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Ruin Render Tests – Characters

Sep 01, 2011 | No Comments

Just some more render tests while animation is going on.

Auto Ride Rig

Jul 21, 2011 | No Comments

Got a little further along on the bike/rider rig. This is essentially all automatic. Just a few keyframes, with the majority of the animation happening through

First RUIN Test Image

Jul 14, 2011 | No Comments

This is our first test image of the RUIN short we're working on. Still a long way to go, but coming along.

Ruin Speed Render Tests

Jun 06, 2011 | No Comments

Over the past week or two, I've been building an asset library for generating our abandoned city ruins. One important part of this library are

Ruin Bike Rig

Jun 04, 2011 | No Comments

Just about done with the basic bike animation rig. It has auto wheel rotation based on position, vibrations, front wheel shocks, and a few more.

Fast Ruins Test

May 29, 2011 | No Comments

I've been working on a better process for creating overgrown ruins that render quickly. Got this down to around 1.5 minutes a frame. Very happy

Ruin Asset Library Grows

May 29, 2011 | No Comments

This is a collection of 21 overgrown, ruined buildings with 7 variations on each one. They are all UV mapped to 150 single polygons for use

Dirt and Grime Bike progress

May 14, 2011 | No Comments

Adding some grimy, dirty texturing to the bike. Still want to go in and modify the geometry a bit, but it's getting there.

Bike Render Test

May 13, 2011 | No Comments

This is a turntable render of the bike. It's a model of a Yamaha MT 01. Kinda street, kinda road hog... seems fun. This is the