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Practice.

Animation Lab Internship

During the last summer I attended Animation Lab’s 3d  modeling internship.

We had to model two characters- Jafar (from Alladin) and the blue haired character from the “Gorillaz” clip.

The reference for the “Gorillaz”  was a series of 360 degree snapshots of  the characters’ figurine:

And the result of my modeling work is shown in the next video:

Some wireframe images:

As for Jafar we recieved some 2d drawings and several snapshots that could be found on the net.

The character was not modeled for animation, so its topology is fairly simple:

What are they talking about?

Any suggestions?

My second project at IAC

Finished my abandoned asylum, at last!!! Comments are welcomed Click to enlarge!

(Please find the differences (*Clue: there is only one*) between these next two images, I’m curious to know which one you prefer…)

And 3 other shots:

My first project at IAC

That’s how you turn a wheatgrass Juicer into a music box. My first project at IAC.

And some other variations…

And… a short animation:

“Arabic House”

 

   Okay, This time I post something a bit different . This is my first 3D work. I used ‘Autodesk Maya’  and ‘Maya software’ renderer (no Global illumination or Final gather) for modeling and rendering, and Photoshop for compositing.

The result is far off from what I had in mind, not to mention the final finish, which is kind of unfinished. But I’m quite pleased with the result, considering the technical knowledge I had available back then.

   The initial idea for this image derived from a visit I had to the abandoned Arabic village ‘Lifta’, which is located nowadays in the entrance to Jerusalem. The place was deserted on ’48 and what is left to be seen today are ruins of beautiful buildings, surrounded by local vegetation, mainly almond trees and sabras- altogether are an evidence to a very prosperous and lively village- the way I believe Lifta used to be.

  

As I am a (big) fan of Islamic Art (which includes architecture as well as fine art) and as I often become very curious about such deserted places, I decided to take a picture of one of the interiors of the village and bring it to life, hoping to capture what I imagine as an “Arabic House” prior 1948:

So this picture was the initial inspiration for my scene. Later on I’ve made a research on the net and found some more useful information.  One of my favorites is this tiled entrance carpet to one of Liftas villas (which has probably been looted by the time I visited the place).

I was very glad to find it and decided to recreate it in Photoshop and use its (beautiful) design as the floor in my scene.

 

The process of making this scene took me quite a while, but it was very challenging and I’ve learned a lot. I want to thank Eran Lazar, my teacher, who above all guided me through this project and showed me the process of creating such art work- the process of  ”behind the scene”.