ProjectKart: Caterpillar's Production

Game Character for ProjectKart

Initial Concept Art by Edwin Jang

Modeling and Texturing by Pierre-Luc Messier

Rigging and Shading by me*

Note that shader creation was covered in the previous post.

The same pipeline was applied on the caterpillar.

Rigging Preview (Maya Viewport)

- Two Seperated Spine Chaine

- Squash and Stretch on the Middle Spine

- Custom Attributes

- Cinematic Rig Enable Switch

Personal Note that i took before starting the rig.

Mainly on the spine separation and joint creation.

ProjectKart: Jumpy's Production

Game Character for ProjectKart

Initial Concept Art by Edwin Jang

 Modeling and Texturing by Michel Quach

Rigging and Shading by me*

Rigging Preview (Maya Viewport)
- Custom Attributes
- Twist Enabled Joints
- Squash and Stretch
- Cinematic Rig Enable Switch

Fresnel/ Rim Light Effect on the Material
Resulting directly in the Maya's Viewport. 

In the Node Editor (Closer View)

[SamplerInfo] Facing Ratio to UV Coordination [Ramp Node]

[Ramp Node] UV Out Color to Color Offset [Texture Node]
Note: The Remap Color was only use to control the Diffuse Map Information

Transferable joints and attributes from one character to another.

Note: 34 bind joints in total.

Classic Cartoon Recreation

ZSpheres and Dynamesh Sculpting

Retopologize Model

Cartoon Shader in Maya