Sketch and "storyboard" (explaining that the model will be still and the camera will be moving around it).
Early render of the model.
Some more progress. Also added polar bear fur but gave it different coloring.
Finished model.
Starting to add environment.
Finished environment.
Camera along a motion path.
Enlarged the motion path and switched into the camera's perspective.
Rendered view from the camera's perspective.
Expanded the environment and the motion path to gain a better perspective.
Overall, I’m happy with the way that my project came out. For the final, I’d like to work on rigging him and animating the actual character, though. I do feel that I didn’t have the necessary skills to do everything that I wanted to do. I think if I had a better grasp of Maya, that this project would have come out differently, but am not sure how it would have looked (since I don’t know what the skills are that I’m lacking in the first place). That, of course, will come as I gain more experience with animation and modeling. I’m still learning the capabilities of myself and the program, basically. But as far as my current capabilities go, I’m pleased with how everything went.
