"Sk8Bit" is a live-action VFX short film by the 2024 UTS Animal Logic Academy.
Full film can be viewed here.
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ROBOT CHARACTER
Art reference by Jed Morrison
I hard surfaced modelled this character in Maya following references from the Art department.
We had a short deadline, so had to lock joint positions very early on for rigging to get started. This meant that I was left to figure out the mechanics of the pieces to move smoothly around each pivot.
UVs were manually unwrapped to allow for easy procedural surfacing.
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PROPS
Modelling Props for this project needed very realistic proportions to fit into the real world. SInce we filmed our live-action plates just downstairs from our studio, I would go and take reference photos of every angle I needed to accurately represent the asset.
Props I worked on included a big bin, beer bottles, spray cans and 'usb vapes'.
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