Aiko World Studios ¦ E.C. Flossie http://www.aikoworld.com/blog ¦ 3D Character ¦ Creature ¦ Hard Surface Artist Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:26:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en Divine Divinity The NeverEnding : Teaser http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/05/divine-divinity-the-neverending-teaser/ http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/05/divine-divinity-the-neverending-teaser/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:23:26 +0000 Aiko http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/?p=380 Finally i finished my latest work althou its a teaser, none the less you can see where i`m going with this short film. The Short film is long and far away. As this is a personal project its going to take a while.

There is quicktime high quality aswell as a youtube versions.

Hope you like it and enjoy :)

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Download quicktime file 16mb Right Click Save As.

[See post to watch QuickTime movie]

YouTube High Quality Stereo

YouTube Low Quality Mono

Credits:

Tropical Thunderstorm Sound: Paul Vogel

]]> http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/05/divine-divinity-the-neverending-teaser/feed/ Dingy Skipper 3D Butterfly with fur ready to purchase. http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/dingy-skipper-3d-butterfly-with-fur-ready-to-purchase/ http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/dingy-skipper-3d-butterfly-with-fur-ready-to-purchase/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:46:26 +0000 Aiko http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/?p=450 Download the 2k image first so you can see a high detailed version of the butterfly with fur.
Dingy Skipper Butterfly with Maya Fur optimized with Mental Ray rendering a 2k image only takes 1.22 minutes.

This is a Maya MA file so you can downgrade the model to older software versions, but we dont provide support if things dont work like fur. We only provide Maya 2008 Support.

Today we have finished an amazing looking butterfly with fur.
All the textures and materials are included. Also the standard lighting like in the image.

In the coming weeks we will introduce a rig for the butterfly with automated flapping with different speeds. We will also give this butterfly different accurate butterfly types. So keep an eye out if butterfly`s are your thing.

Purchase the model on TurboSquid

http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/429393

]]> http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/dingy-skipper-3d-butterfly-with-fur-ready-to-purchase/feed/ Short Film: The Velvet Abstract http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/short-film-the-velvet-abstract/ http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/short-film-the-velvet-abstract/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:11:56 +0000 Aiko http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/?p=440 Currently I am working with Director James Hughes on a new short film named The Velvet Abstract. I will be responsible for the opening shot Crop Circle.

]]> http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/short-film-the-velvet-abstract/feed/ Legacy Of The Gifted by Joseph Arumemi http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/legacy-of-the-gifted-by-joseph-arumemi/ http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/legacy-of-the-gifted-by-joseph-arumemi/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:08:27 +0000 Aiko http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/?p=435 Legacy of the Gifted is a Western Anime Cartoon Show created and Directed by Joseph Arumemi, The concept images used in this showcase is owned by the Director. These are two showcases amongst 25 other models and film sets developed by myself while working with Inverse Forge Studios. For 9 months, the project required me being the Creative Lead for the first pre and post-production Episode. I also went to Thailand for 2 months to work with the team and managing the work flow. I introduced new techniques, and innovations for speeding up the production. Alongside being innovative I worked alongside each artist fixing the mainstream problems, fixing bugs, editing and teaching methods to avoid these problems, and while I was doing these jobs I worked on every area from modelling, texturing, rigging to animating and compositing shots.

Special thanks to Joseph Arumemi (Director), Manny Vinea (Producer Inverse Forge Studios) and the team for this amazing experience.

Download Quicktime file 4mb here. Right click and save as.

[See post to watch QuickTime movie]

Youtube High Quality Version

]]> http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/legacy-of-the-gifted-by-joseph-arumemi/feed/ Eugene, char from DDNE http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/eugene-char-from-ddne/ http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/eugene-char-from-ddne/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:54:51 +0000 Aiko http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/?p=414 This is the character from Divine Divinity The NeverEnding.

]]> http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/04/eugene-char-from-ddne/feed/ Mental Ray Maya and Fur DB 0.4 fatal 041008: attempt to access null DB tag http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/03/mental-ray-maya-and-fur-db-04-fatal-041008-attempt-to-access-null-db-tag/ http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/03/mental-ray-maya-and-fur-db-04-fatal-041008-attempt-to-access-null-db-tag/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:41:35 +0000 Aiko http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/?p=374 If you get a DB   0.4  fatal  041008: attempt to access null DB tag error in mental ray with Maya 2008 or possible with any other version. And using Maya Fur. Then one possible factor that you get this error is Light Linking. Mental Ray with Fur and Light Linking in combination will not work.

The only way to bypass this is to set-up layers for different objects you want to have different lighting with.

]]> http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/03/mental-ray-maya-and-fur-db-04-fatal-041008-attempt-to-access-null-db-tag/feed/ Marsh Fritillary 3D Butterfly with fur ready to purchase. http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/03/marsh-fritillary-3d-butterfly-with-fur-ready-to-purchase/ http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/03/marsh-fritillary-3d-butterfly-with-fur-ready-to-purchase/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:54:58 +0000 Aiko http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/?p=467 Dingy Skipper Butterfly with Maya Fur optimized with Mental Ray rendering a 2k image only takes 1.22 minutes.

This is a Maya MA file so you can downgrade the model to older software versions, but we dont provide support if things dont work like fur. We only provide Maya 2008 Support.

Today we have finished an amazing looking butterfly with fur.
All the textures and materials are included. Also the standard lighting like in the image.

In the coming weeks we will introduce a rig for the butterfly with automated flapping with different speeds. We will also give this butterfly different accurate butterfly types. So keep an eye out if butterfly`s are your thing.

Purchase the model on TurboSquid

http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/429505

]]> http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/03/marsh-fritillary-3d-butterfly-with-fur-ready-to-purchase/feed/ Adonis Blue 3D Butterfly with fur ready to purchase. http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/03/adonis-blue-3d-butterfly-with-fur-ready-to-purchase/ http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/03/adonis-blue-3d-butterfly-with-fur-ready-to-purchase/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:03:58 +0000 Aiko http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/?p=426 Download the 2k image first so you can see a high detailed version of the butterfly with fur.
Adonis Blue Butterfly with Maya Fur optimized with Mental Ray rendering a 2k image only takes 1.22 minutes.

This is a Maya MA file so you can downgrade the model to older software versions, but we dont provide support if things dont work like fur. We only provide Maya 2008 Support.

Today we have finished an amazing looking butterfly with fur.
All the textures and materials are included. Also the standard lighting like in the image.

In the coming weeks we will introduce a rig for the butterfly with automated flapping with different speeds. We will also give this butterfly different accurate butterfly types. So keep an eye out if butterfly`s are your thing.

Purchase the model on TurboSquid

http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/428532

]]> http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/11/03/adonis-blue-3d-butterfly-with-fur-ready-to-purchase/feed/ Short Film NORA http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/09/17/short-film-nora/ http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/09/17/short-film-nora/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:43:24 +0000 Aiko http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/?p=311

In 2007 Emmanuel Flossie (myself) worked on a short film named NORA as Lead Lip-Sync Artist. We used Live Action footage recorded down town London. We didnt use any tracking other then the eyes, and making sure that the projection are correct eliminating drop off, along side the projection various additional animations where added to the face.

The Story:

It’s about being fed a purpose in life and a dream, which the character believes will lead to her fulfillment and happiness then discovering  that it was given to her only to serve someone else’s needs (the humans)  but on discovering  that it leads her to create something new and ultimately more fulfilling than the dream she was given.

In july 2008 the short film has been showcased at Soho Short film festival.

Below you can see some early tests video footage and final images. (these are not final video`s, but early tests)

Replay? Double Click On Video

[See post to watch QuickTime movie]

Replay? Double Click On Video

[See post to watch QuickTime movie] ]]> http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/09/17/short-film-nora/feed/ Storyboard Sketch Frame http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/09/15/sketch-frame/ http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/2008/09/15/sketch-frame/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:10:24 +0000 Aiko http://www.aikoworld.com/blog/?p=304 So we start out with the sketching the storyboards. Here is a sketchframe we work with. Downloadable Psd file.

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