A garage (9)

I've made cardboard boxes.

A garage (8)

I've made pallets.
Carvings on the surface are generated with using a normal map.

Usually those kind of normal maps are baked from high poly models. Making a high poly model with carvings is a hassle.
Actually you have to make only carvings like a image below.
Then you bake it to a low poly model like this.
This is a result.

A garage (7)

I've made a tool-strage box and some tools on it.

A garage (6)

I've made a winch.

A garage (5)

I've made a "wheel setter" which is a tool for setting Uni's wheel to its swing arm. This is going to be used in cut #4.

The clips are movable so that this can grab and release a wheel.

Actually only this and the desk are necessary equipments for this scene. However, I'm making some other objects to fill empty spaces.

A garage (4)

I've started making equipments in the garage.
This is a desk for cut #8.

A garage (3)

I've finished making the garage.
I'm making equipments.

A garage (2)

I've finished modeling the garage and making its occlusion maps.

A garage (1)

I've started making a garage.

I'm making this with Maya, and going to make equipments with modo.

Additions to the storyboard (4)

The storyboard is now version 1.1.
The next I'll start modeling a garage.

Additions to the storyboard (3)

I've finished drawing and will start painting.

Additions to the storyboard (2)

I'm still working on drawing the additional scenes.

Additions to the storyboard (1)

I've been working on drawing additional scenes for the storyboard.

Rider Review (10)

I've made the rider's nightwear.

The current version of the storyboard has no scenes for the nightwear or the sweat suit. I'll draw those scenes for the storyboard and the storyboard will be version 1.1.

Rider Review (9)

I've finished making the new Rider's protector suit.

Rider Review (8)

I've finished sculpting the new Rider's protector suit.
I setup a rig before sculpting so that I can sculpt easily.

Rider Review (7)

I've finished modeling the new Rider's protector suit's base.

The helmet has a lot of polygons compared to other parts because it's rounded and it'll be closed up.

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Rider Review (6)

I've set-up the face.

This face was controlled by joints on it. The joints are parts of the face skeleton.

This model has a lot of vertices on its face. It would be hard to assign weights to each vertex. Of course you can use Paint Skin Weights Tool, but there is an easier way.

First you make a simple head model from your high-poly head model, then bind the simple head model to the face skeleton and assign weights. It would be good that each joint is on a vertex which is assigned 100% weight of the joint.

Then you bind the high-poly head model to the face skeleton, and copy weights from the simple head model to the high-poly head model. (Use "Copy Skin Weights" tool.)

Rider Review (5)

I've done skinning and set-up the model.

The rig is basically the same as the old version of Rider's model. (I made a MEL script which can automatically set-up arms or legs' rigs from a simple guide.)

The old version of Rider's model was made as SDS( and applied Maya's smooth). Making its shoulders was easy because it had few points. But this time I made this as a high-polygon model and the shoulder wolud be troublesome. This model's shoulders don't look perfect, but it's enough for this project, I think.

Rider Review (4)

I've been working on making the color maps.

I made the skin texture from photographs of an apple.

Rider Review (3)

I've finished modeling, sculpting and making normal maps for Rider's sweat suit.

Rider Review (2)

I've finished modeling Rider's new base.
This time I made this model as a simple polygon model, not SDS. Details will be added by Mudbox.

A simple shoulder rig

I have made an explanation movie about making shoulder rig. In this movie I make very simple shoulder rig. I used expanded version of that for Rider's shoulder or wrist.

Part1 of 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5hPOsefqYE
Part2 of 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkbS-rCSwCk

Speaking English is fun for me, but if you cannot get it, you can download a sample file from this page
http://nkj.lib.net/sculpland/htmls/english/modeling/08modelinfos.html
The file is "19HowToMakeShoulderRig.zip".

Rider Review (1)

I've made additional designs for Rider.
These are rough but enough for modeling.

Modeling Chopper (5)

I've finished rigging Chopper.

The next I'll start reviewing Rider. I'll also make some equipments for the model (helmet, armors, etc.)

Modeling Chopper (4)

I've finished sculpting and painting Chopper.

I took photographs of my frying pan or a chicken's skin then made pictures from them with Photoshop. I used those pictures for modo's "Image Ink" to paint the model.

The next I'll start rigging Chopper.

Modeling Chopper (3)

I got Mudbox and have started sculpting Chopper.

Modeling Chopper (2)

I'm still working on making Chopper.
I've ordered Mudbox and I'll use it for making details on this model.

Modeling Chopper (1)

I've started modeling Chopper.

Texturing Uni (5)

I've finished making textures for Uni.I've finished modeling Uni. This model has no setups for animation yet, but I'll make them afterward. It'll be slightly complicated and I have to consider about it more.

The next I'll start modeling Chopper.

Texturing Uni (4)

I've add stains to textures.

The result became slightly dark... I have to adjust values or saturations of base colors, but before that I make some details with using normal maps. (I should have made them first though.)

Texturing Uni (3)

I'm working on making tarnishes.
This is a captured image of modo. Shading is "Advanced OpenGL."

Texturing Uni (2)

I've been making textures.
I filled textures with simple colors, then applied to the model with ambient occlusion maps I've already made. Tetures were painted with modo. This image was rendered with Maya.