My Character is also almost ready

This is the male character. I still have to work out a few things, such as blend shape eyebrows or FK, and decide what kind of control I want over the hands.

I will be doing some animation tests soon to finalise my ideas.

Progress with Maya

I am finally getting to grips with the Maya Interface. I have nearly finished modeling and rigging the man and the dog - I will post screen shots soon. After trying out a few different methods of rigging I finally settled on the reverse foot setup. I decided against sliders wherever possible because I want the characters to be 'hands on'.

Design Sheet

This is a mock up of what I expect my film to look like.

It outlines how I intend to use colour to add emphasis to the characters and their animation.

I will not adhere to this strictly as it is just a test to see how viable this animation is.


This is a collection of just a few of the sketches I made when coming up with my characters. I found that the difficulty is in coming up with two characters that work together.