YPGTTO Challenge #5

Adaptation B Presentation

Adaptation OGR Presentation

Mental Ray Part 1: Samples & Quality Control

Final Render:

 

 

Steps:

The Spider Character - refined

The Spider character is inspired by mimes that tied in with the mask on the face really well. She needed to have expressive hand gestures and strings of silk around her curled fingers. The idea is that she doesn't have a mouth and can't warn any of her victims what will happen to them. She is torn between constant hunger and the feeling of guilt. The initial idea of her silhouette turning into a skull is still there but not the major selling point. I think she walks a fine line between distorted anatomy that suggest she is a creature and a possible costume worn by the dancer, so in that sense I kept the tone of the rest of the characters and I can see her living in the same universe. The flower petals are a way of attracting victims and the end of her legs contain venom with which she paralyses prey.

The Ant Character

The idea for the Ant is that the dancer never touches the ground physically and has a very light touch. She is also without an identity and anonymous. The clothes she is wearing are made of found objects and the lack of hands is another layer of the missing identity (no fingerprints). Thinking about a character inspired by ants was challenging because they really lack individuality, ants are always in groups and colonies (except the queen of course) so placing a dome on the character turns her into something resembling a part of a group, a soldier almost.

Anyway, that was the thinking behind it, hope you guys like it :)

Dynamics Part 17: Sprites

Dynamics Part 16: Conditional Goal Weights