The Re-modelling of Tony "The Castle" Castillo

In getting back in the swing of 3D again, I've fast-tracked the modeling of a few characters from "The Last Hit" , a short story I've been working on for months, and in my head for longer.  

This will probably be the third time in so many years that I've taken a crack at modeling Mob Boss Tony "The Castle" Castillo. I definitely think it's the best one this far, being as i don't suck nearly as much as i did in college. 

Busting my butt to get this working, hopefully will have a face-rig test done tommorow!

- Manthony

Fun with Advanced Skeleton Pro

In my former job, we had to make a lot of quick rigs. Advanced Skeleton Pro ( http://www.animationstudios.com.au/ ) was a big help at setting up simple rigs very fast, but it has a lot of additionally cool features that i'm just getting used to.

Here is quick sample of a rig that took less than half an hour to organize, and maybe an additional 30 minutes for painting weights. Advanced Skeleton Pro does the rest!

Apologies on the shotty image quality. Camtasia killed my graphics card, but it looks strangely appropriate with Depeche Mode playing.

-Manthony

Hey Yall!

It seems that I find myself without the proper software to fix my poor forgotten website. No matter! I'm hip! I'm with it! I'll carve out a small piece of the digital blogosphere with these ready-made tools and become somebody! Yes.....someone important. Someone with a beard, and more than two pairs of sandals......

Stick around kid. It's gonna get crazy.


- Manthony   DAY ONE