Victor Almanzar

"Sunflower" by Victor Almanzar

2010-06-14T19:37:00.000-07:00

2010-06-14T19:09:00.000-07:00

Still images from "Sunflower"

2009-09-08T09:23:00.000-07:00

2009-08-04T09:40:00.000-07:00

new renders for this week

2009-07-31T21:46:00.001-07:00

Almost done with the animation for my opening shot!! All she needs is the hair and the updated background

2009-07-30T20:31:00.000-07:00

2009-07-30T20:16:00.001-07:00

So here is a test of my girl walking to the graveyard in two different speeds. She still needs her hair and dress ( she won't be walking naked). The background is just temporary.

2009-07-27T20:54:00.001-07:00

and here is the room! All it needs is the rest of the textures .... : )

2009-07-27T20:51:00.000-07:00

is getting better.....we still need to work on the lights and I like the idea of adding hills

2009-07-24T21:48:00.000-07:00

here is a quick test animation that I did in Photoshop where Juliana feels ( but not see) the spirit coming in her room

2009-07-24T21:35:00.001-07:00

here is the sunflower field so far, but I can't get the lights to work. Is looking really flat. Not happy right now : (

2009-07-22T20:18:00.000-07:00

I hope this plays good!

2009-07-22T19:36:00.000-07:00

And here is the boyfriend's picture ..... still working on it

2009-07-22T19:33:00.000-07:00

here the new animation with hair

2009-07-21T08:46:00.000-07:00

try this!

2009-07-21T08:37:00.000-07:00

And last but not least, my new animation

2009-07-21T08:36:00.001-07:00

And here is my render!!

2009-07-21T08:34:00.001-07:00

Here are my updated textures so far. Just a few more to go and I'll be all caught up!

2009-06-16T20:54:00.000-07:00

And here she is.....with hair!!!!

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animation test

2009-06-09T17:25:00.001-07:00

Getting closer to what I want

2009-06-09T13:05:00.000-07:00

First try of dream sequence

2009-06-03T18:10:00.000-07:00

Here is my update file of my background and Juliana together (she has feet now)

Val really like the color on her, and overall love the way things are looking : )

2009-06-02T14:36:00.000-07:00

And here is with my girl!!!

(her feet are missing still)

2009-06-02T14:35:00.000-07:00

so here is my first test of my scene......this does not have my character in

2009-05-23T15:34:00.001-07:00

Looking solid!!!

2009-05-20T17:55:00.000-07:00

And here is the spirit flying with one leaf......he's going to have more...so don't worry. I really like this!!! is exactlty what I had in mind!!

2009-05-20T17:50:00.000-07:00

Here is a leaf I painted in photoshop.....I want to have different kinds, size and shapes for them...so here is the first one

2009-05-20T17:39:00.000-07:00

Here is test of my flying with camera attached to him....looking nice!!

2009-05-20T17:30:00.001-07:00

so here is the room with the Mia_Exposure_Simple lens shader......love the pastel effect of it!!

2009-05-12T19:27:00.001-07:00

Check out my room now!!

2009-05-12T13:13:00.001-07:00

Here is the guy getting ready to have the leaves on him

2009-05-12T11:13:00.001-07:00

And here is my very first test of my characther flying in the air!!!!!
Now, there are a lot of things that are not working still.....but is just a test

2009-05-12T11:12:00.001-07:00

Here is my Zbrush guy!!!

2009-05-09T17:46:00.001-07:00

And here is one with the spot light from outside, but it does not look the way I had before.........

2009-05-09T17:45:00.001-07:00

Here is one with a directional light coming from outside

2009-05-09T17:42:00.000-07:00

I got rid of the cone light, so I no longer have the square on the floor. I lower the reflectivity on the floor so is not so shine.....but I like the light that I had coming from outside and I can't get it back..... : (

2009-05-09T17:40:00.000-07:00

So I apply the cloth thing to the clothes, Still needs works but is a start.....now what's up with this render?

2009-05-09T17:38:00.001-07:00

Here are some uv textures for the clothes.

2009-05-05T10:52:00.001-07:00

I realize that the problem was me not having a clear image of what I want my spirits to look like now, so I did a drawing that more clearly illustrate what I have in mind

2009-05-05T10:44:00.001-07:00

Have you ever had those days when you work on something but all you do is go around in circles? That was this past saturday for me and here is why

2009-04-28T19:24:00.001-07:00

My sunflowers!!!

2009-04-28T14:52:00.000-07:00

Here is a test for the male spirit. I different from the other, but it may have potential!!

2009-04-27T16:13:00.000-07:00

Here a couple of new test for the female spirit.
The blue is from Maya, the yellow as some Photoshop filters.

2009-04-27T12:41:00.000-07:00

I need help, this one render took 26 MINUTES!!!!!

QUE? 26 MINUTOS!!!!

The good thing is that is looking good!! I may have to bake the petals.....

2009-04-25T19:54:00.001-07:00

And finally, and update on my room.

2009-04-25T19:52:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple of close up of my spirit girl. One is with final gather and the other one is with no final gather.
The one without it looks better!

2009-04-25T19:48:00.000-07:00

So here is my female spirit with her new texture. I use mental ray and then I added a direct red light to make her look more orange.

2009-04-18T21:47:00.000-07:00

Here is the update on the low poly flower and the high poly flower.

2009-04-18T21:46:00.001-07:00

Doing layouts is hard!!!

Here is my work in progress so far

2009-04-16T22:05:00.000-07:00

So here is my sunflower model so far (the low poly and meduim poly).

2009-04-14T12:40:00.000-07:00

This illustration will give you a better understanding of how I want my heaven to look like as well as how my main characters will interact with the spirits.

2009-04-14T12:37:00.000-07:00

So here is another detail study of Juliana's messy room

2009-04-11T18:20:00.000-07:00

Here is a new render as well as a couple of texture maps for the room. It's feeling a bit "Peter Pan" like, but I think is getting much closer to what I have in mind. I like the painting effect the feeling that is getting!

2009-04-11T18:16:00.000-07:00

So as you know, the mayority of my story is going to take place in my character's room and therefore her feelings of sadness should be transmited to the audience by looking at her suroondings. Here is a detail study of her night table.

2009-04-07T13:29:00.000-07:00

Asset List

Week one: Review my asset list with teacher and classmates.
Start paintings some textures on Photoshop to be use in environment one (Juliana’s room). Work on getting video references ready for next week. Keep working on spirits textures. (Male and female)

Week Two: Review concept art with teacher and classmates as well as video references. Show some test render of Juliana’s bed (blanket, pillows, bed headers). Keep working on environment one as well as the spirits characters.

Week Three: Review test renders of environment one. Show textures of furniture such bed stand and dresser. Work on props to make room look messy. Have texture 90% finish on the spirits. Show some test renders in after effects, get critiques from teacher and classmates and make corrections for next week. Put them with 2D characters if possible (no animation).

Week Four: Spirits textures must be complete. Critique them with teacher and classmates for final suggestions. Keep working on environment one. Show renders texture on chair and teddy bear. Star placing lights and cameras. Start working on environment two (Juliana’s town).

Week Five: Texture on environment one must be 90% complete. Show some test renders to teacher and classmates for critique. Show spirits again only if suggestions were given the week before. Keep working on models for environment two.

Week Six: Environment one complete with lights (night). All models for environment two must be done. Start working on textures for environment two.

Week Seven: Work on textures for environment two. Start testing camera movement on the city to be use in flying scene on “Sunflower”. Test spirit characters (3D) with main characters in heaven environment in After Effects (no 3D models require).

Week Eight: 75% of texture complete on environment two. Show test renders with camera movement. Start placing lights. Show some test renders of heaven environment.

Week Nine: Texture for environment two must be complete. Work on test animation with some lights for flying scene. Star testing lights for environment one B (dawn).

Week Ten: Environment two complete (lights and textures). Keep working on test animation of flying scene. Place characters on environment one for test ( no animation).

Week 11: Flying scene test complete. Environment one and one B complete with characters (2D) . Heaven environment complete with characters (3D and 2D).

List of Models

Female Spirit: Done

Male Spirit: 90% complete

Environment One

Blanket: Done

Pillows: Done

Head boards: redo

Furniture: Done

Vase: Done

Curtains: Not finish. (may be 2d)

Clothes on the floor: Not finish

Empty bottle of wine: Not finish

Empty glass: Not finish

Environment Two

To be determine

2009-04-07T13:28:00.001-07:00

More concept art

2009-03-16T13:01:00.000-07:00

Here are some updates with the girl.... Trying new things....

2009-03-16T12:58:00.000-07:00

so here are some new test for my toon room. I going for a night scene......

2009-03-09T12:28:00.001-07:00

So now here is my girl with the toon shader effect....pretty coll stuff!!!

2009-03-09T12:22:00.000-07:00

Then I worked on main character's room. It looks ok...too much like the "Simpsons"....so I'm not sure if I going to use it.

2009-03-09T12:20:00.000-07:00

hello again!!

so, first of all....I lost my file with all the textures that I did with my girl 2 weeks ago. I try to get it back by repeating all my steps...but I got somethig compleatly different.

2009-02-28T18:30:00.000-08:00

This is nice, but I like the color but is to transparent...I want it to be more trasnlucent than transparent.

2009-02-28T18:19:00.000-08:00

This coul be cool too!!!

2009-02-28T18:10:00.001-08:00

So here are some experimentation I have done with my textures so far. I like it better without using the ray tracing, but maybe I need to work on it some more to make work for what I want. What I want to archive is to make it feel transparent and no look transparent….make sense?

2009-02-23T13:26:00.001-08:00

The girl

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And the girl!

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My model

2009-02-09T13:26:00.000-08:00

This kept happening to me!! What's is it?

2009-02-09T13:19:00.001-08:00

Here is my model so far! Belive it or not, I work all day saturday on it!

Progres 02-02-09

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Front view of the head

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And here is the head!

2009-01-26T13:21:00.000-08:00

Hello Guys!!

Here is blocking out of my Male Spirit

2009-01-14T13:22:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of renders of my spirit female character ( with no texture of course)

Goals for the class

2009-01-14T12:47:00.000-08:00

1. Finish my second spirit character for my short. ( Already have one)

2. Texture both of my characters so they can blend and look good with the rest of my 2d animation. ( check this clip to see what kind of texture I'm trying to achieve)

3. Try to blend all my 3D models with my 2D animation.

2009-01-12T13:50:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone!!!

Here is my blog