Modeling- The village

In order to save the rendering time, we try to build the village with low polygons face. So, we have to search lots of texture to make it be more realistic. Then, most of the buildings are made by wood in western style, so, we found lots of wooden texture. 

Texture link:

http://www.cgtextures.com/skies.php

This website is very useful, there are lots of texture categories.

Some texture edited by Photoshop.

Use Cylindrical Mapping to map the buckets.

 Another building. This is a windmill with texture.

Modeling - saddle & skeleton (Horse)

There is a pocket at the saddle because the character have to pick out the red cloth in it.

 Here is the rigging if the horse.

Modify the Cow's model

In order to make it be more powerful, we enhance the horns size. (Use the "Pose Tools" in Mudbox to adjust the size is easier for scaling)

 We decided to use a red color on the cow

Connection between KINECT and computer

Because the plug of KINECT is not USB typed, so we have to buy a converter to connect them. Finally, we found it in Sham Shui Po.

Modeling - cow (third version)

The horns and the face have been edited.

Modeling -cow

To fit with the style of our animation,  we try to edit the model to a cute style, so, we make the eyes bigger. Then, the cows are very cruel in this animation, so, we make evil eyes on it.

3-sec Final Outcome

Character - Paint skin weight

We also animated the cowboy, we're going to import it into Unity for our 3 sec final outcome video.

Unity Test

We try to import the T-pose character into Unity and animate the camera, and also apply depth of field.

SPECIAL: The Death of Cowboy ;)

Character Rigging

Leg

 Hand

Whole Body

 

The Rigging of the character has been done. We are going to bind the skin and paint the skin weight.

Unity Development - Final Quality Outcome Demo

 

We're working on the modeling and the unity development, we also add some scripts for the camera panning and some object's rotation. Everything are still in the progress.

Animatic - Final version

Animatic - Final version

Background music

Background music

 

 We choose "Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe" as the animation's background music, because the fast tempo, and also the mode of this song is very happy, we think that it is quite suitable for our animation.

We will find some sound effect on the website:

http://www6.flash8.net/fx/s_312.shtml
This website is quite convenience because the sound will play automatically when the mouse cursor move on top of that sound effect.

Animatic process

All of the scenes are almost done, we are going to group all of the scenes together, add some effect between the shots, and also add sound effect and background music in the animatic.

Animatic - scene 6 & 7

Scene6 Shot#15

The fat man want to ask cowboy for ticket monkey.

Scene6 Shot#16a

This shot will not take the facial expression of two character, it only show the body language of them.

 

Scene7 Shot#18

the cowboy is mining, the camera will zoom out to show the whole quarry.

Animatic - Scene6 & 7

Animatic - scene 5

Scene4 Shot#11

 

The cowboy sitting on the train and take a rest, and the train is keep moving.

 Scene4 Shot#13b

The camera let the audience to look around the view.

Scene4 Shot#12a

The fat man appear and he is waiting for the train.

Animatic - Scene5

Animatic - scene 4

Scene4 Shot#10a

A top view to show the cliff and the river.

Scene4 Shot#10c

 A train come across in the same time.

Scene4 Shot#10d

The cow boy want to throw his rope to the train. This side view showing he is ready to throw the rope.

Scene4 Shot#11

 A wide shot showing the cattle and the horse is falling down and the cowboy catch the train.

Scene4 Shot#12a

The camera will track the train.

Scene4 Shot#12b

Showing the horse and cattle is still falling down.


Animatic - scene 4

Animatic - scene 3

Scene3 Shot#8

Scene3 Shot#9

 

 Animatic - Scene3

Animatic - scene 2

Scene2 Shot#6

A wide shot to show the cowboy caught the cattle's attention then run away from the town.

 

Scene2 Shot#7

We use a front view to show how the character lost his cloth.

Animatic - Scene2 

Animatic - scene 1

    Scene 1 Animatic

Animatic - scene 1 (3)

Scene1 Shot#5c

 

We use a side view to show the character jump over the cattle. 

Scene1 Shot#5d

 

The cowboy is catching the battle's attention, lots of cattle is pursuing him now.

 Scene1 Shot#5f

 

 Here is a first person view from the cowboy, he have to choose one of the ways in this shot.

Scene1 Shot#5g

 

The cowboy go out at the right of the camera to show that he decided which way he want to go.

Animatic - scene 1 (2)

Scene1 Shot#2

 

To show there are lots of cattle running very fast,  we will create dust effect in this shot.

 Scene1 Shot#4a

 

The camera is behind the cowboy and it will follow him, to show  that the cattle are running to the town and the character is pursuing the them.

 Scene1 Shot#5a

 

This is a close up shot to show the cowboy's facial expression.