. I’ll post more as I get closer to completing the spot.

Ryan

#2

Very cool we need more stuff like this here. Liek the little santa is there a way I can see the spot? Cool stuff.

#3

Hey thanks!

The spot is complete and can be viewed at the links below:

http://orangepeelproductions.com/ei/VGUG_XMAS.wmv

I used a motionmath script from AE 5.5 to translate the voice-over audio data into excel data, which I then used to apply to the mustache and eyebrow morph-targets in Electric Image, via the XP scripting plugin. I used EI’s new Global Illumination for the scene to give such even shadows and glows on the bulbs…just wish I had dynamics on the bulbs…oh well, next time.

Enjoy!

Ryan

#4

Good to see it cute ad. Also nice to know you did it without spending thousands on software.

#5

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