Final Project Rig Demo

Final Facial Rig Demo from Hemali Tanna on Vimeo.

What happened to your body?

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http://www.viz.tamu.edu/students//hemali/viza618/files/What%20happened%20to%20your%20body.mov

Index of files to download:
http://www.viz.tamu.edu/students//hemali/viza618/index.html

Final Project Textures and Lighting

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Final project Progress - Animation and rig demo Videos

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Branching out from Hemali Tanna on Vimeo.


Branch Out Zoom from Hemali Tanna on Vimeo.


Facial Rig from Hemali Tanna on Vimeo.

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http://www.viz.tamu.edu/students/hemali/viza618/index.html

expressions

More refined face model

Final project concept and rough model

Dialogue:
After a year of living abroad, I lost touch of my roots!
Gets exasperated and "Phews"
Wind blows, a bird flies!

Lighting Assignment

Multiple Source Lighting

In this multiple light source set up, I placed my main light on the side of the camera. The overall effect of the lights seems very uniform, and a little boring. Hence I thought the upset emotion to be appropriate for the light set up.

In this multiple light source set up, I placed my main light on the side opposite to the camera.

I chose the happy emotion here coz of the glow the lights put on the face, specially on the cheekbones raised to a height coz of the smile.

Profile: Light on background only

For this shot all profiles look similar irrelevant to the emotion.

Profile: Light on other side of the face

Dark pictures make me relate them to dark emotions, hence upset.

Profile: Light in front of face

The whole face is lit with a slight gradation, that really defines the curve of the puffed happy cheeks, the contours of the raised cheek bone, and the curve of the lips. Hence the happy smiling emotion looks best in this light set up.

Profile: Light close to camera

The dark shade on the cheekbone makes the eyes and face look more upset, thus enhancing the emotion.

3/4 pose: Broad Lighting

This lighting enhances the bliss emotion, coz it seems like someone is meditating in a dark room, but there is light coming from a certain direction or window, that makes it eel like the person is being 'enlightened'.

3/4 pose: butterfly lighting

This lighting makes the face look more beautiful, hence the smile emotion

3/4 pose: Short lighting

The lighting creates the illusion of a popping vein on the forehead, thus enhancing the upset emotion.

Light directly o the side of the face, 90 degrees

In this lighting setup, the smile is enhanced most, as the face looks almost radiant. The shadow on the eye makes it look smaller, the cheekbone seems bigger and puffier, like eyes crinkling due to raised cheeks while smiling.

Light 45 degrees to the side, 45 degrees above

The illusion of the popping vein appears again, hence I feel this light setup enhances the upset emotion.

Light below camera level

It feels like someone is meditating in a dark room, and a candle on the floor is lighting the face. The bliss emotion is most enhanced in this light set up.

Light at camera level

This brings about a bland lighting effect, and the eyes look more sunken too, enhancing the upset, dull emotion.

Light slightly above camera

The darkness on the lower sides of the face highlights the slight smile of the blissful state.

Light high above camera

The shadows cast are so deep, this lighting didn't really suite any of the three emotions I had. My upset/disturbed face almost looks cruel, angry and murderous in this setup.

Happy Clusters

You can download movie files from here:

http://www.viz.tamu.edu/students/hemali/viza618/index.html

Happy Clusters_front view_smooth from Hemali Tanna on Vimeo.

Happy clusters_front_faceted from Hemali Tanna on Vimeo.

Happy clusteres_ perspective from Hemali Tanna on Vimeo.

Clusters

Neutral pose
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PP
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Say Happy _ Assignment 4

Say Happy_ smooth render from Hemali Tanna on Vimeo.

Say Happy_ rough render from Hemali Tanna on Vimeo.

Assignment 3

Modeling Assignment 3 - due 2/16/10 Starting from the polygon face model you created for Assignment 2, modify your model to take on two additional facial expression postures, such as fear, sadness, surprise, joy, anger, disgust, etc. Submit several views of each new expression. Using interpolation (blend shapes), create a brief (~30 frames) animation (as a .mov file) that transitions between all three expressions. Submit your images and animation as you did for Assignment 2. Archive this model, you will be using it for later assignments.




Neutral pose




Smiling




Upset




Bliss


Blendshapes smooth poly animation



Blendshapes rough poly animation