Jenna 607 0003

Here's a little test I created for the Jenna607 project. It was purely to see if her rig was working correctly. The biggest challenge at the time was getting the hydraulic connections working correctly. But, we got there in the end.

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Here's the final video to accompany the images in the previous post. The quality was kinda devoured by Youtube but you'll still get the idea.

Jenna 607 0001

It's been a while since the last update, I've been working on the actual animating of the first scene. However, it's still too early for it to be worth posting a video of anything yet. In the meantime I thought I'd add some of my older work in the coming days. Here are some stills from a project called Jenna 607. I produced this work some years ago now with my friend Robert Green while we both attended Wolverhampton University.
Obviously, being as old as it is, some bits aren't exactly amazing. Even still, I was quite pleased with how it came out considering how new to 3d animation and modeling we were back in the day.

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Here's another bit of the outside shot I'm currently working on. As you can see it's still a work in progress, but I'm fairly happy with how it's coming along. I wasn't sure about yellow as the colour for the road lines, but I thought the scene could use a little colour. I'm currently debating wether to introduce grass, but I'm not so sure at this stage.

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Here's the next scene I'm working on, the entrance for the three currently included types of recyclable materials. Here the trucks will unload various materials for future processing. Obviously there's still a long way to go with this scene as it stands, especially regarding the main floor/wall textures (or lack thereof).
Other than that, I was planning on including some light bulbs surrounding each of the wooden signs which will illuminate on cue depending on which conveyor belt is in use. We shall return to this scene several times throughout the animation as each material makes its entrance to the recycling plant.

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A tiny update here, of some signs I've made to place over tunnels (which will be the next thing I work on) which sort the recycling into the main 3 groups ready for processing. I'm not sure if you'll actually see the backs of them in the final thing, so I thought I'd peel off a render to show you.

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I've tried to fill out any gaps in the background with some fairly nondescript boxes. Thought I'd share this incredible moment with you all!

Zoë Selenas Work 0001

I realized yesterday that my inspiration for starting this blog in the first place was due to a friend of mine called Zoë. She is studying animation in Canada at the moment and I'd like to shamelessly plug her blog. It can be found here and features some really incredible pre-animation drawing assignments. Her drawing of the human form is just amazing, as you will see. I can't stress enough how much I look forward to seeing her work moving. For now you shall have to sate your appetite with her hand drawn work.
In other news, more updates shall be forthcoming, so keep your eyes peeled. I have a video I need to upload to youtube detailing the recycling truck in operation. Thankyou to everyone who's shown an interest in my work too!

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Here is the machine responsible for creating new cans. The rolled steel metal (or sheets in this case) go under the machine, the conveyor will stop, and the machine lowers telescopically at a rapid pace. The metal sheet or panel is then covered by the machine, steam or whatnot escapes from the sides and presto! A new can is formed. I'm still not 100% about the bulls-eye on the floor, but it'll stay for now.

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Here's a little animation I did testing out how the rocket launch pad might look when I get around to completing its scene. The purpose behind its existence is to demonstrate a statistic regarding how much energy is saved when things are recycled rather than thrown away and new objects having to be created from raw materials. Apparently if we recycled only a little more it would save enough energy to launch several rockets into space every year! Incidentally, here is my Youtube profile.

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Just a quick update showing the newest section I'm working on. This is where aluminium cans go to be recycled, and rolled out. Also in this scene will be a machine for turning the newly rolled steel into shiny new cans. Not exactly true to life, but it's just to get the message across. Here is the steel roller itself (with added safety cones!)

The Cautionary Tales 0001

Well, it's been a little while since the last update, I'll try and get more pictures on in the coming days. I just wanted to mention a project that my friend has been working on, and that I too shall be working on in the coming months. It's a comedy animated series entitled "The Cautionary Tales of Esteban Sanchez and Others..".
My friend has been busy writing for it for some time now, you can get more information here. We'd both really appreciate input on the project, any opinions, thoughts or ideas would be fantastic.
Anyhow, back to the polygons!

Recycling Project 0002

Just a quick post of a wireframe view. This is of the same scene as below. This whole scene is actually where cans (steel and aluminium) are brought in from the left (through the dark tunnel) and are then sorted by a magnet. After the sorting they are heat-gunned (or in this case blasted with an industrial scale hair dryer!) to remove their paint/laquer. Then comes the fun part, trying to make the act of these happy chappies getting melted into glowing goop a happy event. I figured I'll go with smiley faces, diving board action and rubber ducks. After this they'll get sucked down a pipe and into another section of twisted pipes and such (which is actually detailed at the bottom of the previous post).

Recycling Project 0001

Well, here goes. My name is James Clarke, and I hail from sunny England. I'm currently residing in the Midlands. Anyhow, I decided I'd create a little blog to display the kind of stuff I'm working on at the moment. Following this little blurb are a series of images from an animation about recycling I'm working on. The animation itself will be targeted at school children between the ages of 6 - 10 (approximately) and will cover a variety of aspects concerning the recycling of many types of materials. Any criticism or comments about any of my work would be greatly appreciated. Also any suggestions would be very helpful. Anyhow, I'll leave you to the rather massive lump of images!