Matte Paintings

Here is one of two matte paintings we will be using in various shots. The other is similar, with more sunset.

Shot 02 in motion

Hi-res

There are issues with the eyelids that have since been fixed (motion blur problems)

Fun with Paint effects

I've been dressing the shots up with some grass, ground-cover and flowers using Maya paint effects.

Contact Sheet

Our CONTACT SHEET is now up (And pinned to the right-hand bar-->). Here we will update the shots as the lighting is updated.

More Foliage

Working on modeling and shading more foliage to populate the scene and make it look less sparse.
These are my fan leaves inspired by ginko biloba leaves. Still working on the shading, though the subsurface is coming along nicely.

Splash Simulation

Splash has been giving me fits. I was originally working in Realflow - but found out I couldn't get my stuff back into Maya. I then tried to do an actual fluid simulation using nParticles. It's basically unbearably slow and still looks like crap. A new method is now possible since now the splash is happening slightly off camera. Will be doing that while I wait for Pixar to reply to my Slim issues!

Updated fluid

I've learned some new things about managing fluids, so I decided to do a quick rehash of this simulation since it's basically all up in the camera. Here is the new and improved fart fluid simulation.