Early edit and explosion test

Early Edit from Eddie Chew on Vimeo.

2d explosions test from Eddie Chew on Vimeo.

Shot 2 blocking animation

Shot 2 blocking animation from Eddie Chew on Vimeo.

more look dev

Still muckin around with blur levels, colours, and so on. Will start adding in the projectiles and their fx too.

Explosion and Dust fx lighting

A test with all the lighting and everythin to see how its lookin. There will be a projectile hitting the sign on the roof. Its not just a random thing blowin up :0p. Also the lighting on the turtle needs to be offset and I will take out the camera shake in the scene and do it post.

Fire and Smoke

Some more updates-now there is fire on the smoke

explosion and dust fx test

My first real attempt at fx for this project. I am kinda fudging it as I go. All handkeyed geometry in the maya scene-frame by frame. I'm still trying to get a nicer shape for the explosions as they are quite spherical at the moment. Obviously you can look below for the final look/colour/lighting style.

Explosion and dust fx test from Eddie Chew on Vimeo.

E.I.P

Explosions in Progress

Anime style explosion

Ok, I've decided to add some 2d anime style explosions to make the style of the shots more interesting. Here's a look dev (first attempt) at a 2d stylistic explosion hand drawn in pshop. I'm also thinking if I should animate it in 2d or fake it in 3d. So those images I said were final.....mmm guess they're not anymore :0p

Another final

First final

Yay my first final image. I wanted to keep it textured and illustrative while having a bit of depth to it too.

Lens Flare

I've been trying to push the look of the final comp and was inspired by the JJ Abrams lens flare. It might be a bit much but I can always pull it back. Its all  handmade! No plug-ins or anythin.

Slice 'n' Dice

An idea I am still experimenting with where Leonardo is cutting some kind of organic wires.

Back kick!

Attack!

More...

Some of the remaining shots.

Turtle in the Shadows

Some more styles I've been pushing for, this time with Leo. Again with lots of shadow and steam fx.

Another Look Dev

Concept Update

I am still working on the look and style as I animate and I am taking it far away from the cg look as possible. Here are some progress:

Technodrome

I did a background today for a shot and added my version of the Technodrome. This one has giant tentacles.

Intro update

I thought I'd change the lighting a little bit on Leo and show a bit  more of his face. Also I changed the building he is brooding on to a church and filled the background with more buildings.

Ninja Shadows

The Ninja Turtles should be use to living in the dark and away from humans. They keep fit by free-running on the city tops of New York at Sunset but are never allowed to be seen.

Screenies

More of sewer land and lighting underneath NY city. Animation is still in blocking stage so the poses might look a little rough.

Screenshots

How I am lighting Leo. I want to hide him alot in shadows because he is a ninja and stealthy.

Background I'm working on when he jumps into sewer land. I was thinkin of making it steampunk-ish with lots of steam and machinery.

Fake Depth of Field

Here is how I faked Depth of Field in my animation. Since I won't be rendering it I'll just comp layers into Aftereffects.
1) Here is Leo jumping on a building.

2) Here is an antenna model I built that will zoom in  front of the camera during the action. I created a sequence with a bluescreen to key out.

 3) And the result is just a layer with Gaussian blur over the top. I will use this technique several times in this short. Simple but effective.

Screenshots

Some backgrounds I put together to feel more for the style and mood of the piece. I'm relying more on shapes and colour and lighting rather than texture and detail.

Sketches and Storyboards

Some ideas for my short and simple storyboards.

References

Some photos I found online as reference for pipe when laying out my shots and also some colour reference from Batman the animated series which are alot simpler  but effective. I also like the use of building shapes.

Ninja Turtle Project

This page will be my work in progress on a Ninja Turtle Project I am going to start working on. It will be a really short film, mainly to sharpen animation skills and to be prepared for when a studio starts hiring for the new Ninja Turtle movie!

I turned the Morpheus Rig into Leonardo. I don't think I'll texture him since I'm not any good at it but if anyone wants to volunteer go ahead. I re-modeled the fingers and toes and re-skinned it.

 I might give away this Ninja Turtle Rig once I'm done too.