RHINO GALLOP BLOCK

Today was spent blocking out a rhino Gallop at speed, the back legs are way too jerky however thus far.

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE

Browsing in the library I remember that Eadweard Muybridge may be of some help to me as he specialized in animal movement photography. Having taken out his Animals In Motion book there are many breakdowns of horses runs and canters which distinctly match that of a Rhino. Not too disimilar is the walk and gait of a Buffalo and thus will provide suitable reference in which to block out my animation.

SCENE DETAIL

Having textured and added bump and depth to the trees the scene is now really taking shape! This is just a quick render of Work in progress. Next task is to texture and add depth to those pesky rocks in the background.

4 WEEKS 2 DAYS TO GO

ADDING DEEP WRINKLES

It was brought to my attention that the Rhino looked like he had the same bump depth all over and therefore unrealistic. Having taking this on board i'm now in the process of going through and editing textures and the bump map to give the Rhino much more depth with deeper wrinkles in places such as his face and neck.

FEEDBACK

Feedback from my peers was really helpful as sometimes you just need another opinion! This time everyone questioned said my rhino looked too clean and thus I need to edit my textures and rough him up a lot!

FINSHED RIGGING

After two weeks of toil the rigging process for my rhino is finally finished! Having all the necessary controllers the final few days will be spent testing the rig and adding or subtracting weights where needed. After this I can begin to block out my 40-50 second animation.
LOOK HOW CLEAN MY OUTLINER IS!

RIG TEST#2

Nearly finished working on my rig. At present I have controllers for the Feet, shoulders, Hips, Knee pole vectors and neck. Left are the control set ups for the head, ears and tail. These should be completed by Friday. I'm currently on track as my allocated rigging  weeks finishes on Valentines day. So instead of spending it with my girlfriend I shall be spending it romantically cleaning up the rhino rig. What a thought!.