Completed Thesis Animation!

MICA Animation '10 Senior Thesis project. This is my final HD render of the project. There are still a number of things I'd like to have fixed(some render issues, sound syncing issues, etc.), but overall I'm pretty happy with the way that the piece turned out. All models and animation were created in 3d Studio Max 2010, sound in ProTools, and video editing in After Effects CS4.

The Time Traveler from Ashley Yutzy on Vimeo.

Edited these a little bit, made some of the surfaces reflective and rendered the scenes out in HD.

Brightened these up a bit for printing purposes.

WIP: Thesis Part 1 from Ashley Yutzy on Vimeo.

Rough draft of part 1 of my senior thesis. There are a few very short pieces missing, but this is a test with some effects and sound. I've composited the clips in adobe after effects and sound was done in protools.

Digital painting practice. I don't digital paint terribly often and I felt the need to work on something for fun as a break from thesis so I did this painting inspired by this awesome hat my friend Marija has.

Unfortunately I was forced to remove the volume light from my direct lights in order to have any possibility at actually completing my renders on time.

Rough render of scene 1 of my thesis animation. It likely won't end up changing very much from where it is at in this. Certainly needs to be rendered out bigger though.

Changed the lighting to make things a bit easier to see inside the Cathedral. I think I'm going to make the lights a bit more blue though to try to make it seem darker without making it impossible for people to see...

More progress on thesis character. Working on the trench coat right now and of course have the hands and feet left to do. I had hoped to get a good start on the rigging by class on Wednesday, but it looks like I'm going to be working my ass off just to get the low poly done since due to other important commitments I wasn't able to work this weekend.

Progress on my character for Thesis. Steampunk Time Traveler. I really should have gotten her finished over break, but I was having some major video card issues that were especially bad when running any program involving 3d graphics. Got it fixed now though.
Gonna work on her vest, shirt, and hopefully the trench coat tomorrow before thesis on Wednesday morning. I should have her low poly finished before my second thesis class. After that I'll be moving on to rigging and animating. I think I'm gonna save her high poly for later in the semester since I have so much shit to animate and I have a lot less experience with that than with modeling.