Zandoria Studios

Cloak Test

zandoria — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:39:59 +0000

Tar walking out of the desert (finally). I’m happy that I’m finally getting some work done. I had to replace my laptop, which meant that I had to switch to Windows7–that has been a pain, because of having to update a lot of software to be compatible. I had to upgrade Animation:Master to version 16 64bit–which made me a little nervous to switch versions in the middle of a project. But everything seems to be working ok.

One of the things that I was trying here was compositing everything directly within the render. but I’m going to switch back to rendering everything as separate passes, just for the ease of fixing things or making changes without having to rerender the whole shot.

TAR posters, coffee mugs, T-shirt!

zandoria — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:05:29 +0000

To allow all true fans to show their support for this project, I created some awesome merchandise in the giftshop!

Layer test, walk

zandoria — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:17:20 +0000

Tar Wallpaper

zandoria — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:55:04 +0000

Texturing

zandoria — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:02:21 +0000

Just finished-up the texturing…I used 3D painter and Photoshop to paint the maps, and used Simbiont A:M materials for the gear…

Rigging

zandoria — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:25:19 +0000

I’ve been working on the rigging for the new version of the “Tar” model. I’m using the TSM rig for these characters –though it is no longer supported by Anzovin. That’s OK, A:M isn’t really a mainstream software….
the most tedious part of this process, no matter what control rig you choose, is the CP weighting and smartskinning. On this model, I am taking the time to stick with the recommended process and work with the “pre-rig” version and literally work-out the “kinks”.
I’ve just finished weighting and smartskinning the model ( I still need to add some little tweaks, eyes, ears, tail–but almost ready to run the “rigger” plugin).
My hope is to get an animation-ready model done, textured, and rendered for the Hash, Inc. ‘mascot’ contest layer this month.

Watusi Warrior

zandoria — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:35:00 +0000

I was watching History Channel this weekend, and saw some piece about dairy cows….It gave me an idea for a group of Watusi warriors having a drink at the waterhole (bar). Typical fantasy “horned helmet” types–except that those are their real horns.

The same idea for antelope, gazelles, goats….

Adventures with Boomer

zandoria — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:39:57 +0000

Kevin Detweiler’s long-awaited DVD project is finally available: Here

I built some of the character models and sets a couple of years ago, and I have been looking forward to seeing what they were to be used for

Tar, WIP 5/8/10

zandoria — Sat, 08 May 2010 19:13:08 +0000

new 3D model of Tar, created in Animation:Master.

Storyboards, TAR scene 1

zandoria — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:40:02 +0000

Here are storyboards for the opening scene of Tar of Zandoria. After the opening title, the scene opens with a hand-drawn map of the world, zooming in on an area west of the oasis, tiny vultures are spinning over that spot on the map (this is the establishing shot “where are we”)–I point this out because the drawings are really just for me, so it might not be clear what things are….