Posts from ‘Elysium’
Things from May 2014
May has been a pretty crazy month. Besides the things that have been happening at work, a lot of things are happening in my personal life as well. To deal with that I’ve resorted to being more active. The Bridge to Nowhere hike has always been a goal for me to do one day. That day finally came when a friend suggested we go. I thought it was a pretty good idea but completely underestimated the length of 10 miles. Let’s just say getting there wasn’t an easy task. At the end tho, it was all worth it. The scenery is gorgeous, and nothing beats hanging out by a cool stream during a hot day in the company of good friends.
On the homey side of things, I finally had time to clean up my apartment, moved my workstation away from my bed, and did a little bit more stuff cleansing. I feel the key to living a balanced life is to be comfortable in your own living environment. For the longest time, I’ve had the workstation right next to my bed. It created a problem where as soon as I get up, get home and before bed, I’m almost always on the computer. This new layout makes it a little less accessible and separates work from rest, which I feel for me is becoming a much more important issue at this point in my life. With that finally settled, I’ve also had time to cook a little bit, do some work on my personal project.
This weekend I’m proud to say that I spend both days being active. Even though now I am physically tired, I feel a lot more relaxed mentally and much more content. Also, slack-lining is no joke, I am still hurting from yesterday.
I finally got time and motivation to sit down at home and work on something. Usually a long and productive work day drains my will to do anymore cg work once I get home to absolutely zero. Recently tho because the project I’ve been working on is pretty intense and challenging, I need some time to “decompress” once I get home.
I started this thing as a side track from my actual personal project “Elysium” a while back because I was sick of painting textures and rigging. Just something small n stupid and fast and I can get back to the project after I’m done. However now I’m really starting to like it, I’ve decided to remodel the parts I weren’t happy about and make it a proper thing, and I’m pretty sure I can find a way to squeeze it into Elysium after (yes I know there is already a movie called elysium out by CG god Bloomkamp but I thought of this name FIRST!)
I remodeled the rims and roof line to be more conventional. Also added in Brakes. Over the next few weeks I will be adding in more and more detail. In the end I’m hoping for a photo real render and maybe even a short movie with it comped into some footage.
still lots of work to do GAHHHHH
Animatic_01 from hao cui on Vimeo.
strung a bunch of shots together,
Animation_rough2 from hao cui on Vimeo.
finally decided to get back to work and finessed and re-planned some of the awkward moments, i feel this is much more fluid. More to come later