Thursday, September 28, 2017

Pub EDF - The Race - 45s by Jules Giraud

Impressive work by Puppeteer Lounge student Jules Giraud responsible for character - creature setup and dynamics! Very nice and keep it up Jules :)

Monday, September 25, 2017

ZIVA VFX Muscle Fiber Auto Firing & Simulation Breakdown

ZIVA VFX Muscle Fiber Auto Firing from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

ZIVA VFX Muscle Simulation Breakdown | Tiger from Suchan Bajracharya on Vimeo.

I have always been fascinated by science and animation. Musculo-skeletalal cat-walk we created at Puppeteer Lounge! With ZIVA VFX tool-set we can auto fire (trigger) the muscle fiber excitation for anatomically correct muscular contraction and relaxation. Watch full breakdown video here.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Snappers Advanced Facial Rig for Maya and Unreal Engine

Snappers advanced FACS based adaptive facial rig running real-time inside Unreal Engine. Very impressive!

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

ZIVA VFX Hyper Real Quadruped Setup | Musculoskeletal Breakdowns

ZIVA VFX Hyper Real Quadruped Setup | Musculoskeletal Breakdowns from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Here is the finished output of Tiger walk-cycle test with ZIVA VFX state of the art tissue system. Overall a great tool-set! Me together with our in-house artist had a great time bringing the tiger to life. There are a few glitches here and there which we will improve with iteration. Again for those of you who would like to learn and explore the world of ZIVA VFX tissue system, please feel free to check out Puppeteer Lounge Rigging Workshop. Thanks :)

Friday, September 1, 2017