The Shadow: UV Mapping (Complete)

1. Legs

2. Shoes

3. UV Mapping Complete - Turnaround

The Shadow: UV Mapping Part 2

1. The Shirt

2. The Upper Body (Hand, Jacket and details) 

3. Buttons

4. Bowtie

The Shadow: UV Mapping Part 1

1. The Hair

2. The Head (he looks so happy!)

3. The Throat

4. The Eyes

5. The Eyebrows

The Shadow: Modelling (Complete)

With Alan's help I finally managed to finish modelling the Shadow. Below are few details that have been changed - the hands, the extension of the mouth and the jacket. 

Completed character: 

Next stage is UV Mapping! Onwards!

The Shadow: Soundless Animatic Draft

As the final outcome for the Adaptation project I would like to have a simple character animation which would both present the completed character and the idea of how he behaves. 

Life Drawing - 26.03.2014

The Shadow: Hair Effect Tests

The Shadow's hair is supposed to be animated and have the effect of fog/smoke. Below are few tests I did in order to achieve the effect:

1. Particles Emitted from Curve

2. Image Sprites

The Shadow: Hair Part 1

The Shadow's hair is a little bit more complicated process as it is supposed to be moving. For the base of the hair however, I got adviced to use the planes technique.

Maya: Lighting and Rendering Part 1

1. Samples and Quality Control

2. Final Gather

Maya: Dynamics Part 3

1. Surface Emission 

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2. Curve Flow

3. Emit from Particles

The Shadow: Concept Art

The Shadow: Modelling the Body Part 3

1. Fingers

2. Hand

3. The Body Altogether (the jacket yet to be fixed and connected to the arms)

 Also - with or without the pompon?

The Shadow: Modelling the Body Part 2

1. Lower Body - Thighs

2. Lower Body - Calves and Feet