Gecko's Gamble Final Layout + Animation

This is the final edit of my animation and layout. About half of the shots have been rendered at low quality, and a rough score has been added.

Gecko's Gamble Rough Score Half-Rendered from Matthew Steidl on Vimeo.

Rough Animation Shots 19-46

Here is a sequence from the middle of the film. Face animation is started, but not complete.

Rough Animation 1/3 Finished

All the shots still need face animation, plus tweaks to body and camera animation.

Animation Sequences!

I have animated a few new shots, revised the old ones, and cut them together to see how it's flowing.

Gecko's Gamble Opening Animation

Here are 2 shots from the beginning of the film. No face animation or shadows yet, but it's coming along.

Animation!

Here are some shots that I have been working on this week. No particular order, but it's part of a sequence in the middle where the gecko is first trying to escape from the shed. After a long hiatus from animating, it seems run cycles are a good way to get back into the groove of things.

Environment Textures

I've been working on texturing the shed quite a bit this week, which has also got me started with rendering. Here are some tests of the wood pieces with Final Gather through Mental Ray.

Animation Test

This is a run cycle for the gecko. It's really rough, but it's a start for animation. I'm expecting to get a lot more practice in the next few weeks.