2/7/2024

Lots of work on the main character got done this week, with a lot of heavy-lifting from Logan, Isaiah, and myself. Almost every article of clothing is completed and re-topologized, with the Timberland boots still in development. It was a massive undertaking trying to get them made in Marvelous Designer like the other clothes, so the plan is to export the shoes into Maya from MD, finish the models there, then import them back so that the pants can interact with them correctly. By the time of the Production Pass, we will hopefully have a finished model of the main character, including a re-modeled face from Avery, hair renders from Isaiah, and the full garb of clothes!

This is a really exciting time for the group. Most of the doubts I had accumulated from last week have been cleared away in terms of asset development. The other members of the team have been taking care of that in their work, including Anna and Josh coming out with a near-completed Alien rig ready for high-quality animation! Speaking of which, we will likely have a tight schedule coming up for producing those animations for each shot. My hope is the team and myself don't get burnt out too quickly by the workload. Even if some of the smaller elements of this short don't end up coming together, getting the characters to move in a way that emulates the humor and tone of the storyboard will be the sign of a successful project in my book!