Stop Motion Armature

Here is my most successful armature to date, still working on fleshing out the body.

Bad pun.

I'm starting out with a basic armature made from aluminum wire. Not ready for a ball and socket armature yet. I still test the movements of the armature the way I would test a Maya rig.

Here are some of the improvements I have made today:

I added more wire to reinforce the upper legs, but it's not working the way I planned. I also added a basic head made from Sculpy, but it seems a bit too large now.

Here's a clip of my first test with the armature -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nePR5yBfWuc&feature=youtu.be

Basic gear

I'm starting small with inexpensive equipment:

Microsoft "Lifecam" HD-3000 webcam,
Panavise as miniature tripod, and my battered, but dear old HP Pavilion dv9000 notebook.

BG test render

Rough design for the story's climax.

Thesis - "The Grand Nucleus"

Welcome to my new blog. My goal here is to maintain professional growth and personal satisfaction through development and creation of thesis animated film project.

Will use Turing pattern generator Texrd, with Photoshop, Maya and After Effects to create the Grand Nucleus:  a future world where mankind blends itself directly with the environment to avoid global cataclysm.

Use turing pattern Maginu (source: K.Maginu, Math.Biosci.27, 1975)

3D models will go from mechanical world, to organic world, to a synthesis of both worlds.

May use traditional hand drawn animated characters to act in scenes, but undecided at this point.

http://www.texrd.com/