Mark Schoennagel’s Area Blog Mention
November 12th, 2009Just got an email from Mark Schoennagel that he posted his latest blog entry on the Area. Was super stoked to see that he gave SpeakeasyFX a good mention in the article. I was also super excited he linked to my site! Thanks to Mark for the mentions!
ET Pickup
November 10th, 2009An artist friendly constraint work flow plug-in. This plug-in consists of 3 commands which allow the animator / user to pickup objects, put them down, and remove a pickup while animating.
The script doesn’t remove the transform keys laid down by the script on the object being picked up to ensure that no animation is lost throughout the pickup process. Simply delete the unwanted keys after you remove the pickup.
Rotary Spot
November 9th, 2009Responsible for modeling puzzle pieces, UV mapping of pieces and animation on various shots in the spot.
EasyMac Spot
November 9th, 2009Modeled EasyMac Cup and animated variations of the cup and text objects.
Community Title Sequence
November 9th, 2009Rigged and modeled the base Cootie Catcher / Fortune Teller while at SpeakeasyFX.
You can take a look at a little bit of a Cootie Catcher Rig Demo:
ET Spider Rig Demo
November 9th, 2009WIP Spider Rig to be released as a free rig to Softimage Community.
Noodle Arm Setup
June 19th, 2009As per a discussion on XSIBase:
http://www.xsibase.com/forum/index.php?board=11;action=display;threadid=39869;start=0#lastPost
I followed RayFigs video and setup his arm but then aslo took it a bit further to ensure that the Arm bones wouldn’t drift in rotation. Take a look at the attached file.
Eric T.
Upgrade your software!
May 4th, 2009Upgrading your software is helpful in a number of different ways. One way is to get bugs and fixes fixed. In terms of online software like forums and CMSs, it is essential to keep up to date. Otherwise, you leave your website vulnerable to attacks and hacks. So in short, keep your software up to date to ensure a long and happy web site life.
Later,
Eric T.
Bendy-Stretchy-AdjustableKnee Leg Setup
April 3rd, 2009So I decided tonight to figure out how to do a stretchy-bendy-adjustableknee leg setup. Attached are my results. I am having issues with the ThighFollow_Null and ShinFollow_Null and used a hacky way to stabilize it. Also I’m not 100% satisfied with the bend when you use the adjustable knee control.
Feel free to pull it apart / comment on it. It’s a work in progress still. Hopefully others can learn from it and we can find a solid way to accomplish this.
I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank Christopher Crouzet for allowing people to download his rig to use and pull apart.
Thanks,
Eric T.