Modeling to Satisfaction & Notes for out current character rigs

 


The model for the superhero costume is now coming to a finish. All that was left were some adjustment according to the director's notes and a suggestion I made to shaping the hat after lifting the back of the hat's rim. Mainly I was to thicken the hands to be gloves, make a slight extrusion on the bottom of the vest, add more topology on the elbows of the sleeves, and readjust the shoulders.




These are the results of the new adjustments. Some of these adjustments have also just been approved by the director.

As for the animating the other rigs. We've recently had the teeth and tongue added to the daughter rig.

As we started animating the jaw and lips, I noticed a few flaws on the daughter's teeth and how they were positioned and made notes of that to the crew. There was also a problem with the skinning on the lips as they wouldn't open properly.


As for the mother rig, tests on the mouth and her rig went smoothly. All that needs to be done is to finish animating her lips and continue animation on the selected shot



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