THE FINAL PROJECT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYQelLn6_R4&feature=BFa&list=HL1349493916

CG perspective and shadow out....

HDRI test... looks better and pretty fun!

Need more time to stitch properly!

draft WIP rough cut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a9y9cPtOuk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

LIQUID TEST in HOUDINI - FUN!!!!!!!

MY TINY ALIEN...

view at youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsMljbQF9Q&list=HL1346604799&feature=mh_lolz

or click below...

The Green Metled Ice Cream

Not sure if it is correct, but I used a flatten sphere and mountains to create this node with green clay...
Looks viscous but will need to find out how to add liquid in this object...

METABALLS!!!

Maya Ice Cream, UV raw and ice

 

 

 

 

Animatics

Previz - hopefully the final one

Here is the Previz... but I do not exactly know how to model nor melt nor morph yet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q6jh6182sc

What I learnt in reflection - possibly add onto my storyline

This is what I came up with after 20 hours... a beginner to Maya, still could not get the shadows, durian, and textures to the level I desire. I sorta like the reflections therefore got a tripod with ball head to try and grab sunset HDRI so that I can have the alien or something reflecting the surrounding. Yet to finalize and update Previz.

After fixing Durian texture, glass and grapes. Added some shadows to passion fruits and spoon. Also adjusted the specular on fruits to let it seem like light bounced from the building across the road but not too much.

Studied hard at some apples, peeled them and finally fixed the textures of my scene's apples. Am I done? Don't think so.... do I have time? Maybe

I shall abandon for now...

Hey look it's brighter! After growing to like that dark mood I realized that my input was not set to RGB!!!!! Anyways now Display color profile has been set to RGB, no longer linear RGB. Lots to learn still... but this is where I shall stop. 

LIVE SHOT with MARKER - PREVIZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXGehrf6oo8

The Marker - OMG Ice Cream Melting...

Previz - Draft

Change of Storyboard

I am thinking of a new storyboard to apply what I had learnt.....stay tuned...

  BUBBLES  

My first model - Ice Cream

How to Model ?? I am still far... from it...

Review of what I had learnt

 Estimated effort hours didn't include beautifying...
Still, it is not beautiful enough...

Explosion - 10 hours

Mini smoke - 5 hours

Tree and hammer - 5 hours

Brick walls and 3 mini balls - 5 hours

Ground cracked - 3 hours

Production Schedule

    Looks like I have to plan my leave so that I can finish!!!    

Shotsheets

Need more advise on whether to film the child 

with real ice cream, just ice cream stick, 

or no ice cream.....

Hopefully I will survive texturing class

for a   handsome looking ice cream !!!  

More research required in this area....

  DEFINITELY!  

What will happen to the fate of my   LITTLE ALIEN ??  

Research

  My Delicious Ice Cream...  

On the way home, bought a solera ice cream and took some pictures for research. Looks like I will end up gaining weight eating more ice cream during research! 

Not too sure if I will make the ice cream 2 layers.... or if I have the knowledge to!

Storyboard

 This is my original storyboard. 

 Once upon an ice cream wish... 

However after the particles and dynamic sessions I realized that have yet to touch anything much on liquid deform/transform... looks like some changes gotta happen here. After some thoughts, I thought of having a realistic looking ice cream(was real at first) and when actress bites, it cracked and dropped to the ground. Still wonder how those tiny pieces can melt.. However, that's when boiling starts....My initial plan was to do melting droplets, I know particles ability to drop objects of different mass to the ground but again, have yet to discover how to do so. Till now, I am only done my bubbles... hmm am I missing texturing lesson before I can visualize technically?

The day I started spending hours perfecting stuff....