Process and Progress

I've more or less finished the dance sequence for Chance of Rain.. one of them, anyway. There is still some funkiness going on with her arms and breasts, but Sarah Grissom, our team lead, has a fix for it so I'm not too concerned about that. Here is my process:

Scene 10 Lower Body from Romina Barrett on Vimeo.

After blocking in (see earlier post), I hid the entire upper body and worked just with her gut, legs and feet. Even without touching the keys I made with the rest of her, refining this made the whole thing look better and it was cool to try to get some personality out of just her hips.

Scene 10 Upper Body from Romina Barrett on Vimeo.

Once I felt the lower body was strong by itself, I unhid her upper body but kept the arms hidden to keep them out of the way. Because of the work I'd done with the gut, it was pretty easy to fix up her spine and neck.

Scene 10 from Romina Barrett on Vimeo.

And, here is the final as it stands now. Once again, there's still issues with her arms and breasts but I'm pretty pleased with everything else. We're starting the compiling of animation, environment and effects tomorrow and then sending it off to the render farm! It's very exciting to see this finally start to come together.